WPL Auction 2026 Live Streaming: When and where to watch live in India?

WPL 2026 Player Auction Date, Time, Live Streaming: The Indian Express provides all the details on how you can catch the WPL auction live on Thursday.

WPL Auction livestreaming: The Women's Premier League will have its first mega auctions when a total of 277 players -- 194 Indian and 83 overseas -- go under the hammer

WPL Auction 2026 Live Streaming: The Women’s Premier League will have its first mega auctions when a total of 277 players — 194 Indian and 83 overseas — go under the hammer on Thursday. There are a lot of big names in the pool with recent World Cup winners Deepti Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani as well as overseas superstars like Laura Wolvaardt and Sophie Ecclestone.

The five teams of Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz are looking to fill a maximum of 73 slots, including 50 Indians and 23 overseas. The minimum squad size is 15 and the upper limit is 18. The marquee set features Deepti, Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr, Ecclestone, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning and Wolvaardt.

In the WPL retentions, the Warriorz kept hold of just one player and enter into the auction with the highest purse of Rs 14.5 crore while on the other end of the spectrum, Delhi Capitals have the least in pocket with Rs 5.70 crore. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, who retained five players each, will not have any Right To Match option available.

WPL 2026 Retained Players List

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad

UP Warriorz: Shweta Sehrawat

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney

Here is a look at the WPL 2026 Auction Live Streaming Details

When and Where is the WPL Mega Auction being held?

The WPL mega auctions 2026 will take place on November 27 in New Delhi with the auction process set to began at 3.30 PM IST.

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Where can we watch the WPL 2026 mega auction?

The Women’s Premier League 2026 mega auction telecast will be available on the Star Sports network. And the live streaming for online platform will be available on JioHotstar on the website and app.

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