The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 is going to be quite hyped this year. With the Indian team's recent victory in the Women's World Cup, women's cricket is receiving considerable praise this year. The Women's Premier League (WPL) is the highest-level tournament in the T20 format, in which the best players from across the world are selected for each team. A WPL mega auction is held to determine team formation. However, before this auction, each WPL team retains some of its most promising players without putting them through auction, a process known as retention. This ensures a strong team base. This season, there's a lot of discussion surrounding the WPL retention 2026 list.
So, in today's blog post, we'll explore the WPL retention 2026 list and retention rules in detail. Now it remains to be seen what impact this retention will have on the WPL Mega Auction 2026.
What is WPL Retention 2026?
In retention, each franchise keeps some of its older players in its team as is; there's no auction for them. This time, during the WPL Retention 2026 process, teams have retained some of their best performers and young talents so that when the WPL auction takes place, the franchises won't have to compete to acquire players again.
According to the WPL Retention Rules 2026, each team, or franchise, has the right to retain a maximum of five players. This includes some Indian players, some overseas stars, and some uncapped players. Following this mix is also part of the rules. This type of retention significantly benefits teams. Not only can they retain their best players, but the franchise also has a budget left over in the Mega Auction to acquire new players and rising stars. It wouldn't be wrong to say that WPL Retention is a smart strategy. Almost every team can select its base or half of its team without any hassle, with no auction or competition.
This retention process of WPL 2026 balances the competition in the league and gives every player a chance to grow. This also gives fans a chance to see their favorite players play.
Another important change has now happened in the WPL retention rules 2026. Some new things have been added to it, such as retention price slabs and Right to Match (RTM) option.
Retention Price Slab: In this, a fixed price is locked for each retained player, which is then deducted from the main budget of that player. For example, if a top player is in the first retention, and his fixed price slab is 1 Crore, then on the retention of the player, this amount of 1 Crore gets deducted from the main budget of the franchise.
Right to Match (RTM): According to this retention rule, if a team releases its old player from the team, and he comes in the auction list, then an auction is held on him. If another team marks the player at the same price during the auction as the player's previous bid, the former team can, as a last chance, bring the player back to their team under RTM at their previous highest fee point. Even if the other team is paying the same fee, the former team has the right to take back their player.
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