The 2026 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be the fourth edition of arguably the most high-profile T20 franchise competition in women’s cricket. And for the first time since the league’s inception in 2023, a mega auction was held ahead of the start of the competition.
After the first-ever auction, the past two seasons have seen all the teams retain a majority of their squads before mini-auctions. However, this time around, a team could only retain a maximum of five players.
Today, we will look at the team that finished third last season, the Gujarat Giants, the players they retained, and the buys they made in the mega-auction.
Before last season, when the Giants finished third, they had been at the bottom of the table for two seasons in a row. And for one of the more underperforming teams in the league, it came to no one’s surprise that despite five retentions being available, the Ahmedabad-based team used only two.
The total purse for each team to build their squad is Rs. 15 crore. The first retention guideline price is Rs. 2.5 crore, for the second is Rs. 2.5 crore, the third being Rs. 1.75 crore, the fourth being Rs. 1 crore, and the fifth retention priced at Rs. 50 lakh. A team can, at max, retain only three Indian and two overseas players. If a team does use all five retention slots, they have to use one of them for an uncapped player.
The Gujarat Giants retained only two players, both of them being overseas. The two players are the two captains this team has had in the last three years. The first retainer for Rs. 3.5 crore is the Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Garner. Meanwhile, Gujarat’s second and final retention is veteran Australian batter Beth Mooney.
WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants Full Squad After The Auction
Here are the Gujarat Giants full squad after WPL 2026 auction
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