The Women’s Premier League (WPL) had the first ever mega auction to conclude on Thursday, November 27, prior to the 2026 season. Each of the franchises was obliged to construct their own teams after already making their retentions prior to the auction.
Whereas some of the star players were sold at enormous prices, there were quite a number of other well known names that sold quietly. Such large global stars as Alyssa Healy, Heather Knight, and Chamari Athapaththu were not bought, and the fans were left shocked.
The 2026 season of the WPL will start on January 9, 2026 and the final will be held on February 5. The two locations have been chosen as Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. Mumbai Indians (MI) will have the status of the defending champions.
This is an integrated Unsold Playing XI of the WPL 2026 auction – a team that still appears powerful even though it was not selected.
Speaking of which, we can now consider the unsold playing XI of the WPL 2026 auction.
1. Top Order: Alyssa Healy (C & WK), Sabbineni Meghana and Vrinda Dinesh.
Surprisingly, the foundation of the Warriorz (UPW) in WPL 2025, legendary Australian skipper Alyssa Healy, could not attract even a single bid even at the lowest price of ₹50 Lakh. In the world cup 2025, the wicketkeeper-batter performed well with 299 runs in 5 matches with a score of 74.75 and two centuries under her belt. She will not just wear the gloves but she will also become the captain of this combined XI having her experience.
Healy will be joined at the top by a right-handed batter Sabbhineni Meghana. She already has a good track record in WPL having scored 302 runs with a strike-rate of 118.43 in 14 innings. Her previous season only played two games and scored 53 runs with a strike-rate of 212.
Vrinda Dinesh would be the 24-year-old who would fit at position three in this XI. Last season was not a great one and she only scored 102 in nine innings. Nevertheless, she enters with enormous potential.
2. Middle Order: Alice Capsey, Uma Chetry, Laura Harris.
England all-rounder Alice Capsey was also one of the unexpected people not to receive a bid at the WPL 2026 auction. Capsey offers a good balance to the unit with her skills to play both the bat and the ball. She has 133 runs in seven innings in the current Women big bash league (WBBL) 2025-26 with a strike-rate of 131.68 and has taken 10 wickets at an average of 9.10 with an economy of 6.50.
Young Indian wicketkeeper-batter Uma Chetry could also not find a franchise. She had gone to play a couple of good knocks in the World Cup 2025 Warm-up matches and may prove a useful reserve in the line up.
WPL could not find a team to host Australia batter Laura Harris in the third year. She is a huge experience in the WBBL, having already played 129 games, and she had a total of 1305 runs with a strike rate of 159.73. At her good, Laura can be explosive inclusion down the order when she holds the bat.
3. Lower Order: Sayali Satghare, Alana King, Shabnam Shakil, Priya Mishra, Parunika Sisodia.
India pacer Sayali Satghare was also released by the Gujarat Giants (GG) following WPL 2025 and she did not secure a franchise this time around. She convened the World Cup 2025 Warm-up match with New Zealand and demonstrated that she was impressive, bringing back 3/45 figures.
The franchises did not pay attention to Australia leg-spinner Alana King even after her strong performance at the World Cup 2025 in India. She has scored 13 wickets in seven games with an average of 17.38 and an economy of 4.03. Alana is a true wicket-taker having 128 scalps in 128 games of the WBBL. In addition she is also a convenient batter down the order having made 646 runs.
Young Indian pacer Shabnam Shakil has played in two U-19 world cup winning teams. In the 2024/2025 edition, she bowled one of the most important spells, with two over figures of 1/7. Priya Mishra is another upcoming Indian cricketing star who was not bid at the WPL 2026 auction. The leg-spinner has appeared in nine ODIs, where he has taken 15 wickets at an average rate of 26.60 and economy of 5.89.
Parunika Sisodia, who played U-19 World Cup 2024/25, was a young left-arm spinner. She chose 10 wickets out of seven matches. This comprised of 3/21 during Semifinal against England and 2/6 during final against South Africa.
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