Women's Cricket is rising forward as the "All Indian Women's Selection Committee" selects a total of 25 players for U19 high performance while three players are selected from Bengal.

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Titas Sadhu, Bidisha Paul, and Hrishitha Basu are the three players from Bengal who are selected for their outstanding performance in recent times.

Moreover, three players from Mumbai and five players from UP have also got a chance on the list of 25 players. Two players each from Hyderabad and Karnataka have also been added to the list. Meanwhile, the rest of the 10 players are one each from Andhra, Assam, MP, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal, Jharkhand, Delhi, and Haryana.

It's just a pre-preparation for the upcoming Under 19 Women's World Cup. These 25 players will get a chance to showcase their talent to earn a place in the final team that will represent India in the tournament.

Check out the complete list of the 25 players below.

Women's Cricket: The Full list of 25 players

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The fourth season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) is set to begin with an auction in Delhi on November 27. The full schedule for the upcoming season will be released immediately following the auction. It is confirmed that the entire tournament will be played in January 2026. Vadodara and Navi Mumbai could be the potential host cities for this mega event.

Also Read: WPL 2026 Auction Details: 277 players to enter auction, 73 slots vacant

The tournament's first mega auction

In the inaugural season in 2023, RCB Women acquired Smriti Mandhana for a whopping ₹3.40 crore (340 million rupees). Nat Sciver-Brunt, who plays for MI Women, was also purchased for ₹3.20 crore (320 million rupees). The tournament's first mega auction will take place in 2026. It will be interesting to see if any player sells for a higher price than RCB captain Smriti Mandhana. Therefore, it's important to know when and what time the WPL 2026 auction will be live streamed.

Auction rules

Each team will be allowed to build a squad of up to 18 players. In all, 73 slots - including 23 overseas spots - are available to be filled across the five teams. For the first time, the WPL auction rules allow the franchises the use up to five Right to Match (RTM) options, depending on the number of retentions, to buy back a player who was part of their squad in 2025.

Teams that retained fewer players will have more RTM options and a larger purse going into the mega auction. All teams will have a combined purse of INR 41.1 crore to spend at the auction.

Remaining purse for each team

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When will the WPL 2026 auction start?

The WPL 2026 auction will take place on Thursday, November 27.

How many teams will participate in the WPL 2026 auction?

In just three seasons, the WPL has transformed into one of the biggest women’s T20 leagues globally, now valued higher than Pakistan’s PSL. Five teams - Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, Mumbai Indians Women, Delhi Capitals Women, UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants Women will participate in the WPL 2026 auction.

What time will the WPL 2026 auction start?

The WPL 2026 auction will begin at 3:30 PM IST.

Which TV channels will broadcast the WPL 2026 auction live in India?

Indian fans will be able to watch the WPL 2026 auction live on TV on Star Sports Network channels.

How to watch live-streaming of the WPL 2026 auction in India?

Live-streaming of the WPL 2026 auction will be available on the JioHotstar app and its official website.

The official list of players for the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 auction has been released. A record 277 players will be part of the auction, with just 73 available slots. The auction will be held on November 27 in New Delhi and will start at 3.30 pm.

The number of players participating in the WPL 2026 auction has almost doubled compared to last season, which clearly shows that the Women's Premier League is becoming increasingly popular and has become a centre of attraction for women cricketers from all over the world.

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Balance of Indian and foreign players

This time, there are 194 Indian players in the WPL 2026 auction list, including 52 capped players and 142 uncapped players. Capped players are those who have played international matches, and uncapped players are those who have not yet made their international debut. They will be competing for the 50 Indian slots available for teams. The overseas players section also includes some of the best cricketers. 

A total of 83 foreign players are also on the list, including 66 capped players and 17 uncapped players. There are 23 slots available for them.

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The #TATAWPLAuction 2026 list has been announced, with a total of 277 players vying for 73 available slots. The auction will take place in New Delhi on 27th November at 3:30 PM IST.

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Base Price Bracket: Who will get the highest bid?

The base price is also in the news this time. The base prices are set at ₹30 lakh, ₹40 lakh, and ₹50 lakh. There are 88 players who have registered at the base price of ₹30 lakh.

There are 11 players with a base price of 4 million and 19 players with a base price of 5 million. This means the 3 million category is the largest group this time, making it clear that this bracket will be fiercely competitive.

Marquee Set: A clash of the world's top players

The auction will begin with the Marquee Set, a pool consisting of the world's top women cricketers. This is expected to be a strong start to the auction. The marquee set includes eight veteran players like Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Ecclestone, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning and Laura Wolvaardt.

Of these, players like Meg Lanning, Ecclestone, Healy and Wolvaardt have already performed brilliantly in the Women's Premier League, while Deepti Sharma and Renuka are stars of the Indian team.

Most teams have already retained their key players. Therefore, this auction will be an opportunity to select players who can fill the void in their squads. Teams will also focus on balancing their death bowling. Match-finishers and power-hitter players will also be in focus. Lower-ranked teams will see this auction as a prime opportunity for change and a better performance in the upcoming season.

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WPL 2026 Auction List | India international players and base prices

After winning only one point against Tripura a few days back, Bengal will face Railways in their fourth round match of the Elite Group C contest in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat. In the absence of Abhimanyu Easwaran and Abishek Porel, Sudip Gharami will lead the Bengal team, as reported by Sportz Point earlier.

Match details

Match: Railways vs Bengal, Elite Group C, Ranji Trophy 2025-26

Date: 8 November 2025 - 11 November 2025

Venue: Lalbhai Contractor Stadium

Streaming: No streaming available

Spin-friendly pitch might produce a result

With most of the matches of Group C already producing results, Railways would love to take advantage of their conditions and go for an outright win when Bengal will miss stars like Abhimanyu Easwaran, Abishek Porel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Shami, and Mukesh Kumar.

As per the reports, the pitch at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium will be a spin-friendly one, with Railways having spinners like Karn Sharma, the captain, along with Akash Pandey, who has done well for them in the last few seasons. Moreover, Akash Pandey, who is for Bengal, knows most of the Bengal batters as well.

Even Bengal will have Shahbaz Ahmed along with Rahul Prasad, who made his debut in the last match against Tripura last week.

Read Also: Tripura vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2025-26 recap: Tripura shocks Bengal with tons from Vihari and Mura; Tripura 3, Bengal 1

Sudip Gharami to lead Bengal

As we had reported earlier, Sudip Gharami will lead the Bengal side with Abhimanyu Easwaran and Abishek Porel missing the game. Easwaran is in India-A duty, whereas Porel will be in action in the Rising Stars Asia Cup and has left for the Centre of Excellence (COE) before leaving for Qatar.

Gharami has led Bengal in the past in white-ball tournaments last season, where Bengal went on to qualify for the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Due to the unavailability of the players, Bengal will now have three captains in the last three games.

Aditya Purohit to make his debut

After Kazi Junaid Saifi’s shocking return to first-class cricket, where he could only add 1 run in three innings (1,0,0), he was released from the squad. Now that makes the case for Aditya Purohit, another left-handed opener, who did well for Adamas Howrah Warriors in BPT20L and club cricket, to make his first-class debut.

Purohit will be opening the innings with captain Sudip Gharami, whereas we can expect Subham Chatterjee to return to the playing XI in the middle order. Shakir Habib Gandhi, who scored 95 in the first inning against Tripura, will continue as their No.3 along with Anustup Majumdar at 4.

Subham and Sumnata can bat anywhere in 5 or 6 with Shahbaz Ahmed at 7.

In the bowling department, Rahul Prasad will continue as the second spinner of the team, with Mohammed Kaif giving depth in the pace bowling department. Ishan Porel will be playing his 50th first-class match with Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal coming back in the lineup, replacing Mohammed Shami.

Points table situtation

Bengal are currently at No.3 with 13 points, while Railways are at No.5 with four points.

Bengal’s possible XI

Aditya Purohit, Sudip Gharami (C), Shakir Habib Gandhi (wk), Anustup Majumdar, Subham Chatterjee, Sumanta Gupta, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Prasad, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohammed Kaif, Ishan Porel.

After returning with only one point against Tripura in Agaratala in their third match, Bengal will again, for the second time in this Ranji Trophy 2025-26 will have to look for a new captain. Not only that, they will have to add a new wicket-keeper batter after Abishek Porel’s India-A call-up for the Rising Star Asia Cup tournament in Qatar.

Mistakes cost Bengal six points

Okay, if not six, it definitely cost Bengal 3 points. Three dropped catches, and among them, three from the stand-in captain, Abishek Porel. Hanuma Vihari, who scored a three-point winning 141, was dropped twice by wicket-keeper Abishek Porel, one off Mohammed Kaif and one off his cousin brother Ishan Porel.

Later on, Anustup Majumdar could not hold on to a tough one of Vijay Shankar in the wide first slip as well. These mistakes allowed Tripura to make a comeback in the match. From 53/5, they scored 385 to earn their first point of the season.

If Bengal could hold onto those chances, they were surely in for six points, with Mohammed Kaif and Ishan Porel looking in rhythm, obviously alongside Mohammed Shami.

Sudip Gharami might become the captain for the Railways match

Since Abishek Porel will be in the India-A team for the Rising Star Asia Cup, Bengal will have to look for a new captain for the second time in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 this season. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who was named the captain ahead of the season, is currently unavailable till the Assam match due to India-A duties, and till then, Sudip Gharami might be made the captain of the side.

Sudip last year led Bengal in the white-ball format, and Bengal played in the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well under his captaincy. Although there is Anustup Majumdar, who can be captain as well, it is unlikely that the 41-year-old batter would take the responsibility just for one match.

Read Also: Tripura vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2025-26 recap: Tripura shocks Bengal with tons from Vihari and Mura; Tripura 3, Bengal 1

Now, to replace Abishek Porel, Bengal will not only need a captain, but they will have to add a wicket-keeper batter as well. Keepers like Agniv Pan, Suvankar Bal, who have first-class experience, can be options as well. Meantime, U-19 or U-23 keepers can be called up for the Railways too.

Shami might not travel to Surat

During the press conference after the match against Gujarat, Bengal head coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla had said to the media that it is not possible to expect Mohammed Shami will play all the matches of the season. Now, after playing three consecutive matches and going wicketless for the first time this season against Tripura, there will be a question about his workload.

So, the calculations might end up with Mohammed Shami not travelling to Surat for the match against Railways. It is unlikely that Bengal will add some other bowlers from outside the current squad. In that case, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal can come into the playing XI, with Sumit Mohanta continuing as a backup pacer.

Bengal will leave for Surat on 5th November.

When is the Railways vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2025-26 match?

The Railways vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2025-26 match will be played from 8th November 2025 to 11 November 2025 at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat.

The game was hanging in the balance despite a fantastic finish to Day 2 by the hosts, Tripura, against mighty Bengal in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26, Elite Group C clash at Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium in Agartala. But, on the final day of the match, Tripura made sure they would earn their first point of the season - that too, three against a star-studded Bengal lineup.

Equation before the start on Day 4

The equation before the start of Day 4 was that Bengal would need 3 wickets for three points while Tripura required 63 runs to earn the same. For Bengal, it was Mohammed Shami and the new ball, while for Tripura, it was the partnership between captain Manisankar Murasingh and Hanuma Vihari, which was supposed to decide the match.

No swing with the new ball for Bengal

As planned, Bengal took the new ball in the third over of the day after Shami and Ishan Porel warmed up with one over each with the older ball. However, there was not much effect with the brand-new ball.

While everyone expected Shami to run through the tail, it was Manisankar Murasingh who got some quick early runs to take the target below fifty for Tripura, and reached his fifty too. The new ball did not swing or seam, which was of no help to the Bengal bowlers.

Shami changed angles, but was not able to challenge both the batters and create any chance for Bengal. Soon, Bengal’s most successful bowler in this match, Mohammed Kaif, replaced Ishan Porel from the City End, and he leaked some boundaries, which did not help the cause either.

However, Shami was replaced by Ishan Porel, from the Pavilion End, and that resulted in a dismissal for Bengal. Hanuma Vihari, who was earlier dropped off Ishan Porel when the batter was on 53 on Day 3, was able to hit him in front of the wicket and get the desired result from the umpire.

Tension rose at the ground, and for everyone following the match, with the new equation being 21 needed for Tripura and 2 wickets needed for Bengal. A few hundred present at the ground along with some U-19 Tripura cricketers gave Hanuma Vihari a standing ovation for his 141, his first big knock for Tripura.

Read Also: Tripura vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2025-26 recap: Tripura shocks Bengal with tons from Vihari and Mura; Tripura 3, Bengal 1

Rana Dutta’s heroics at No. 10

Even though Tripura lost the previous two games and batters did not do well, the murmur in the gallery was that both Rana Dutta and Abhijit Sarkar can also bat, which meant Tripura nearly have 11 batters in the team.

Although Abhijit was supposed to come at No.10, captain Murasingh wanted Rana Dutta, as he wanted two lefties in the middle since neither Ishan Porel nor Mohammed Kaif was able to bring the ball back into the lefties.

Bengal’s plan to keep the field open for Murasingh helped him get some easy singles while Rana looked comfortable even against Mohammed Shami, who returned for his 8th spell of the inning. Shami tested the pacer with some bouncers, which he negotiated very well.

Desperate Bengal tried their final weapon as they brought off-spinner Rahul Prasad with Tripura needed 9 runs to earn three points. Rana Dutta took the first single, and then Murasingh hit back-to-back boundaries to give them the lead. A roar from the all-rounder and a cheer from the dugout proved how important it was for them.

Rana was crucial in that 20, as he added 11 of them to ensure their lead. Finally, Rahul Prasad dismissed Rana on 27, and Murasingh took his chance to hit a six off Shahbaz Ahmed to get to his fifth first-class ton, before they were bowled out for 385, with a lead of 49.

Three important points for Tripura!

It is their captain incredible Manisankar Murasingh, who hits the important boundary to earn their first point of this campaign.

Bengal would be hugely disappointed but they have been outplayed here.

Kudos to Rana Dutta, who added 11. pic.twitter.com/unTbDMoUeI

— Koushik Biswas (@kbofficial25) November 4, 2025

Bengal’s scare with the bat

Although everything was settled with both teams knowing the end result, Tripura bowlers made sure they gave their home fans a reason to stay for a bit longer. 

Rana Dutta, after his heroics with the bat, struck in the first over to dismiss Sudip Kumar Gharami, the centurion from the first inning, on duck. Then Abhijit Sarkar trapped Kazi Juanid Saifi in front of the wicket on a duck to make it a pair for the left-handed top-order batter. At 0/2, scenes looked scary for Bengal.

Abhijit Sarkar made it worse by dismissing Habib Gandhi with a short ball, which came at an awkward height for the left-hander as he went to pull the ball. The scoreboard said 13/3, trailed by 36. Tripura might have gone on to create something miraculous if Hrituraj Ghosh Roy had not dropped an easy catch at short midwicket off Abhitjit Sarkar, just two balls later.

Eventually, Anustup Majumdar and Shahbaz Ahmed took Bengal out of misery. Teams shook hands after Shahbaz reached his fifty, with Bengal finishing on 90/3. 

Bengal now dropped to third place in the group while Tripura rose one spot up to No.7 after their three points. Bengal will next face Railways, while Tripura will host Assam from 8th November. Bengal will reach Kolkata before boarding a flight for Surat tomorrow, on Wednesday.

Bengal 0/2

Sudip Gharami and Kazi Junaid Saifi went for ducks!

Wicket a-piece for Rana Dutta and Abhijit Sarkar!#RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/AjBeVbhniT

— Koushik Biswas (@kbofficial25) November 4, 2025

“Knew that it won’t swing:” Murasingh

Post-match, Tripura captain Manisankar Murasingh told Sportz Point that he knew there would be no swing on the final day, even with the new ball. That is why he was confident that if he could get his eye in early, three points were on the cards.

“I have grown up playing here. I knew there would be no swing or seam, even with the new ball. I got a few early boundaries, which helped us get closer to the target. This is a great comeback by the team after two defeats. It was a near-perfect game for us,” Murasinggh told.

Player of the match Hanuma Vihari shared that the battle against Mohammed Shami needed to be won early on Day 4. Moreover, he appreciated the fact that the aggressive nature of Murasingh helped him play in his own style during their 116-run partnership.

“It was a great battle with Shami. The conditions were in my favour in this match, which is why I won the battle. Tripura have been doing well in the last few seasons, and after these three points, the team would be more confident,” Hanuma told Sportz Point.

Score summary:

Bengal (1st inning): 336; (Sudip Gharami 108, Habib Gandhi 95, Murasingh 56/3)

Tripura (1st inning): 385 (Hanuma Vihari 141, Murasingh 102*, Mohammed Kaif 79/4)

Bengal (2nd inning): 90/3 (Shabaz Ahmed 51*, Abhijit Sarkar 11/2)

Bengal (Playing XI): Sudip Kumar Gharami, Kazi Saifi, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Anustup Majumdar, Abishek Porel(w/c), Sumanta Gupta, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Hari Prasad, Mohammed Kaif, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Porel.

Tripura (Playing XI): Bikramkumar Das, Hrituraj Roy, Sridam Paul, Hanuma Vihari, Vijay Shankar, Swapnil Singh, Manisankar Murasingh(c), Sentu Sarkar(w), Rana Dutta, Abhijit K Sarkar, Bikramjit Debnath