Follow UsDeepti Sharma, who is currently the skipper of the UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League, was retained by the London Spirit after a stellar season in 2024.
She had stepped up with both bat and ball, scoring 212 runs while taking eight wickets in eight games at an E.R of 6.85. Her MVP performance for the London Spirit played a key role in them winning their first championship. In the final, she came in as the finisher and won the title for the London Spirit, sealing victory in style with a six.
Deepti was one of the three Indians to take part in the last edition of the Hundred, alongside Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh. While Mandhana played for the Southern Brave, Ghosh played for the Birmingham Phoenix. Both Mandhana and Ghosh had a lacklustre performance with the bat in the season and, hence, weren’t retained by their respective franchises.
Steve Smith joins The Hundred
For the first time, teams have been permitted to sign one player directly ahead of completing their squads before the main and wildcard drafts this season. In this, Steve Smith has joined the Welsh Fire, Rashid Khan the Oval Invincibles, and Trent Boult has teamed up with Birmingham Phoenix.
Amongst the other big names to be retained are Meg Lanning (Oval Invincibles Women), Marcus Stoinis (Trent Rockets Men), Megan Schutt (Birmingham Phoenix Women), Kane Williamson (London Spirit Men), Amelia Kerr (Manchester Originals Women), David Miller (Northern Superchargers Men), Faf du Plessis (Southern Brave Men) Heinrich Klaasen (Manchester Originals Men) and the Proteas women’s captain Laura Wolvaardt (Southern Brave Women).
Here’s the retention list of all the teams:
Birmingham Phoenix Women: Ellyse Perry, Amy Jones, Emily Arlott, Megan Schutt, Hannah Baker, Charis Pavely, Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister
Birmingham Phoenix Men: Liam Livingstone, Ben Duckett, Trent Boult, Jacob Bethell, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Dan Mousley, Tim Southee, Will Smeed, Chris Wood, Aneurin Donald
London Spirit Women: Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Deepti Sharma, Georgia Redmayne, Eva Gray, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Sophie Munro
London Spirit Men: Liam Dawson, Daniel Worrall, Kane Williamson, Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, Ollie Pope, Keaton Jennings
Manchester Originals Women: Amelia Kerr, Sophie Ecclestone, Beth Mooney, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Evelyn Jones, Kathryn Bryce, Fi Morris, Danielle Gregory
Manchester Originals Men: Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen, Matthew Hurst, Scott Currie, Josh Tongue, Tom Hartley, Sonny Baker, Tom Aspinwall
Northern Superchargers Women: Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Alice Davidson-Richards, Grace Ballinger, Davina Perrin
Northern Superchargers Men: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Ben Dwarshuis, Graham Clark, Pat Brown, Tom Lawes
Oval Invincibles Women: Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Meg Lanning, Tash Farrant, Ryana Macdonald-Gay, Sophia Smale, Jo Gardner, Rachel Slater
Oval Invincibles Men: Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Tom Curran, Jordan Cox, Rashid Khan, Saqib Mahmood, Sam Billings, Gus Atkinson, Nathan Sowter, Donovan Ferreira, Tawanda Muyeye
Southern Brave Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Rhianna Southby
Southern Brave Men: James Vince, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Faf du Plessis, Leus Du Plooy, Craig Overton, Laurie Evans, Finn Allen, Danny Briggs, James Coles
Trent Rockets Women: Ash Gardner, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Heather Graham, Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Natasha Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy
Trent Rockets Men: Joe Root, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Banton, John Turner, Sam Cook, Sam Hain, Tom Alsop, Calvin Harrison
Welsh Fire Women: Hayley Matthews, Tammy Beaumont, Jessica Jonassen, Shabnim Ismail, Sarah Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Georgia Davis, Emily Windsor, Beth Langston
Welsh Fire Men: Steve Smith, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Abell, Luke Wells, Stephen Eskinazi