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The draft for the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) 2024 in Australia, is set to take place on September 1, and the first group of confirmed players have been announced, which includes three Indian stars.

Along with the Indians, several English players including Heather Knight and Sophie Ecclestone had also put up their names for the draft, with the WBBL scheduled to start on October 27.

In this article, The Sporting News tells you all about the Indian cricketers that are likely to be involved in the next WBBL 2024 season.

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Which Indian players will be a part of the draft ahead of WBBL 2024 season?

A total of 19 Indian cricketers have been confirmed to participate in the upcoming WBBL 2024 season after they had entered their names for the draft, scheduled to take place of September 1.

PlayerPotential Retention by (Team)
Harmanpreet KaurMelbourne Renegades
Jemimah Rodrigues 
Deepti Sharma 
Shreyanka Patil 
Yastika Bhatia 
Titas Sadhu 
Radha Yadav 
Asha Sobhana 
Amanjot Kaur 
Shikha Pandey 
Sneh Rana 
Dayalan Hemalatha 
Mannat Kashyap 
Meghana Sabbineni 
Veda Krishnamurthy 
Mona Meshram 
Meghna Singh 
Sajeevan Sajana 

Deepti Sharma in particular, has been in the news recently after she led the London Spirit to victory in The Hundred 2024 Final, finishing the game in style, by hitting a six in the last three balls of the match.

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While Kaur, who was part of the Melbourne Renegades last season, has a chance to be retained by the team, while Rodrigues and Sharma was last involved in the WBBL during the 2022 season with Melbourne Stars and during 2021 with the Sydney Thunder, respectively.

List of Indian players who have been confirmed to take part in the WBBL 2024 season

So far, only Smriti Mandhana has been confirmed to play in the next season as she was signed up by the Adelaide Strikers among the many pre-draft signings who will be expected to be available throughout the season.

PlayerTeam
Smriti MandhanaAdelaide Strikers

Complete List of WBBL and BBL 2024/25 pre-signings

WBBL

PlayerSigned by team
Amelia KerrSydney Sixers
Smriti MandhanaAdelaide Strikers
Hayley MatthewsMelbourne Renegades
Sophie DevinePerth Scorchers
Nadine de KlerkBrisbane Heat
Marizanne KappMelbourne Stars
Chamari AthapaththuSydney Thunder
Lizelle LeeHobart Hurricanes

BBL

PlayerSigned by team
Ollie PopeAdelaide Strikers
Colin MunroBrisbane Heat
Chris JordanHobart Hurricanes
Tim SeifertMelbourne Renegades
Tom CurranMelbourne Stars
Finn Allen Perth Scorchers
Akeal HoseinSydney Sixers
Sam BillingsSydney Thunder

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Saino Zachariah is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.