WPL teams announced their retention lists on September 28, 2026, and several overseas names were left out in what many observers would consider surprising decisions. Three players in particular stand out given their experience and T20 records at the international level.
UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have each parted ways with a notable overseas cricketer ahead of the WPL 2027 auction. Here is a look at the three players released and what their T20 careers tell us about them.
3. Deandra Dottin (UP Warriorz)
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin, born on June 21, 1991, in Barbados, is a right-hand batter and right-arm medium-pace all-rounder. She made her T20I debut on June 27, 2008, against Ireland and went on to play 154 T20I matches, scoring 3,228 runs at an average of 26.03, including 2 centuries and 14 fifties, with a top score of 112*. She also claimed 77 wickets at an average of 20.14, with a best of 5/5. At the 2010 Women’s T20 World Cup, Dottin scored 112* off 45 balls against South Africa, becoming the first woman to score a T20I century. That innings remains the fastest century in Women’s T20I history. She was also the first woman to score two T20I centuries and the first female cricketer to hit 100 sixes in T20Is.
