The 2026 Women's Premier League has been a success and an upset at the same time. A handful of established names — both international stars and reliable domestic performers — went unsold. The squads went tight, giving a good headache to the team managements, but the market pressure affected the players. The official sold/unsold lists and round-by-round commentary capture the surprise around these names. Here the top 5 international stars that went unsold in WPL: 5 | Sabbineni (Sabbhineni) Meghana (India) — domestic top-order batter Despite a respectable WPL record — 302 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 118.43 and a season-opening 53 (her career best) in 2024, when she steadied the innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women alongside big hitters. Also an India-capped batter who scored 114 runs in three WODIs at an average of 38.00. Yet at base price ₹ 30 lakh in the 2026 mega auction, she remained unsold — underlining how even proven domestic and international players can be victims of tight roster strategies and oversupply of batters. 4 | Tazmin Brits (South Africa) — top-order batter Tazmin Brits entered the WPL for the first time this year but still went unsold — a shock given her numbers. She smashed five ODI centuries in 2025, reaching seven hundreds in just 41 innings, the fastest ever, including a 101 off 89 at the 2025 World Cup. In T20Is, she has 1,719 runs in 68 matches, averaging 32.43 with a 106–108 strike rate — solid, though just above decent in women’s T20s. Yet teams still overlooked her. 3 | Alana King (Australia) — leg-spinner / lower-order batter Alana King is a frontline T20 leg-spin option with World Cup pedigree (including a standout 7/18 in a recent World Cup match) and valuable middle-over control. She had played in past WPL seasons (UP Warriorz among previous ties) and has strong WODI/T20I wickets totals — yet she too went unsold this time. Reasons flagged: franchises had already used up their overseas spinner/all-rounder slots on retained players or very high-value signings, and some teams preferred an additional Indian spinner to preserve overseas flexibility. Read also: WPL 2026: Complete List of Squads of All Five Teams After Mega Auction 2 | Amy Jones (England) — wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones going unsold is a genuine WPL 2026 shock. Even though she once kept the league aside, she still has 2,659 ODI runs at 32.82 with 2 hundreds and 16 fifties in her portfolio, plus 1,666 T20I runs at a rapid 121.60 strike rate. In franchise cricket, she owns 1,409 WBBL runs at 115.96 SR with 7 fifties, and 634 runs in The Hundred at 129.65 SR. With elite wicketkeeping and consistent middle-order impact, overlooking a player of her numbers and versatility remains one of the auction’s biggest surprises. 1 | Alyssa Healy (Australia) — wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy — one of Australia’s most influential T20 finishers with over 1,000 international runs and several World Cup-defining innings — surprisingly went unsold despite a ₹50-lakh base price. She had been a key signing for the UP Warriorz in previous WPL editions, fetching around ₹70 lakh in 2025. However, her recent foot and soft-tissue concerns, along with teams prioritising overseas all-rounders or younger wicketkeeper options with longer tournament availability, reportedly worked against her this time.