Mumbai Indians, the defending champions ahead of the 2026 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), started their mega auction, buying the New Zealand spinner, Amelia Kerr. They already retained five star members from the previous season of the event- including Nat Sciver Brunt and captain Harmanpreet Kaur. They also had Hayley Matthews of the West Indies in the squad. A

Amelia Kerr was signed for a price of INR 1 core in the 2023 season of the league as he quickly breached INR 1.7 crore mark with both the franchises- Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz- going after the young spinner. Kerr’s skills of slowing down the ball in the middle overs are always a key for any team.

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UP and MI kept tussling for the spinner as her bid quickly went past the INR 2.5 crore before Mumbai closing it out on INR 3 crore. This move has closed the spin department of the franchise as Kerr and Matthews will be key to their success in the title defense for the next WPL in 2026.

Amelia Kerr joins Mumbai Indians’ already retained five players ahead of WPL 2026

The 25-year-old leg spinner of the New Zealand side has smashed overall 1453 runs in 70 innings of the Women’s T20Is at an average of 27.94 and a strike rare of 109.74 with the help of five half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 70 runs.

With the ball in hand, Kerr has been excellent with 95 wickets in 86 innings at an average of around 20 and a strike rate of 20.0 and an economy rate of just a tad over six with two four-wicket hauls, thanks to the best bowling figure of 4/20 in an innings. In the WPL history, she has nailed 437 runs in 24 innings at a strike rate of 120 and picked up 40 wickets at an average of 18.

Last year, Kerr collected 18 wickets in 10 innings at an average of 15.94 and a fine economy rate of 7.75.

Mumbai Indians’ pre-auction retained players-

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini