Women’s Premier League’s (WPL) inaugural season will begin on Saturday, 4th March 2023. Five teams will be taking part in the Women’s Premier League and the games will be taking place from March 4 to March 26. All the matches of the WPL 2023 will only be taking place at DY Patil Sports Academy and Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The team placed at the first position on the WPL 2023 points table will directly qualify for the final, while the second and third teams will have to play the Eliminator match on March 24.
The Women’s Premier League will be played in double round format with one knockout stage game followed by the Final match which will be played on March 26. Every WPL 2023 team can have a maximum of six foreign players and must have a squad of 18 players maximum. The first auction of the WPL 2023 took place on 13th February in Mumbai. Many foreign players like Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, Amelia Kerr, and others are taking part in the first season of the WPL. The five teams in the WPL 2023 are, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriorz, and Gujarat Giants.
Here’s all the details that you need to know about the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League 2023.
Live streaming: WPL 2023
All the Women’s Premier League 2023 matches will be broadcast on Sports18 Network and Jio Cinema in India.
Teams and Full squads: WPL 2023
Delhi Capitals
Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Jasia Akhter, Minnu Man, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jess Jonassen, Sneha Deepthi, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mandal.
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Isabelle Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujjar, Saika Ishaque, Hayley Mathews, Chloe Tryon, Humairaa Kaazi, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Jintimani Kalita, Neelam Bisht.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh, Erin Burns, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Heather Knight, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Komal Zanzad, Meghan Schutt, Sahana Pawar.
UP Warriorz
Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Alyssa Healy (w/c), Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S Yashasri, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh.
Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney (c), Sophie Dunkley, Anna Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Sneh Rana, S Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Mansi Joshi, D Hemalatha, Monica Patel, Tanuja Kanwer, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala, Ashwani Kumari, Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil.
