WPL or Women’s Premier League is a franchise T20 league of women. This league is organized in India but WPL is owned and operated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The first season of WPL was played in March 2023 in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai Cricket Stadium. Five teams participated in this tournament and the Mumbai Indians team was the first winning team of this tournament.
In February 2022, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly announced to conduct of women’s IPL and he named women’s IPL as WPL. WPL is T20 cricket like IPL but women players participate in this tournament.
The title sponsor of the WPL tournament was bought by Tata Group by placing a bid and now the title sponsor of the WPL tournament is Tata Group. Mumbai Indians team had won the first tournament and defeated Delhi Capitals team in the final match.
Five teams participated in the WPL tournament. All the teams have matches with other teams and the team that remains top in the points table qualifies for the semi-finals. The last season of WPL was from March 4, 2023 to March 26. A total of 22 matches were played in this tournament which was played between 2023 and 2023 and these matches were played at Brabourne Stadium and D Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
WPL 2024
| Tournament Name | WPL |
| Dates | – |
| Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| Cricket format | T20 |
| Participants Teams: | 5 |
| Host(s) | India |
| Tournament format(s) | Double Round-robin and playoffs |
| Matches | 22 T20s |
| Current champion | Mumbai Indians (1st title) |
| Official website | wplt20.com |
WPL 2024 Teams List
- Delhi Capitals
- Gujarat Giants
- Mumbai Indians
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- UP Warriorz
| Team | City | Captain | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Capitals | New Delhi | Meg Lanning | Jonathan Batty |
| Gujarat Giants | Ahmedabad | Beth Mooney | Rachael Haynes |
| Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Harmanpreet Kaur | Charlotte Edwards |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Smriti Mandhana | Ben Sawyer |
| UP Warriorz | Lucknow | Alyssa Healy | Jon Lewis |
WPL 2024 Venue
- M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
WPL 2024 Schedule | Womens Premier League 2024 Match TimeTable
WPL 2024 All Team Squads, Players List
Delhi Capitals
- Alice Capsey
- Annabel Sutherland
- Arundhati Reddy
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Jess Jonassen
- Laura Harris
- Shafali Verma
- Radha Yadav
- Shikha Pandey
- Marizanne Kapp
- Sneha Deepthi
- Poonam Yadav
- Meg Lanning
- Minnu Mani
- Taniya Bhatia (wk)
- Titas Sadhu
- Aparna Mondal
- Ashwani Kumari
Gujarat Giants
- Beth Mooney (wk)
- Ashleigh Gardner
- Harleen Deol
- Dayalan Hemalatha
- Laura Wolvaardt
- Sneh Rana
- Tanuja Kanwar
- Shabnam Shakil
- Meghna Singh
- Phoebe Litchfield
- Trisha Poojitha
- Kashvee Gautam
- Priya Mishra
- Kathryn Bryce
- Mannat Kashyap
- Lauren Cheatle
- Veda Krishnamurthy
- Tarannum Pathan
Mumbai Indians
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Amelia Kerr
- Pooja Vastrakar
- Yastika Bhatia
- Amanjot Kaur
- Saika Ishaque
- Hayley Matthews
- Chloe Tryon
- Humaira Kazi
- Issy Wong
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Jintimani Kalita
- Priyanka Bala
- Shabnim Ismail
- Sajeevan Sajana
- Amandeep Kaur
- Fatima Zafar
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Georgia Wareham
- Smriti Mandhana
- Sophie Devine
- Ellyse Perry
- Renuka Singh
- Richa Ghosh (wk)
- Indrani Roy
- Shreyanka Patil
- Kanika Ahuja
- Heather Knight
- Ekta Bisht
- Kate Cross
- Subha Satish
- Sabbhineni Meghana
- Simran Bahadur
- Sophie Molineux
UP Warriorz
- Alyssa Healy*
- Anjali Sarvani
- Deepti Sharma
- Grace Harris*
- Kiran Navgire
- Lauren Bell*
- Laxmi Yadav
- Parshavi Chopra
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- S Yashasri
- Shweta Sehrawat
- Sophie Ecclestone*
- Tahlia Mcgrath*
- Dani Wyatt* (auction – 30 lakh)
- Vrinda Dinesh (auction – 1.30 crore)
- Saima Thakor (auction – 10 lakh)
- Poonam Khenmar (auction – 10 lakh)
- Gouher Sultana (auction – 30 lakh)
