Women’s Premier League 2023: All you need to know

The much-awaited inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is all set to commence on March 4, 2023. The curtain raiser will witness Mumbai Indians locking horns against Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. The WPL 2023 will see five teams fighting for the prestigious trophy.

The tournament will have a total of 22 matches, including the finals. The five-team competition will witness every team playing a total of eight games in the league stage – two games each against every opponent. After the 20 games of the league stage, the team finishing on top of the points table will straight way move to the final, while the teams finishing second and third will lock horns in the Eliminator to fight for a spot in the summit clash.

Here’s all you need to know about the WPL 2023:

Teams

Mumbai Indians (MI), Gujarat Giants (GG), Delhi Capitals (DC), UP Warriorz (UPW), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Venues

Dr. DY Patil Stadium (Mumbai) and Brabourne Stadium (Mumbai)

Live Telecast in India And Live Streaming Details

Viacom 18 won media rights for the inaugural WPL 2023. The tournament will be telecasted on Sports 18 channel and Jio Cinema.

Squads

Delhi Capitals

Jemimah Rodrigues (vc), Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Jasia Akhter, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jess Jonassen, Sneha Deepthi, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal

Gujarat Giants

Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney (c), Sophia Dunkley, Deandra Dottin, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana (vc), Sabbineni Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Dayalan Hemalatha, Monica Patel, Tanuja Kanwer, Mansi Joshi, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala, Ashwani Kumari, Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil

Mumbai Indians

Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Isabelle Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujjar, Saika Ishaque, Hayley Matthews, Chloe Tryon, Humairaa Kaazi, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Jintamani Kalita, Neelam Bisht

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, 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, Megan Schutt, Sahana Pawar

UP Warriorz

Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma (vc), Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Alyssa Healy (c), Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Parshavi Chopra, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh

Schedule

Date	Match	Time (IST)	Venue
March 4	Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians	8:00 PM	D.Y Patil
March 5	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals	3:30 PM	Brabourne
March 5	UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 6	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 7	Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 8	Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 9	Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 10	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 11	Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 12	UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 13	Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 14	Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 15	UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 16	Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 18	Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz	3:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 18	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 20	Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz	3:30 PM	Brabourne
March 20	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 21	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians	3:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 21	UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals	7:30 PM	Brabourne
March 24	Eliminator	7:30 PM	D.Y Patil
March 26	Final	7:30 PM	Brabourne