Introduction
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is the cricket league for women in India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has started the league with two teams.
The first season of WPL was played in 2023 with five city-based franchises. Mumbai Indians became the first team to win the maiden WPL title. All of the matches from the league were played in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
WPL Information
| Starting Date | February 23, 2024 |
| Founder/ Organisers | BCCI |
| Format | T20 Cricket |
| Tournament format | Double Round-robin and playoffs |
| First Edition | 2023 |
| Upcoming Edition | 2024 |
| Number of Teams | 5 |
| Defending Champions | Mumbai Indians |
| Most runs | Meg Lanning (345) |
| Most wickets | Hayley Matthews (16) |
History
In 2018, India’s first big women’s cricket tournament was announced, named the Women’s T20 Challenge, played as a single-match tournament. One more team was added to the tournament for the next three seasons: 2019, 2020, and 2022.
In February 2022, BCCI announced they are going to start a women’s version of IPL (Indian Premier League), replacing the Women’s T20 Challenge event as India’s biggest women’s Twenty20 Competition. Later, in October, the BCCI president announced that five city-based franchises would participate in the tournament, which will be held in March 2023. The league was named as Women’s Indian Premier League which later officially changed to Women’s Premier League.
Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 Schedule
BCCI has officially announced the WPL 2024 schedule, which will run from February 23, 2024, to March 17, 2024. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, will host the first match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. The WPL Schedule 2024 below is available to learn more about the matches and dates.
| Date | Match | Timings | Venue |
| 23 February 2024 | Indians v Capitals | 7:00PM | Bangalore |
| 24 February 2024 | Royal Challengers v Warriorz | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 25 February 2024 | Giants v Indians | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 26 February 2024 | Warriorz v Capitals | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 27 February 2024 | Royal Challengers v Giants | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 28 February 2024 | Indians v Warriorz | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 29 February 2024 | Royal Challengers v Capitals | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 1 March 2024 | Warriorz v Giants | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 2 March 2024 | Royal Challengers v Indians | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 3 March 2024 | Giants v Capitals | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 4 March 2024 | Warriorz v Royal Challengers | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
| 5 March 2024 | Capitals v Indians | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 6 March 2024 | Giants v Royal Challengers | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 7 March 2024 | Warriorz v Indians | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 8 March 2024 | Capitals v Warriorz | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 9 March 2024 | Indians v Giants | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 10 March 2024 | Capitals v Royal Challengers | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 11 March 2024 | Giants v Warriorz | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 12 March 2024 | Indians v Royal Challengers | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 13 March 2024 | Capitals v Giants | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 14 March 2024 | No Match Day | — | — |
| 15 March 2024 | TBD v TBD (Play-off) | 7:00 PM | New Delhi |
| 16 March 2024 | No Match Day | — | — |
| 17 March 2024 | TBD v TBD (Final) | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
WPL 2024 Teams and Squads
Five teams will be participating in the WPL 2024 edition. Mumbai Indians are the defending champions who defeated Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets in the WPL 2023 season.
Let’s know about the WPL 2024 teams and the squads in detail.
Mumbai Indians Squad
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Humaira Kazi
- Amandeep Kaur
- Amanjot Kaur
- Amelia Kerr
- Chloe Tryon
- Hayley Matthews
- Jintimani Kalita
- Keerthana Sathyamoorthy Balakrishnan
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Pooja Vastrakar
- Sajeevan Sajana
- Priyanka Bala (wk)
- Yastika Bhatia (wk)
- Fatima Jaffer
- Issy Wong
- Saika Ishaque
- Shabnim Ismail
Delhi Capitals Squad
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Laura Harris
- Meg Lanning
- Shafali Verma
- Sneha Deepthi
- Alice Capsey
- Annabel Sutherland
- Arundhati Reddy
- Ashwani Kumari
- Marizanne Kapp
- Radha Yadav
- Shikha Pandey
- Aparna Mondal (wk)
- Taniya Bhatia (wk)
- Jess Jonassen
- Minnu Mani
- Poonam Yadav
- Titas Sadhu
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Disha Kasat
- Sabbhineni Meghana
- Smriti Mandhana
- Sobhana Asha
- Ellyse Perry
- Kanika Ahuja
- Nadine de Klerk
- Satheesh Shubha
- Satheesh Shubha
- Shreyanka Patil
- Sophie Devine
- Indrani Roy (wk)
- Richa Ghosh (wk)
- Ekta Bisht
- Georgia Wareham
- Kate Cross
- Renuka Singh
- Simran Bahadur
- Sophie Molineux
Gujarat Giants
- Laura Wolvaardt
- Phoebe Litchfield
- Priya Mishra
- Yeadukondala Trisha Poojitha
- Veda Krishnamurthy
- Ashleigh Gardner
- Dayalan Hemalatha
- Harleen Deol
- Kathryn Emma Bryce
- Sneh Rana
- Tanuja Kanwar
- Tarannum Pathan
- Beth Mooney (wk)
- Kashvee Gautam
- Lea Tahuhu
- Mannat Kashyap
- Meghna Singh
- Shabnam
UP Warriorz
- Danni Wyatt
- Kiran Navgire
- Shweta Sehrawat
- Vrinda Dinesh
- Chamari Athapaththu
- Deepti Sharma
- Grace Harris
- Parshavi Chopra
- Poonam Khemnar
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Soppadhandi Yashasri
- Tahlia McGrath
- Alyssa Healy (wk)
- Laxmi Yadav (wk)
- Gouher Sultana
- Anjali Sarvani
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- Saima Thakor