Women’s Premier League (WPL) Teams Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals.
Women’s Premier League (WPL) Teams and Players list
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is all set for its second season as the five franchises are keen to deliver yet another brilliant year of franchise cricket. Five franchises, namely Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, and UP Warriorz, will battle it out to get their hands on the coveted title.
The inaugural season of the tournament was won by Mumbai Indians under Harmanpreet Kaur after dominant showings throughout the competition. They defeated Delhi Capitals women in the summit clash of the competition to clinch the inaugural title and create history.
A plethora of stars from women’s cricket will feature in the upcoming edition of the WPL but before that, the teams will build their squads at the mini-auction ahead of the tournament. A total of 165 players will go under the hammer, with a maximum of 30 slots to be filled. The number of overseas slots is nine. Meanwhile, of the total 165, 104 are Indians while the remaining 64 are overseas, of which 15 players from the associate nations. The total number of capped players are 56, while 109 are uncapped.
While the BCCI is yet to announce the dates of the second edition, it is expected to start on February 10 and end in the first week of March 2024.
- Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad 2024
Player Name Role Price Details
Amanjot Kaur All-rounder 50 lakh
Amelia Kerr All-rounder 1 crore
Chloe Tryon All-rounder 30 lakh
Harmanpreet Kaur All-rounder 1.8 crore
Hayley Matthews All-rounder 40 lakh
Humairaa Kaazi All-rounder 10 lakh
Isabelle Wong All-rounder 30 lakh
Jintimani Kalita All-rounder 10 lakh
Natalie Sciver All-rounder 3.2 crore
Pooja Vastrakar All-rounder 1.9 crore
Priyanka Bala Batter 20 lakh
Saika Ishaque Bowler 10 lakh
Yastika Bhatia Wicket-keeper 1.5 crore
Shabnim Ismail Bowler 1.2 crore
S Sajana All-rounder 15 lakh
Amandeep Kaur All-rounder 10 lakh
Fatima Jaffer Bowler 10 lakh
Keerthana Balakrishnan
All-rounder 10 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Squad 2024
Player Name Role Price Details
Asha Shobana All-rounder 10 lakh
Disha Kasat Batter 10 lakh
Ellyse Perry All-rounder 1.7 crore
Heather Knight All-rounder 40 lakh
Indrani Roy Wicket-keeper 10 lakh
Kanika Ahuja All-rounder 35 lakh
Renuka Singh Bowler 1.5 crore
Richa Ghosh Wicket-keeper 1.9 crore
Shreyanka Patil All-rounder 10 lakh
Smriti Mandhana Batter 3.4 crore
Sophie Devine All-rounder 50 lakh
Georgia Wareham All-rounder 40 lakh
Kate Cross Bowler 30 lakh
Ekta Bisht Bowler 60 lakh
Shubha Satheesh All-rounder 10 lakh
S Meghana Batter 30 lakh
Simran Bahadur All-rounder 30 lakh
Sophie Molineux Bowler 30 lakh - Gujarat Giants (GG) Squad 2024
Player Name Role Price Details
Ashleigh Gardner All-rounder 3.2 crore
Beth Mooney Batter 40 lakh
Dayalan Hemalatha All-rounder 30 lakh
Harleen Deol All-rounder 40 lakh
Laura Wolvaardt Batter 2 crore
Shabnam Shakil Bowler 10 lakh
Sneh Rana All-rounder 75 lakh
Tanuja Kanwer All-rounder 50 lakh
Phoebe Litchfield Batter 1 crore
Meghna Singh All-rounder 30 lakh
Trisha Poojitha Batter 10 lakh
Kashvee Gautam All-rounder 2 crore
Priya Mishra Bowler 20 lakh
Lauren Cheatle Bowler 30 lakh
Kathryn Bryce All-rounder 10 lakh
Mannat Kashyap All-rounder 10 lakh
Veda Krishnamurthy All-rounder 30 lakh
Tarannum Pathan All-rounder 10 lakh - Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad 2024
Player Name Role Price Details
Alice Capsey All-rounder 75 lakh
Arundhati Reddy All-rounder 30 lakh
Jemimah Rodrigues Batter 2.2 crore
Jess Jonassen All-rounder 50 lakh
Laura Harris Batter 45 lakh
Marizanne Kapp All-rounder 1.5 crore
Meg Lanning Batter 1.1 crore
Minnu Mani All-rounder 30 lakh
Poonam Yadav Bowler 30 lakh
Radha Yadav All-rounder 40 lakh
Shafali Verma Batter 2 crore
Shikha Pandey All-rounder 60 lakh
Sneha Deepthi Batter 30 lakh
Taniyaa Bhatia Wicket-keeper 30 lakh
Titas Sadhu Bowler 25 lakh
Annabel Sutherland All-rounder 2 crore
Aparna Mondal Wicket-keeper 10 lakh
Ashwini Kumari All-rounder 10 lakh - UP Warriorz (UPW) Squad 2024
Player Name Role Price Details
Alyssa Healy Wicketkeeper 70 lakh
Anjali Sarvani Bowler 55 lakh
Deepti Sharma All-rounder 2.6 crore
Grace Harris All-rounder 75 lakh
Kiran Navgire Batter 30 lakh
Lauren Bell Bowler 30 lakh
Laxmi Yadav Wicketkeeper 10 lakh
Parshavi Chopra All-rounder 10 lakh
Rajeshwari Gayakwad Bowler 40 lakh
S. Yashasri All-rounder 10 lakh
Shweta Sehrawat Batter 40 lakh
Sophie Ecclestone Bowler 1.8 crore
Tahlia McGrath All-rounder 1.4 crore
Danni Wyatt Batter 30 lakh
Vrinda Dinesh Batter 1.3 crore
Poonam Khemnar All-rounder 10 lakh
Saima Thakor All-rounder 10 lakh
Gouher Sultana Bowler 30 lakh
The 2024 Women’s Premier League (also known as WPL 2024 and branded as TATA WPL 2024) is the ongoing second season of the Women’s Premier League, a women’s franchise Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament, featuring five teams, is being held from 23 February to 17 March 2024.
Mumbai Indians are the defending champions.
Background
Format
Five teams are scheduled to play in 2024. The tournament involves each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format. After the double round-robin league, the top three teams qualify for the playoffs based on aggregate points. The team with the highest points will automatically qualify for the final match. The second and third-placed teams will compete with each other (in a match titled “Eliminator”). The winner of the Eliminator match will move on to the final match.
Schedule
The schedule of the first phase of the IPL 2024 was announced on 24 January 2024. The opening match of the tournament was played between the defending champions Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals on 23 February 2024 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The final match will be played on 17 March 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Broadcasting
Sports18 will be the TV broadcaster, while Jio Cinema will be the digital broadcaster for the upcoming season.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on 23 February at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, with Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Tiger Shroff performing.
Participating teams
A total of 60 players were retained by their respective teams from the previous season.
Delhi Capitals Gujarat Giants Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore UP Warriorz
Meg Lanning (c)
Alice Capsey
Annabel Sutherland
Arundhati Reddy
Jemimah Rodrigues
Jess Jonassen
Laura Harris
Shafali Verma
Radha Yadav
Shikha Pandey
Marizanne Kapp
Sneha Deepthi
Poonam Yadav
Minnu Mani
Taniya Bhatia (wk)
Titas Sadhu
Aparna Mondal
Ashwani Kumari
Beth Mooney (wk) (c)
Ashleigh Gardner
Harleen Deol
Dayalan Hemalatha
Laura Wolvaardt
Sneh Rana
Tanuja Kanwar
Shabnam Shakil
Meghna Singh
Phoebe Litchfield
Trisha Poojitha
Kashvee Gautam[6]
Priya Mishra
Kathryn Bryce
Mannat Kashyap
Lauren Cheatle[7]
Veda Krishnamurthy
Tarannum Pathan
Lea Tahuhu
Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
Amelia Kerr
Pooja Vastrakar
Yastika Bhatia (wk)
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
Smriti Mandhana (c)
Georgia Wareham
Sophie Devine
Ellyse Perry
Renuka Singh
Richa Ghosh (wk)
Indrani Roy
Shreyanka Patil
Kanika Ahuja[8]
Sobhana Asha
Nadine de Klerk
Heather Knight[9]
Ekta Bisht
Kate Cross
Shubha Satheesh
Sabbhineni Meghana
Simran Bahadur
Sophie Molineux
Alyssa Healy (wk) (c)
Chamari Athapaththu
Sophie Ecclestone
Deepti Sharma
Tahlia McGrath
Anjali Sarvani
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Parshavi Chopra
Shweta Sehrawat
Soppadhandi Yashasri
Kiran Navgire
Grace Harris
Lauren Bell[10]
Laxmi Yadav
Vrinda Dinesh
Danni Wyatt
Poonam Khemnar
Saima Thakor
Gouher Sultana
Player auction
A total of 30 players were sold during the auction, nine of whom were from overseas.[11]
Name National side Team Price
Annabel Sutherland Australia Delhi Capitals ₹2 crore (US$250,000)
Aparna Mondal India Delhi Capitals ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Ashwani Kumari India Delhi Capitals ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Kashvee Gautam India Gujarat Giants ₹2 crore (US$250,000)
Phoebe Litchfield Australia Gujarat Giants ₹1 crore (US$130,000)
Meghna Singh India Gujarat Giants ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Lauren Cheatle Australia Gujarat Giants ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Veda Krishnamurthy India Gujarat Giants ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Priya Mishra India Gujarat Giants ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Trisha Poojitha India Gujarat Giants ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Kathryn Bryce Scotland Gujarat Giants ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Mannat Kashyap India Gujarat Giants ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Tarannum Pathan India Gujarat Giants ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Shabnim Ismail South Africa Mumbai Indians ₹1.2 crore (US$150,000)
Sajeevan Sajana India Mumbai Indians ₹15 lakh (US$19,000)
Amandeep Kaur India Mumbai Indians ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Fathima Jaffer India Mumbai Indians ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Keerthana Balakrishnan India Mumbai Indians ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Ekta Bisht India Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹60 lakh (US$75,000)
Georgia Wareham Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹40 lakh (US$50,000)
Kate Cross England Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Sabbhineni Meghana India Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Simran Bahadur India Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Sophie Molineux Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Shubha Satheesh India Royal Challengers Bangalore ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Vrinda Dinesh India UP Warriorz ₹1.3 crore (US$160,000)
Danni Wyatt England UP Warriorz ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Gouher Sultana India UP Warriorz ₹30 lakh (US$38,000)
Poonam Khemnar India UP Warriorz ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Saima Thakor India UP Warriorz ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
Venues
Matches will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi, with the latter to host the knockout stages.[1]
India
Bengaluru
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Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Arun Jaitley Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 35,200
Points table
Pos Teamvte Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Capitals 7 5 2 0 10 0.918 Advance to Final
2 Mumbai Indians 8 5 3 0 10 0.024 Advance to Eliminator
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 4 4 0 8 0.306
4 UP Warriorz 8 3 5 0 6 −0.371
5 Gujarat Giants 7 2 5 0 4 −0.873
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo
Match summary
Visitor team → DC GG MI RCB UPW
Home team ↓
Delhi Capitals Match 20 Delhi
29 runs Delhi
1 run Lucknow
1 run
Gujarat Giants Delhi
25 runs Mumbai
5 wickets Gujarat
19 runs Gujarat
8 runs
Mumbai Indians Mumbai
4 wickets Mumbai
7 wickets Bangalore
7 wickets Lucknow
7 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi
25 runs Bangalore
8 wickets Mumbai
7 wickets Bangalore
2 runs
UP Warriorz Delhi
9 wickets Lucknow
6 wickets Mumbai
42 runs Bangalore
23 runs