Women Premier League All Details

Every individual is aware of the term "Indian Premier League" (IPL), but not many know about the "Women Premier League" (WPL). The BCCI, like the IPL, has decided to organize a women's Indian cricket league, the WPL. 

Women Premier League is a tournament which give wings to women cricketers to fly high in the sky. It offers financial and emotional support to female cricketers. Through this platform, women cricketers can show off their power-packed gaming style. 

The Women's Premier League will start on March 4, 2023, and continue until the final match on March 26, 2023. The astonishing league will involve 22 matches among the five teams. 

History and idea of starting WPL 

Before WPL came into picture, Women’s T20 Challenge was played in India from 2018 to 2022. This Indian women’s cricket T20 tournament started in 2018 with a single match played between two teams—the IPL Trailblazers and the IPL Supernovas. The campaign extended into a three-team tournament with a new team, IPL Velocity, in 2019. 

In November 2020, BCCI president Saurav Ganguly proposed an innovative plan to expand this small tournament into a large one to support female cricketers. In February 2022, Saurav Ganguly officially announced his idea of commencing an Indian Premier League for women. The Board of Control for Cricket in India officially announced the name of the women's version of the IPL - Women Premier League - on January 25, 2023.  

Venue of Women’s Premier League 

The new tournament in the kitty will be played at Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. 

Live streaming of Women’s Premier League in India 

Sports 18 Network will telecast the live streaming of the Women’s Premier League in India. The awaited campaign can also be viewed on the Jio Cinema app. 

Teams and Squads 

The tournament will be played by five teams, all of which are unique in their own way. 

Teams: 

• Delhi Capitals – The team is owned by JSW Group-GMR Group and will represent New Delhi.
• Mumbai Indians – It is owned by India win Sports and will represent Mumbai.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore - It is owned by Diageo and will represent Bangalore. 
• Gujarat Giants – Gujarat Giants is owned by Adani Group and will represent Ahmedabad. 
• UP Warriorz – It is owned by Capri Global and will represent Lucknow. 

Squads: 

Delhi Capitals - Aparna Mondal, Taniyaa Bhatia, Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning, Jasia Akhter, Jemimah Rodrigues, Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav, Tara Norris, Titas Sadhu 

Mumbai Indians - Harmanpreet Kaur, Natalie Sciver, 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, Disha Kasa, Richa Ghosh, Indrani Roy, Sophie Divine, Elise peri, Arin Burns, Shreyanka Patil, Kanuka Aahuja, Heather Night, Poonam Khemnar, DED Van Nikerk, Aasha Shobhna, Renuka Singh, Priti Boss, Komal Janjad, Megan Shutta, Sahana Pawar 

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

UP Warriorz - Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Devika Vaidya, Tahlia Mcgrath, Shabnim Ismail, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S. Yashasri, Simran Shaikh