The second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), WPL 2024, is all set to commence on February 23rd. Last year’s finalists, the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals, will square off against each other in the opening encounter of the WPL 2024 at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai Indians won the inaugural season of the WPL by defeating Meg Lenning’s Delhi Capitals in the final.
WPL 2024 will kick off on February 23rd, with the final set to take place on March 17th, 2024. Just like last year, a total of five teams will compete against each other in 22 matches to get their hands on the precious WPL Trophy. This year, the matches will be played in the cities of Delhi and Bengaluru.
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The 22 matches of the Women’s Premier League will take place in Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium and Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both stadiums will play host to 11 matches each. A total of 20 matches will take place in the league stage. After the conclusion of the league stage games, the eliminator and the final will be played between the top three teams of the league stage. The team that manages to finish at the top of the overall standings will directly qualify for the WPL 2024 Final, while the second and third placed teams will battle it out against each other in the eliminator in order to secure their place in the Final.
This season, double-header matches will not be witnessed, as only one match per day will be played throughout the 24-day duration of the WPL 2024. The eliminator is scheduled to be played on March 15, while the final of the WPL 2024 will take place on March 17 at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
The five participating teams for this year’s Women’s Premier League are:
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Mumbai Indians (MI).
When and where can I watch the WPL 2024 matches?
Sports 18 HD and the non-HD version of Sports 18 will be broadcasting all the matches of WPL 2024 on Televsion. Fans can also tune into the application and website of Jio Cinema to watch the WPL 2024 matches for free and in multiple languages. The toss will take place at 7:00 IST for all the matches, while the start time will be the usual 7:30 IST.
| WPL 2024 full schedule, list of fixtures, match timings and venue’s | |||
| Date | Match | Time | Venue |
| February 23 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 24 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 25 | Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 26 | UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 27 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 28 | Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| February 29 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| March 1 | UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| March 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| March 3 | Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| March 4 | UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30pm | M Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| March 5 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 6 | Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 7 | UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 8 | Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 9 | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 10 | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 11 | Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 12 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 13 | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 15 | Eliminator | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| March 17 | Final | 7:30pm | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
WPL 2024: Squads of all five teams
- Delhi Capitals: Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Arundhati Reddy, Laura Harris, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning (C), Marizanne Kapp, Poonam Yadav, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Sneha Deepthi, Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhu, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Aparna Mondal (WK), Annabel Sutherland and Ashwani Kumari.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Disha Kasat, Asha Shobana, Indrani Roy, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, Shradda Pokharkar, Shreyanka Patil, Richa Ghosh, Smriti Mandhana (C), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Devine, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, S Meghana, Shubha Satheesh, Sophie Molineux, Simran Bahadur, and Nadine de Klerk.
- Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney (C), Ashleigh Gardner, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Shabnam MD, Laura Wolvaardt, Tanuja Kanwar, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield, Sayali Satghare, Trisha Poojitha, Kathryn Bryce, Priya Mishra, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mannat Kashyap, Lea Tahuhu, and Tarannum Pathan.
- Mumbai Indians: Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Chloe Tryon, Humaira Kazi, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Issy Wong, Pooja Vastrakar, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Saika Ishaque, Priyanka Bala, Shabnim Ismail, Yastika Bhatia, Amandeep Kaur, S Sajana, SB Keerthana and Fatima Jaffer.
- UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (C), Deepti Sharma, Anjali Sarvani, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Parshavi Chopra, Laxmi Yadav, S Yashasri, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sophie Ecclestone, Shweta Sehrawat, Danni Wyatt, Tahlia McGrath, Poonam Khemnar, Vrinda Dinesh, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, and Chamari Athapaththu.
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Source – WPL