WPL 2023: Squads, Schedule, Live Streaming, Broadcasters & All you need to know

The inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 is scheduled to begin on March 4, and the tournament has cricket fans all around the world buzzing with excitement. The tournament will begin with Mumbai Indians taking on Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

Five teams will be competing for the WPL glory as the tournament will be played at the DY Patil Stadium and Brabourne. Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, UP Warriorz, and Delhi Capitals have many big names from women’s cricket, and stars like Harmanpreet Kaur, Meg Lanning, and Smriti Mandhana will be going head to head for the coveted title.

For the first season, the WPL will conduct a total of 20 matches and two playoff matches. The entirety of the 22 games will be played within one month, as the final is scheduled for March 26. The five-team competition will have each team playing eight games in the league stage - two games each against every opponent. Following the league stage, the team finishing on top of the points table will qualify directly for the final, while the teams finishing second and third will lock horns in the Eliminator to decide the second finalist.

Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading Mumbai Indians, Smriti Mandhana was announced as the skipper of RCB, Meg Lanning will lead Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants will look towards Beth Mooney to lead them to glory, and Alyssa Healy is the skipper of UP Warriorz.

WPL 2023: Full Squads

Here are the full WPL squads:

Mumbai Indians:

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

Delhi Capitals:

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

UP Warriorz: 

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

Gujarat Giants:

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

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

WPL 2023 Schedule:

Here is the full WPL schedule:

WPL 2023 Broadcast Details:

The WPL 2023 will be televised live on the Sports18 Network in India. It will be live streamed on the JioCinema App and Website.