Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 Auction, Schedule, Full Squad
Introduction of Women’s Premier League
The much-awaited Women’s Premier League 2023 is about to start on March 4. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will organize the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in 2023. The first match of WPL 2023 will be played between Mumbai Indians vs Gujrat Giants at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
A total number of 5 teams will participate in the tournament which are Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, and UP Warriors. The TATA Group will be the women’s IPL’s official sponsor, as per BCCI. Every cricket fans are very much excited about the historic WPL 2023 tournament.
| WPL | Women’s Premier League |
|---|---|
| Countries | India |
| Administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Format | Twenty20 cricket |
| First edition | 2023 |
| Tournament format | Double Round-robin and playoffs |
| Number of teams | 5 |
| Official Website | wplt20.com |
Read Also:- IPL Team 2023 Players List.
WPL Teams and Owner List
In the Women’s Premier League team auction, BCCI received INR 4669.99 crores. Here are details of the teams and owners.
1. Gujarat Giants
- City – Ahmedabad
- Owner – Gautam Adani
- Captain – Beth Mooney
- Head coach – Rachael Haynes
2. Royal challenger Bangalore
- City – Bangalore, Karnataka
- Owner – Diageo
- Captain – Smriti Mandhana
- Head Coach – Ben Sawyer
3. Delhi Capital
- City – New Delhi, Delhi
- Owner – JSW Group, GMR Group
- Captain – Meg Lanning
- Head Coach – Jonathan Batty
4. Up warriors
- City – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Owner – Capri Global
- Captain – Alyssa Healy
- Head Coach – Jon Lewis
5. Mumbai Indians
- City – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Owner – Reliance Industries
- Captain – Harmanpreet Kaur
- Head coach – Charlotte Edwards
Venue and Stadium Of WPL 2023 :
Both DY Patil Stadium and Brabourne Stadium will be the venues for the tournament.
- Brabourne Stadium – Capacity: 20,000
- DY Patil Stadium – Capacity: 45,000
WPL 2023 Full Squad and Auction Price :
Delhi Capitals WPL full squad :
- Jemimah Rodrigues ( ₹2.2 Crore)
- Meg Lanning ( ₹1.1 Crore)
- Shafali Verma ( ₹2 Crore)
- Radha Yadav ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Shikha Pandey ( ₹60 Lakh )
- Marizanne Kapp ( ₹1.5 Crore)
- Titas Sadhu ( ₹25 Lakh )
- Alice Capsey ( ₹75 Lakh )
- Tara Norris ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Laura Harris ( ₹45 Lakh )
- Jasia Akhter ( ₹20 Lakh )
- Minnu Mani ( ₹20 Lakh )
- Taniya Bhatia ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Poonam Yadav ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Jess Jonassen ( ₹50 Lakh )
- Sneha Deepthi ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Arundhati Reddy ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Aparna Mandal ( ₹10 Lakh )
Mumbai Indians WPL full squad :
- Harmanpreet Kaur ( ₹1.8 Crore )
- Nat Sciver ( ₹3.2 Crore )
- Amelia Kerr ( ₹1 Crore )
- Pooja Vastrakar ( ₹1.9 Crore )
- Yastika Bhatia ( ₹1.5 Crore )
- Heather Graham ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Isabelle Wong ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Amanjot Kaur ( ₹50 Lakh )
- Dhara Gujjar ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Saika Ishaque ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Hayley Mathews ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Chloe Tryon ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Humairaa Kaazi ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Priyanka Bala ( ₹20 Lakh )
- Sonam Yadav ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Jintimani Kalita ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Neelam Bisht ( ₹10 Lakh )
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Royal Challengers Bangalore WPL full squad :
- Smriti Mandhana ( ₹3.4 Crore )
- Sophie Devine ( ₹50 Lakh )
- Ellyse Perry ( ₹1.7 Crore )
- Renuka Singh Thakur ( ₹1.5 Crore )
- Richa Ghosh ( ₹1.9 Crore )
- Erin Burns ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Disha Kasat ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Indrani Roy ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Shreyanka Patil ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Kanika Ahuja ( ₹35 Lakh )
- Asha Shobana ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Heather Knight ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Dane van Niekerk ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Preeti Bose ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Poonam Khemnar ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Komal Zanzad ( ₹25 Lakh )
- Meghan Schutt ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Sahana Pawar ( ₹10 Lakh )
UP Warriors WPL full squad :
- Sophie Ecclestone ( ₹1.8 Crore )
- Deepti Sharma ( ₹2.6 Crore )
- Tahlia McGrath ( ₹1.4 Crore )
- Shabnim Ismail ( ₹1 Crore )
- Alyssa Healy ( ₹70 Lakh )
- Anjali Sarvani ( ₹55 Lakh )
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Parshavi Chopra ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Shweta Sehrawat ( ₹40 Lakh )
- S Yashasri ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Kiran Navgire ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Grace Harris ( ₹75 Lakh )
- Devika Vaidya ( ₹1.4 Crore )
- Lauren Bell ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Laxmi Yadav ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Simran Shaikh ( ₹10 Lakh )
Gujarat Giants WPL full squad :
- Ashleigh Gardner ( ₹3.2 Crore )
- Beth Mooney ( ₹2 Crore )
- Sophie Dunkley ( ₹60 Lakh )
- Anna Sutherland ( ₹70 Lakh )
- Harleen Deol ( ₹40 Lakh )
- Deandra Dottin ( ₹60 Lakh )
- Sneh Rana ( ₹75 Lakh )
- S Meghana ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Georgia Wareham ( ₹75 Lakh )
- Mansi Joshi ( ₹30 Lakh )
- D Hemalatha ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Monica Patel ( ₹30 Lakh )
- Tanuja Kanwer ( ₹50 Lakh )
- Sushma Verma ( ₹60 Lakh )
- Hurley Gala ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Ashwani Kumari ( ₹35 Lakh )
- Parunika Sisodia ( ₹10 Lakh )
- Shabnam Shakil ( ₹10 Lakh )
WPL 2023 Full Schedule :
Three of the five competing teams appear to be making the playoffs as per the WPL 2023 schedule. The table-topper team will directly enter the final and second and third-place teams will play the eliminator. The 22-match league will have five off days, the first on March 17 and the second on March 19, and the next two off days are after the league stage is complete on 22 March and 23 March.
the Eliminator takes place on March 24 at CCI stadium, and the final takes place on March 26 at DY Patil Stadium after the fifth off day on 25 March. The entire WPL 2023 will be played at Mumbai’s CCI and DY Patil Stadium.
| Date | Team | Time | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-04-23 | Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-05-23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | 3:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-05-23 | UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-06-23 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-07-23 | Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-08-23 | Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-09-23 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-10-23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-11-23 | Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-12-23 | UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-13-23 | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-14-23 | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-15-23 | UP Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-16-23 | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-18-23 | Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz | 3:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-18-23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-20-23 | Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz | 3:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-20-23 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-21-23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | 3:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-21-23 | UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
| 03-24-23 | Eliminator | 7:30 PM | DY Patil Stadium |
| 03-26-23 | Final | 7:30 PM | Brabourne Stadium |
Women’s Premier League 2023 format :
The Round Robin format will follow the WPL 2023 in the group stage and playoffs format.
- All 5 teams will play against each other twice.
- The topper of the points table will directly qualify for the final.
- The 2nd & 3rd teams of the points table will play the eliminator match.
- The winner of the eliminator match will qualify for the final as the second finalist team.
Women’s Premier League 2023 rules :
Team combination always plays a huge role in a team’s strength. During the auction, each team also acquires backup players.
- There is a maximum squad size of 18 players for each team allowed.
- The team can’t have more than 6 overseas in their squad.
- Maximum 5 overseas players allowed by a team The fifth could be from an Associate Member nation, and four of them could be from Full Member nations.
Read Also: IPL Team 2023 Players List, Auction, Schedule
WPL 2023 Broadcasting Channels :
For an amount of INR 951 crore, Viacom 18 had obtained the global media rights for the inaugural women’s Premier League’s television and digital broadcast under a five-year contract that would begin in 2023. The Women’s Premier League 2023 can be watched live on the JioCinema app and website because Sports 18 Network owns the rights to broadcast the event. The Women’s Premier League 2023 television rights in India have been acquired by the Sport18 Network, and all of the games will be broadcast on their channel.
The Jio Cinema app will be available for free to Jio customers, allowing them to watch the WPL auction live on their smartphones and laptops.
| Location | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| India | Sports18, Jio Cinema |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event |
| United States | Willow TV |
| Australia | Fox Sports, Yupp TV |
| Middle East | Willow TV |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport NZ (Sky Sport 2) |
| Caribbean | Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2) |
| Canada | Willow TV |
| Bangladesh | Channel 9 |
| Afghanistan | Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) |
| Nepal | Yupp TV, Net TV Nepal, SimTV Nepal |
| Sri Lanka | Yupp TV, SLRC, Dialog TV, PeoTV |
| Maldives | Yupp TV, Medianet |
| Singapore | StarHub TV+ |
Most Expensive Players in WPL 2023 :
- Smriti Mandana
- Rs 3.4 Crore
- Royal challenger Bangalore
- Nat Sciver
- Rs 3.2 Crore
- UP Warriorz
- Ashleigh Gardener
- Rs 3.2 Crore
- Gujarat Giants
- Deepti Sharma
- Rs 2.6 Crore
- UP Warriorz
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Rs 2.2 Crore
- Delhi Capitals
- Shafali Verma
- Rs 2.0 Crore
- Delhi Capitals
- Beth Mooney
- Rs 2 Crore
- Gujarat Giants
- Pooja Vastraka
- Rs 1.9 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
- Richa Ghosh
- Rs 1.9 Crore
- Royal challenger Bangalore
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Rs 1.8 Crore
- UP Warriorz
- Ellyse Perry
- Rs 1.7 Crore
- Royal challenger Bangalore
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Rs 1.6 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
- Renuka Singh
- Rs 1.5 Crore
- Royal challenger Bangalore
- Yastika Bhatia
- Rs 1.5 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
- Tahlia Mcgrath
- Rs 1.4 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
- Shabnim Ismail
- Rs 1 Crore
- UP Warriorz
- Amelia Kerr
- Rs 1 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
- Annabel Sutherland
- Rs 70 Lakh
- Gujarat Giants
Prize Money Of WPL 2023 :
The Women’s Premier League’s inaugural season will award Rs 10 Crore in prize money. The Women’s Indian Premier League has a salary cap of Rs. 12 Crore set by the BCCI. Every year, this amount will rise by 1.5 Crore.
Conclusion of WPL
Women’s cricket has come a long way and has gained significant recognition and popularity in recent years. With the rise of talented players and greater exposure, the game is poised for further growth and success. It is an exciting time for women’s cricket, and we can expect to see more thrilling matches and inspiring performances from the players in the years to come.
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