Women's IPL by BCCI

Women's IPL 2023

The most famous franchise cricket league of India for men is IPL(Indian Premier League) owned and goverend by the BCCI(The Board of Control for Cricket in India),which was started in 2007. Now after the huge succes of men's IPL, BCCI has started Women's IPL from 2023.The first season of the newly founded women's IPL will start from March 2023 at Mumbai and NaviMumbai. The number of teams participating in the first season of WPL is five.

The first women's IPL on March 4,2023

The teams and the auction for the players are over by mid February 2023.So the BCCI has fixed March 4 ,2023 as the first day of first play fro the Women's IPL 2023 first season.The inaugural edition of WPL starts wwith a macth between Mumbai Indians and Gujarath Giants.

WPL details at a glance

Women's IPL
Event Name	Women's Premier League
Edition/ Season	First
Scheduled Between	04 March 2023 to 26 March 2023
No: of teams in first season	5
Organised By	BCCI

WPL auction held on Feb 13 and 14 of 2023

The 5 teams of WPL have selected their players by auctioning.Even though the captains are yet to be decided by the teams, the player list are availbale finally as shown below.

Royal Challengers Bangalore players list

The Royal Challengers Bangalore team has selected the following players to play for the first season of WPL in 2023 March scedule.
Smriti Mandhana (India), Renuka Singh (India),Elyse Perry (Aus), Sophie Divine (NZ), Erin Burns (Aus),Kanika Ahuja (India),Richa Ghosh (India), Disha Kasat (India), Asha Sobhna (India), Dane van Niekerk (SA),Indrani Roy (India), Poonam Khemnar (India), Komal Zanzad (India),Preeti Bose (India), Megan Schutt (Aus), Shreyanka Patil (India), Heather Knight (Eng), Sahana Pawar (India) are the women players selected to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Gujarat Giants players list

Gujarat Giants selected the following players for their first season of WPL in 2023. Ashleigh Gardner (Aus),Annabel Sutherland (Aus), Sophia Dunkley (Eng),Harleen Deol (India), Beth Mooney (Aus), Sneh Rana (India), Sabbhineni Meghana (India), Deandra Dottin (WI),Georgia Wareham (Aus), Deandra Dottin (WI), Dayalan Hemalatha (India),Deandra Dottin (WI), Tanuja Kanwer (India), Sushma Verma (India),Monica Patel (India), M Ashwani Kumari (India), Hurley Gala (India), Shabman Shakil (India), Parunika Sisodia (India)

Mumbai Indians players list

For the first season of WPL, the Mumbai Indians has selected the following players : Harmanpreet Kaur (India),Pooja Vastrakar (India) ,Yastika Bhatia (India), Amelia Kerr (NZ), Natalie Sciver (Eng),Isabelle Wong (Eng), Heather Graham (Aus), Dhara Gujjar (India), Amanjot Kaur (India),Hayley Matthews (WI),Saika Ishaque (India), Humaira Kazi (India), Chloe Tryon (SA),Priyanka Bala (India), Jintimani Kalita (India) , Neelam Bisht (India), Sonam Yadav (India)

Uttar Pradesh Warriorz's squad

The following players where selected for the UP Warriorz team : Deepti Sharma (India),Sophie Ecclestone (Eng), Shabnim Ismail (SA),Anjali Sarvani (India),Tahlia McGrath (Aus),Alyssa Healy (Aus), Parshavi Chopra (India),Kiran Navgire (India), Shweta Sehrawat (India),Rajeshwari Gayakwad (India), S Yashasri (India), Grace Harris (Aus), Devika Vaidya (India), Lauren Bell (Eng), Devika Vaidya (India), Simran Shaikh (India), Laxmi Yadav (India)

Delhi Capitals Team players list.

The fifth team the Delhi Capitals has selected the following players to play for them in the first edition of WPL. Shafali Verma (India), Jemimah Rodrigues (India), Radha Yadav (India), Shikha Pandey (India), Meg Lanning (Aus),Marizanne Kapp (SA), Alice Capsey (Eng), Laura Harris (Aus), Titas Sadhu (India),Minnu Mani (India),Jasia Akhtar (India), Taniya Bhatia (India), Poonam Yadav (India), Tara Norris (USA), Jes Jonassen (Aus), Aparna Mondal (India), Arundhati Reddy (India),Sneha Deepthi (India).

The WPL first season will have 22 games with the top-ranked team in the league stage qualifying directly for the finals. The second and third placed teams will battle out for a place in the title clash.Tata Group is the title sponser of WOmen's Premier League season 1. The partners for WPL season 1 includes Dream 11, Amul and CEAT . Amul is the pouring partner( who supply beverages),CEAT is the Strategic timeout partner and Dream 11 is the Fantasy League partner for the first season of Women's Premier League.