Last updated on February 26th, 2023 at 03:23 pm
The Indian Premier League has been a colossal success in the world of cricket, becoming one of the most watched and the richest franchise cricket league in the world. But why should male cricketers have all the fun? With the growing popularity of women’s cricket around the world and in India, it was only a matter of time when the Women’s IPL would be launched, and that time has come.
The Women’s Premier League 2023, which is also referred to as Tata WPL 2023 due to sponsorship reasons, is the first-ever season of the Women’s Premier League. It’s a franchise-based Twenty20 cricket league for women, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Women’s Premier League 2023 Team List will consist of five teams and is scheduled to take place from March 4th to March 26th, 2023.
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Women’s Premier League 2023 Team – Auction
During the auction, a sum of 87 players were purchased, out of which 30 players were from foreign countries. Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive player at the auction, bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping ₹3.4 crore (US$430,000). Ashleigh Gardner from Australia (bought by Gujarat Giants) and Nat Sciver-Brunt from England (bought by Mumbai Indians) were the most expensive overseas players with each being bought for ₹3.2 crore (US$400,000).
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Women’s Premier League 2023 Team List
You can find the detailed list of players for each of the teams participating in WPL 2023 below ➖
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Delhi Capitals |
Gujarat Giants |
Mumbai Indians |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
UP Warriorz |
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Jemimah Rodrigues
Meg Lanning Shafali Verma Titas Sadhu Minnu Mani Aparna Mondal |
Ashleigh Gardner Beth Mooney (wk) Sophia Dunkley Harleen Deol Tanuja Kanwar Hurley Gala Ashwani Kumari Parunika Sisodia Shabnam Shakil |
Harmanpreet Kaur Nat Sciver-Brunt Amelia Kerr Neelam Bisht |
Smriti Mandhana (c) Sophie Devine Ellyse Perry Disha Kasat Shreyanka Patil Kanika Ahuja Asha Shobana Poonam Khemnar Sahana Pawar |
Sophie Ecclestone Deepti Sharma Parshavi Chopra S. Yashasri Laxmi Yadav Simran Shaikh |
Women’s IPL 2023 Team List: FAQs
5 teams are playing the Women’s Premier League 2023.
Smriti Mandhana is the most expensive player who was bought for ₹3.4 crore (US$430,000) by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of Mumbai Indians in WPL 2023.
30 overseas players were signed by the teams for WPL 2023.
In total 87 players were bought in the WPL auction.
