WPL 2024: Squad, Schedule, Team, Auction, Venue, Ticket Price, Start Date

WPL 2024: The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is all set to kick off the excitement with the inaugural match of the highly anticipated Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 on February 23. The clash will see a face-off between the formidable Delhi Capitals, who were runners-up in the previous season, and the reigning champions, the Mumbai Indians. Maintaining continuity from its predecessor, the WPL 2024 will follow an unchanged format. Each team is scheduled to encounter every other team twice during this riveting season. In this article, we will be discussing more about the Women’s Premier League, or Women’s IPL, and other details related to the domestic rich-cash league like venue, schedule, start date, and much more. So, let’s start now.

The team that dominates the WPL points table will secure a direct path to the championship showdown. Meanwhile, in an intense battle known as the Eliminator, the second and third-ranked teams will vie for supremacy. Ultimately, in a spectacular finale, the victor of the elimination round will challenge the table-topping team for glory. There are overall five teams participating with each other in a month-long league as compared to the Men’s Indian Premier League which consists of ten teams. The WPL teams include: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The TATA is the official sponsor of the league just like the Men’s league, Indian Premier League or IPL.

The first season of TATA WPL was conducted in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and the second season of TATA WPL will be conducted in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and Delhi, respectively. When we talk about the WPL auction, the auction for the upcoming season of WPL was conducted on December 9, 2023 with teams buying new players apart from the players that the teams retained. After the auction, each team had at least 18 players on their roster. Below is the overview table that will give you an exact idea of the Women’s Premier League and other details related to the first and second seasons of the league that you are required to know in detail.

WPL 2024 – Overview

League Name	Women’s Premier League
League Sponsor	TATA Group
League Foundation Year	2023
Sport	Cricket
Teams (Nos.)	5
Teams (Names)	Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, and Royal Challengers Bangalore
WPL Season 1 Winner	Mumbai Indians
WPL Season 1 Runner-ups	Delhi Capitals
WPL Auction Date	9th December 2024 (Conducted)
WPL Season 2 Start Date	23rd February 2024
WPL Season 2 Final Date	17th March 2024
Total Matches	22
Venues (WPL Season 1)	Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
Venues (WPL Season 2)	Bengaluru and Delhi
Other Details	Check Article

As we have already mentioned above, the TATA Women’s Premier League, or WPL, season 2 is set to begin soon; i.e., as of this writing, there is just one day left for the league to start and the first match between the last season’s finalists, the Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, at Bengaluru’s favorite stadium, Chinnaswamy. As a Mumbai Indians fan, I would like to see my favorite team win again in this league. For more information, read this article fully for a better understanding.

WPL 2024 – Starting Date

The Women’s Premier League, or WPL season 2, is set to kick off tomorrow, February 23, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. live from Bengaluru Stadium, with last season’s finalists locking horns with each other.

WPL 2024 – Squad Details

Following are the squads of all five teams after the auction that you must have a look at it for your reference:

1. Mumbai Indians

Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, and Keerthana Balakrishnan.

2. Delhi Capitals

Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, and Ashwani Kumari.

3. Gujarat Giants

Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, and Tarannum Pathan.

4. UP Warriorz

Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell (withdrawn, replaced by Chamari Athapaththu), Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Danni Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, and Gouher Sultana.

5. Royal Challengers Bangalore

Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight (withdrawn), Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, and Sophie Molineux.

WPL 2024 – Full Schedule

Following is the WPL 2024 schedule that you must know in detail if you are planning to watch season 2 of the TATA WPL 2024, like season 1:

Match Date	Matches
23rd February 2024	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals
24th February 2024	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz
25th February 2024	Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians
26th February 2024	UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals
27th February 2024	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants
28th February 2024	Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz
29th February 2024	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals
1st March 2024	UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants
2nd March 2024	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
3rd March 2024	Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals
4th March 2024	UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
5th March 2024	Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians
6th March 2024	Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
7th March 2024	UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians
8th March 2024	Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz
9th March 2024	Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants
10th March 2024	Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
11th March 2024	Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz
12th March 2024	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
13th March 2024	Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants
15th March 2024	Eliminator
17th March 2024	Final

The matches will begin at 7:30 p.m. IST, and they may end anytime after 10 p.m. So, please have a look at this schedule and watch the matches with your family and friends.

WPL 2024 – Auction Details

As we have already mentioned earlier, the TATA WPL 2024 Auction was conducted in Mumbai, with five teams participating in the much-anticipated auction process where the teams bought players as they wanted. The auction was conducted on December 9, 2023, after 2:30 p.m. IST. The auction was shown on Star Sport Network and the Jio Cinema application. There were 165 players registered, and the Gujarat Giants had the maximum purse balance and the Mumbai Indians had the lowest.

WPL 2024 – Teams

As we have already mentioned earlier, there are five teams overall who are participating in this league, and these teams had participated in season 1, and now season 2 is set to begin. These teams are currently practicing hard for the matches that will begin tomorrow. The teams that will participate are the Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

WPL 2024 – Venues

As we have already mentioned twice, the TATA WPL season 2 will be played between the five teams we mentioned above in Bengaluru and Delhi, where season 1 was played in one state in two places, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, respectively. The matches will be played in M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the home ground of Royal Challengers Bangalore, and in Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, the home ground of Delhi Capitals.

Frequently Asked Questions – WPL 2024