WPL 2024: All You Need To Know About The Tournament

The second edition of the Women’s Premier League 2024 (WPL 2024) is about to start from 23^rd February onwards in two cities namely Bengaluru and New Delhi. Each team will play twice before the top team will qualify for the finals directly.

It will be an interesting tournament as top female T20I cricketers around the world will take part in this prestigious event.

Here we look at the squads of the 5 teams of WPL 2024:

Mumbai Indians

Retained

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Hayley Mathews, Yastika Bhatia, Nat Sciver Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Issy Wong, Chole Tryon, Pooja Vastrkar, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Jintamani Kalita, Humaira Kaazi, Priyanka Bala.

Released

Heather Graham, Dhara Gujjar, Sonam Yadav, Neelam Bisht.

Bought Players

Shabnim Ismail (1.2 Crore), S Sajana (15 Lakhs), Amandeep Kaur (10 Lakhs), Fatima Jaffer (10 Lakhs), Keerthana Balakrishnan (10 Lakhs).

Mumbai Indians are the defending Champions of the Women’s Premier League 2023. They would look to put on an excellent display with top-quality players including Mathews, Brunt, Kaur in their squad. South African pacer Shabnim Ismail would bolster their bowling attack.

Delhi Capitals

Retained

Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning (C), Arundathi Reddy, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepti, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu.

Bought Players

Annabel Sutherland (2 Crore), Aparna Mondal (10 Lakhs), Ashwani Kumari (10 Lakhs).

Delhi Capitals reached the finals directly finishing top of group stage with 6 wins and 2 losses. They would look to win the title with some impressive buys.

UP Warriorz

Retained

Alyssa Healy (C), Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navagire, Chamari Atthapthu, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S Yashari, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahila McGrath.

Released List

Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail, Shivali Shinde, Simran Sheikh.

Bought Players

Dani Wyatt (20 Lakhs), Vrinda Dinesh (1.3 Crore), Saima Thkor (10 Lakhs), Poonam Khenmar.

UP Warriorz finished 3^rd in the points table and faced a loss to Mumbai Indians in the eliminator.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained

Smriti Mandhana (C), Asha Sobhana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Indrani Roy, Nandie de Klerk, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shryeanka Patil, Sophie Devine, Shraddha Poharkar.

Released List.

Dan Van Niekerk, Eric Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Poonam Khenmar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar.

Bought Players

Georgia Wareham ( 40 Lakhs), Kate Cross (30 Lakhs), Ekta Bisht (60 Lakhs), Shuba Satheesh (10 Lakhs), S Meghana (30 Lakhs), Simran Bahadur (30 Lakhs), Sophie Molineux (10 Lakh).

RCB had a disappointing season last year winning just 2 matches.

Gujarat Giants

Retained

Ash Gardner, Beth Mooney (C), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Shakil, Sneha Rana, Tanuja Kanewar.

Released

Annabel Sutherland, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, S Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Varma.

Bought Players

Phoebe Litchfield (1 Crore), Meghna Singh (30 Lakhs), Trisha Poojitha (10 Lakhs), Priya Mishra (20 Lakhs), Kathren Bryce (10 Lakhs), Mannat Kashyap (10 Lakhs), Tarannum Pathan (10 Lakhs), Veda Krishnamurthy (30 Lakhs), Lea Tahuhu, Sayali Satghare.

Schedule of WPL 2024:

1. Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 23^rd Feb
2. RCB vs UP Warriorz (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 24^th Feb
3. Gujarat Giants vs MI (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 25th Feb
4. UP Warriorz vs DC (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 26th Feb
5. RCB vs Gujarat Giants (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 27th Feb
6. MI vs UP Warriorz (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 28th Feb
7. RCB vs DC (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 29th Feb
8. UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 1^st
9. RCB vs MI (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 2nd March.
10. Gujarat Giants vs DC (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)-3^rd
11. UP Warriorz vs RCB (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)-4^th
12. DC Vs MI (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-5^th
13. Gujarat Giants vs RCB (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-6th March.
14. UP Warriorz vs MI (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-7th March.
15. DC vs UP Warriorz (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-8th March.
16. MI vs Gujarat Giants (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-9th March.
17. DC vs RCB (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-10th March.
18. Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-11th March.
19. MI vs RCB (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-12th March.
20. DC vs UP Warriorz (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)-13th March.
21. Eliminator (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)- 15^th
22. Final (Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi)- 17^th

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