WPL Teams 2023 Team Names, Players List, Captains, Schedule

WPL teams List

WPL Teams 2023 Team Names, Players List, Captains, Schedule, Match Dates, Auction and other details can be checked from here. After years of struggle to gain recognition, the Indian Women’s Cricket team is slowly getting its due recognition. WPL, or Women’s Premier League (WPL), is the latest addition to India’s women’s T20 cricket franchise league.

WPL Teams 2023

The tournament will witness its first season in March 2023; the league is owned and operated by the BCCI. The season is scheduled to begin in Mumbai on March 4, 2023, and will continue till March 26, 2023. The tournament will consist of 22 matches. According to the BCCI, in the initial phase of WPL, it will contain five teams, and the number of teams will be increased in the future if the league becomes successful.

The WPL 2023 will also feature players from South Africa, Australia, Thailand, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe, England, and New Zealand. According to the statistics, a record amount was spent at the Women’s IPL auction in 2023. The team owners have invested a total of Rs. 59,50,000 in bidding on the top players this year’s auction has to offer.

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There were about 87 players on the list that might receive bids. It is mandated that each team might include a maximum of five overseas players, one of whom must belong to an ICC Associate Nation. Therefore, the team’s composition will always be essential in determining its strength. During the auction, each team also purchases backup players. 

WPL teams List

Rules for the Women’s Premier League in 2023 are as follows:

  • There is a cap of 18 players per squad for each team.
  • No team may have more than six foreign players on its roster.
  • A team may include up to five players from outside the country, with four players allowed to be from Full Member countries and the fifth from an Associate Member country.
  • This article will discuss some basic information regarding the WPL teams 2023.

WPL 2023 Format

The Round Robin, Group System, and Playoff formats will all be used in the WPL 2023. The WPL 2023 Format details are as follows:

  • Each of the five competing teams will play the other twice, making a total of 20 league games.
  • The WPL 2023 Points Table leader will advance directly to the championship game.
  • The second and third-placed teams will face off in the elimination game.
  • The victor of the eliminator advances to the WPL 2023 championship game as the second finalist.

WPL teams List 2023

Team

City

Franchise Owners

Cost

Head Coach

Captains

UP Warriorz

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd

757 Cr

Jon Lewis 

Deepti Sharma

Gujarat Giants 

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd

1289 Cr

Rachael Haynes

not announced yet

Delhi Capitals 

New Delhi, Delhi

JSW GMR Cricket Pvt. Ltd 

 810 Cr

Jonathan Batty

Meg Lanning or Jemimah Rodrigues

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bangalore, Karnataka

Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd

901 Cr

Ben Sawyer

Smriti Mandhana

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd 

912.99 Cr

Charlotte Edward

Harmanpreet Kaur

WPL UP Warriorz Team 2023

Name of the Player

Age (in yrs)

Role 

Auction Price

Lauren Bell (Eng)

22

Bowler

Rs 30 Lakh

Deepti Sharma (India)

35

All-rounder

Rs 2.6 crore

Tahlia McGrath (Aus) 

27

All-rounder

Rs 1.4 crore

Anjali Sarvani (India) 

25

Bowler

Rs 55 Lakh

Alyssa Healy (Aus)

32

Batter

Rs 70 lakh

Shabnim Ismail (SA)

34

Bowler

Rs 1 crore

Rajeshwari Gayakwad (India)

Bowler

Rs 40 lakh

Devika Vaidya (India)

25

All-rounder

Rs 1.4 crore

Shweta Sehrawat (India)

18

Batter

Rs 40 lakh

S Yashasri (India)

All-rounder

Rs 10 lakh

Kiran Navgire (India) 

27

Batter

Rs 30 lakh

Grace Harris (Aus)

29

All-rounder

Rs 75 Lakh

Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)

22

Bowler

Rs 1.8 crore

Simran Shaikh (India)

Batter

Rs 10 Lakh

Laxmi Yadav (India)

25

Wicket-Keeper

Rs 10 Lakh

Parshavi Chopra (India)

16

All-rounder

Rs 10 Lakh

WPL Gujarat Giants Team 2023

Name of the players

Age

Role

Auction price

Sneh Rana (India)

28

All-rounder

Rs 75 lakh

Beth Mooney (Aus) 

29

Batter

Rs 2 crore

Sophia Dunkley (Eng) 

24

Batter

Rs 60 Lakh

Shabman Shakil (India)

15

Bowler

Rs 10 Lakh

Harleen Deol (India) 

24

All-rounder

Rs 40 Lakh

Georgia Wareham (Aus) 

23

All-rounder

Rs 75 lakh

Dayalan Hemalatha (India) 

28

All-rounder

Rs 30 Lakh

Monica Patel (India)

23

Bowler

Rs 30 Lakh

Deandra Dottin (WI) 

31

All-rounder

Rs 60 Lakh

Ashwani Kumari (India) 

25

All-rounder

Rs 35 Lakh

Mansi Joshi (India

29

All-rounder

Rs 30 Lakh

S Meghana (India)

26

Batter 

Rs 30 Lakh

Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)

25

All-rounder

Rs 3.2 crore

Annabel Sutherland (Aus)

27

All-rounder

Rs 70 lakh

Tanuja Kanwer (India

25

All-rounder

Rs 50 Lakh

Sushma Verma (India) 

30

Wicket-keeper

Rs 60 Lakh

Hurley Gala (India)

16

All-rounder

Rs 10 Lakh

Parunika Sisodia (India)

Bowler

Rs 10 Lakh

WPL Delhi Capitals Team 2023

Name of the player 

Age

Role

Auction Price

Tara Norris (USA), 

24

Bowler

Rs 10 Lakh

Shikha Pandey (India), 

33

Pacer

Rs 60 lakh

Marizanne Kapp (SA), 

33

All-rounder

Rs 1.5 crore

Meg Lanning (Aus), 

30

Batter

Rs 1.1 crore

Radha Yadav (India), 

22

Bowler

Rs 40 Lakh

Arundhati Reddy (India)

26

All-rounder

Rs 30 Lakh

Shafali Verma (India), 

19

All-rounder

Rs 2 crore

Jemimah Rodrigues (India), 

22

Batter

Rs 2.2 crore

Minnu Mani (India),

23

All-rounder

Rs 30 Lakh

Titas Sadhu (India), 

18

Bowler

Rs 25 lakh

Alice Capsey (Eng), 

18

All-rounder

Rs 75 lakh

Laura Harris (Aus),

32

Batter

Rs 45 Lakh

Jasia Akhtar (India),

34

Batter

Rs 20 lakh

Taniya Bhatia (India), 

25

Wicket-Keeper

Rs 30 Lakh

Jes Jonassen (Aus), 

30

All-rounder

Rs 50 Lakh

Sneha Deepthi (India), 

26

Batter

Rs 30 Lakh

Poonam Yadav (India),

31

Bowler

Rs 30 Lakh

Aparna Mondal (India), 

27

Wicket-Keeper

Rs 10 Lakh

WPL Royal Challengers Bangalore Team 2023

Name of the player 

Age

Role

Auction Price

Sophie Divine (NZ), 

33

All-Rounder

Rs 50 lakh

Smriti Mandhana (India), 

26

Batter

Rs 3.4 crore

Richa Ghosh (India), 

19

Batter

Rs 1.9 crore

Elyse Perry (Aus), 

32

All-Rounder

Rs 1.7 crore

Indrani Roy (India),

25

Wicket-Keeper

Rs 10 Lakh

Asha Sobhna (India), 

All-Rounder

Rs 10 Lakh

Kanika Ahuja (India), 

All-Rounder

Rs 35 lakh

Dane van Niekerk (SA), 

29

All-Rounder

Rs 30 Lakh

Preeti Bose (India), 

30

Bowler

Rs 30 lakh

Disha Kasat (India),

25

Batter

Rs 10 lakh

Megan Schutt (Aus), 

30

Bowler

R 40 Lakh

Erin Burns (Aus), 

34

All-Rounder

Rs 30 lakh

Komal Zanzad

31

Bowler

Rs 25lakh

Heather Knight (Eng)

All-Rounder

R 40 Lakh

Renuka Singh (India), 

27

Bowler

Rs 1.5crore

Poonam Khemnar (India), 

All-Rounder

Rs 10 Lakh

Shreyanka Patil (India)

20

All-Rounder

Rs 10 Lakh

Sahana Pawar (India),

26

Bowler

Rs 10 Lakh

WPL Mumbai Indians Team 2023

Name of the player

Age

Role

Auction price

Natalie Sciver (Eng) 

30

Batter 

Rs 3.2 crore

Amelia Kerr (NZ)

22

Batter

Rs  crore

Harmanpreet Kaur (India)

33

All-rounder

Rs 1.8 crore

Pooja Vastrakar (India) 

23

All-rounder

Rs 1.9 crore

Hayley Matthews (WI)

24

All-rounder

Rs 40 Lakh

Yastika Bhatia (India)

22

Batter

Rs 1.5 crore

Heather Graham (Aus)

26

All-rounder

Rs 30 lakh

Isabelle Wong (Eng)

20

All-rounder

Rs 30 lakh

Saika Ishaque (India 

27

Bowler

Rs 10Lakh

Priyanka Bala (India) 

27

Wicketkeeper

Rs 20 lakh

Amanjot Kaur (India) 

23

All-rounder

Rs 50 Lakh

Dhara Gujjar (India)

20

Batter

Rs 10Lakh

Chloe Tryon (SA)

29

All-rounder

Rs 30 lakh

Humaira Kazi (India)

29

All-rounder

Rs 10Lakh

Sonam Yadav (India)

15

All-rounder

Rs 10Lakh

Jintimani Kalita (India) 

All-rounder

Rs 10Lakh

Neelam Bisht (India)

26

All-rounder

Rs 10Lakh

Schedule and Venue of WPL 2023 matches

BCCI has released the complete schedule of WPL 2023. The tournament will begin on March 4, 2023, and continue till March 27, 2023.

Date

Time

Between the teams

Venue of the match

March 4

7:30 PM

Gujarat Giants vs  Mumbai Indians

DY Patil Stadium

March 5

3:30 PM

RCB vs  Delhi Capitals

Brabourne Stadium

March 5

7:30 PM

UP Warriorz vs  Gujarat Giants  

DY Patil Stadium

March 6

7:30 PM

Mumbai Indians vs  RCB

Brabourne Stadium

March 7

7:30 PM

Delhi Capitals vs  UP Warriorz

DY Patil Stadium

March 8

7:30 PM

Gujarat Giants VS  RCB

Brabourne Stadium

March 9

7:30 PM

Delhi Capitals VS  Mumbai Indians

DY Patil Stadium

March 10

7:30 PM

RCB VS  UP Warriorz

Brabourne Stadium

March 11

7:30 PM

Gujarat Giants VS  Delhi Capitals

DY Patil Stadium

March 12

7:30 PM

UP Warriorz VS  Mumbai Indians

Brabourne Stadium

March 13

7:30 PM

Delhi Capitals VS  RCB

DY Patil Stadium

March 14

7:30 PM

Mumbai Indians VS  Gujarat Giants

Brabourne Stadium

March 15

7:30 PM

UP Warriorz VS  RCB

DY Patil Stadium

March 16

7:30 PM

Delhi Capitals VS  Gujarat Giants

Brabourne Stadium

March 18

3:30 PM

Mumbai Indians VS  UP Warriorz

DY Patil Stadium

March 18

7:30 PM

RCB VS  Gujarat Giants

Brabourne Stadium

March 20

3:30 PM

Gujarat Giants VS  UP Warriorz

Brabourne Stadium

March 20

7:30 PM

Mumbai Indians VS  Delhi Capitals

DY Patil Stadium

March 21

3:30 PM

RCB VS Mumbai Indians

DY Patil Stadium

March 21

7:30 PM

UP Warriorz VS  Delhi Capitals

Brabourne Stadium

March 24

7:30 PM

Eliminator (TBD)

DY Patil Stadium

March 26

7:30 PM

Final (TBD)

Brabourne Stadium

Some interesting points about the WPL, 2023

  • Investors raised a total of 4,669 crores (US$580 million) to purchase the initial franchise rights in January 2023 through a closed bidding process. 
  • Viacom18 paid Rs 951 Cr to acquire the media rights to the WPL. Through this agreement, they have the rights for five consecutive years.
  • It was reported that star players of Women Cricket team had joined the WPL as team mentors. Mithali Raj has joined as the mentor of the Gujarat Giants team, and Jhulan Goswami has joined as the bowling coach and mentor of the Mumbai Indians Team.
  • Smriti Mandhana currently is the most expensive player of WPl, 2023, followed by all-rounder player Deepti Sharma; both bagged a deal of Rs 3.4 crore and Rs 2.6 crore, respectively. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians both were rooting for Smriti Mandhana.
  • It was reported that around 1525 players had registered for the tournament, out of which 409 players were finally selected to play the match.
  • In its first season, the WPL will stage a total of 20 league matches and 2 Playoff games that will be played over a duration of 23 days
  • The Eliminator of the WPL 2023 will be played at the DY Patil Stadium on March 24. The summit clash of the Women’s Premier League will take place at the Brabourne Stadium on March 26.
  • The Women’s T20 Challenge, which began as a single-match event in 2018 and evolved into a three-team, three-match competition in 2019, 2020, and 2022, was the WPL’s forerunner.

It is a great initiative to develop and contribute to women’s cricket progress in India. It should be a must-watch to support the agenda of gender equality.

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