WPL 2024: Mumbai Indians to face Delhi Capitals in season opener

The second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will be played from February 23 to March 17. The first 11 matches are in Bangalore and the second half including the Eliminator and the Final to be played in Delhi.

The WPL 2024 will begin with the defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on runners-up Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Unlike the first season, there won't be any double headers in the second edition and all matches will be played at 7:30pm IST across 24 days.

WPL had a successful inagurual season in 2023 with five teams - Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Gujarat Giants - playing 22 matches across two stadiums in Mumbai. In the final of the tournament, Harmanpreet Kaur led Mumbai Indians beat Meg Lanning's Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will have their first home fixture of the competition when they clash against UP Warriorz on February 24. Gujarat Giants will their start the campaign on February 25 wit hthe match against Mumbai Indians. Eliminator between the second and third placed team after double round robin matches will take place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on March 15 and the team that finishes top of the table will take on the Eliminator winner on March 17 at the same venue.

Squads

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning* (c), Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, , Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney* (c), Ashleigh Gardner*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield*, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha, Lauren Cheatle*, Kathryn Bryce*, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Issy Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail*, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana B

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (c), Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine*, Ekta Bisht, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Dil Bahadur, Sophie Molineux*

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy* (c), Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*, Vrinda Dinesh, Danni Wyatt, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana