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

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.

Highlights

WPL Teams 2023
Rules for the Women’s Premier League in 2023 are as follows:
WPL 2023 Format
WPL teams List 2023
WPL UP Warriorz Team 2023
WPL Gujarat Giants Team 2023
WPL Delhi Capitals Team 2023
WPL Royal Challengers Bangalore Team 2023
Schedule and Venue of WPL 2023 matches
Some interesting points about the WPL, 2023

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.