Women's Indian Premier League (WPL) 2023 Overview

The inaugural edition of the women’s IPL called the Women’s Indian Premier League (WPL) is just around the corner. The inaugural edition will start on 4 March, 2023. The first match will be played between the Mumbai Indians team and Gujarat Giants at Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai at 7.30 PM. The finals will be held on 26 March, 2023 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai at 7.30 PM. 

A total of five teams will be taking part in the WPL 2023. The teams are Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and UP Warriorz. 87 players were sold during the inaugural auction of WPL. There were 30 overseas players sold during the auction. Smriti Mandana was the most expensive player who was bought at a whopping price of Rs 3.40 crores by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Australian Ashleigh Gardner and British Player Natalie Sciver were amongst the top overseas players. 

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Women’s IPL 2023 Schedule

Are you excited about WPL 2023? Well, we got you! The excitement level is at an all-time high, with the much-awaited inaugural cricket mega-event in women’s cricket being just days away. A total of 22 matches will be played in WPL 2023. Five teams are taking part and the matches will be played in two stadiums of Mumbai. The inaugural match will be played at Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium and the final match will be held at Brabourne Stadium. Check out WPL's full schedule here. The first match will be held between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians on 4th March, 2023. The final match will be held on 26th March, 2023 at 7.30 PM. 

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Women’s IPL 2023 Teams & Players

There are five teams competing against each other in WPL 2023. The teams are as follows.

Women’s IPL Winner History

After the 2017 Women’s World Cup, the idea of women’s IPL was suggested. In 2018, the idea was introduced as a single match before the men’s tournament. The teams participating in that match were known as IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas. In 2019, another team called IPL Velocity was added. In 2020, the women’s tournament, along with the men’s tournament, was postponed. It was later on held in Sharjah. In 2021, the women’s tournament was cancelled due to COVID. In March 2022, the BCCI declared that they will start the women's IPL in 2023. BCCI president Mr. Sourav Ganguly wanted 10 teams for WPL. However, later on five teams came forward. In 2022, the women’s T20 Challenge took place in the month of May and this was eventually dubbed as Women’s Premier League (WPL)

Women’s Premier League 2023 Player Auction

The inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League auctions had 87 women cricketers going under the hammer. The five franchises spent Rs 59.50 crores collectively. The most expensive bid was done by Royal Challengers Bangalore. They bought Smriti Mandana for a whopping Rs 3.40 crores. Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur joined Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crores. Deepti Sharma was bought by UP Warriorz for Rs 2.60 crores. Delhi Capitals bought Jemimah Rodrigues for Rs 2.20 crores. Here are the WPL auction details. 

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