The fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026) will be played between January 9 and February 5. A total of 22 matches between 5 teams will be played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and Baroda Cricket Association Stadium in Vadodara. Tickets for the matches have become online, starting from just Rs 100. Know where and how to book tickets?

The schedule of the Women’s Premier League 2026 was released on 29 November. The first match will be played on January 9 between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. After this there is a double header on January 10. The first match is between UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants and the second match is between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. Tickets for all matches start from Rs 100.

Where to book tickets for WPL 2026 matches?

Connoisseurs can book tickets on the official website of the Women’s Premier League or on the District by Zomato website and app.

How to book tickets for WPL 2026 matches?

Till the time of writing the news, only tickets priced at Rs 100 are available for online sale. First of all, go to the website of Women’s Premier League or the website of District by Zomato. You will see a section of tickets, on clicking which the list of all the matches will appear in front of you.

Double round robin matches will run till 1st February, tickets worth Rs 100 for all the matches are available for online sale. All the tickets available online for the opening match to be held on January 9 have been sold. Now the tickets for this match will be available again. For example, if you want to book tickets for the first match of the double header to be held on January 10, then you will have to click on the option of that match.

• Click on the book ticket option.
• The photo of the stands will appear in front of you.
• You will see colorful stands whose tickets are currently available.
• Click on the stand of your desire.
• Then you have to login with your mobile number.
• An OTP will come on your number, which you will have to verify.
• Then you have to make online payment and the ticket will be booked.

wpl 2026 teams

Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriors.

Women’s Premier League winners list

• 2023- Mumbai Indians
• 2024- Royal Challengers Bangalore
• 2025- Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians has launched the new jersey of its team for the Women’s Premier League 2026. The team shared the video on its official social media, in which the players were seen in the new kit. The fourth edition of the league is going to start from February 9, the complete schedule of which has come.

Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the history of the Women’s Premier League. MI, which became champion in the first edition, had also won the title last season. In the last edition, Harmanpreet Kaur and team defeated Delhi Capitals in the final. For the upcoming season, Mumbai had bought 11 players in the auction, the most expensive of which was Amelia Kerr.

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Most expensive female player of Mumbai Indians?

Mumbai Indians, including Harmanpreet Kaur, had retained 5 players for the upcoming season, however, the highest price is not of the captain but of Natalie Siever. Harmanpreet’s price is Rs 2.50 crore. Natalie Siver’s price is Rs 3.50 crore, which is also the most expensive player of the team.

Performance of Mumbai Indians in WPL

Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai Indians won the title in the first edition played in 2023. The team defeated Delhi Capitals in the final. However, in the second edition (2024), Mumbai was eliminated after losing the eliminator match. RCB had won the title in the second edition, Delhi was also the runner-up this season. Last season (2025), Mumbai team won its second WPL title by defeating Delhi.

The first match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on January 9 at DY Patil Stadium. The final of the tournament will be held in Vadodara on 5 February.

Mumbai Indians women’s team squad

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur, Haley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajna, Shabnim Ismail, Gunalan Kamalini, Saika Ishaq, Nicola Carey, Triveni Vasistha, Sanskriti Gupta, Kranti Reddy, Millie Illingworth, Poonam Khemnar, Rahila Firdous.

Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has withdrawn her name from WPL 2026. Along with him, Annabel Sutherland has also decided not to play in the next season of the Women’s Premier League. Both of them have withdrawn their names from the next season of the Women’s Premier League citing personal reasons.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have included Sayali Satghare in their squad in place of Ellyse Perry. Satghare will get a salary of Rs 30 lakh from RCB, which was his base price in the auction. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals has announced Australian leg-spinner Elena King as the replacement for Annabel Sutherland. Elena King will get Rs 60 lakh for playing in WPL 2026.

The exclusion of Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland is a big blow for RCB and Delhi Capitals. Because both are counted among the top all-rounder players in the world. Ellyse Perry is the highest run scorer for RCB in WPL history. So far, she has scored 972 runs in her Women’s Premier League career at an average of 64.80. He has also taken 14 wickets in bowling for RCB. He had made a huge contribution in making RCB the WPL champion in 2024.

Talking about Annabel Sutherland, she took 9 wickets for Delhi Capitals last season. In the current era, he is seen as a rising star especially in white ball cricket.

UP team also changed

There has also been a big change in the squad of UP Warriors. The team’s left-arm fast bowler Tata Norris was selected in the USA team for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier. Australian all-rounder Charlie Knott has come in his place in the UP team. The World Cup Qualifier will be played in Nepal from 18 January to 1 February.

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Delhi Capitals has appointed Jemimah Rodrigues as the new captain. In WPL 2026, the command of Delhi team will be in the hands of Rodrigues and she will replace Australian veteran player Meg Lanning as captain. Lanning, under whose captaincy till now Delhi had played the finals of the Women’s Premier all three times, but all three times Delhi Capitals had missed out on winning the WPL title.

Jemimah Rodrigues has been a part of the Delhi Capitals squad since the first season and till now has scored 507 runs in 27 matches for this team. Her strike rate in the Women’s Premier League is 139.67. He has played all three WPL finals so far while being a part of the Delhi team.

25-year-old Jemimah Rodrigues is India’s star batsman, who contributed significantly in making Team India the world champion in 2025. He played a historic inning of 127 runs against Australia in the semi-finals. Jemimah Rodrigues was retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore before the WPL 2026 mega auction.

On being appointed the new captain of Delhi Capitals, Jemimah Rodrigues said, “It is an honor to be appointed the captain of Delhi Capitals. I thank the team owners and the support staff for showing confidence in me. This year has been very good for me and my family, first winning the World Cup and now I have got the opportunity to captain Delhi Capitals.”

Rodrigues has gained a lot of experience in T20 at the age of only 25. He has scored 2,444 runs in 113 International T20 matches for India, which includes 14 half-centuries. On the other hand, he has 1749 runs in his name in 59 ODI matches. Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals will play its first match in WPL 2026 with Mumbai Indians on January 10.

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Delhi Capitals is going to get a new captain. Jemimah Rodrigues can be given the captaincy of Delhi Capitals in the next season of the Women’s Premier League. According to Cricbuzz, Jemimah Rodrigues’ name is certain to be confirmed for the captaincy of Delhi Capitals team in WPL 2026. Let us tell you that the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League is going to start from January 8, 2026.

According to Cricbuzz, the official announcement of Jemimah Rodrigues being made the captain of Delhi Capitals is possible on Tuesday, 23 December. Till now Meg Lanning had been captaining the Delhi team, but before the mega auction, the Delhi team had released her. Delhi has reached the WPL finals thrice so far, but had to face defeat every time.

After the WPL 2026 auction, Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal had clearly said that he wants an Indian captain and has also made up his mind in the same direction.

Jemimah Rodrigues has so far scored 507 runs in her WPL career while playing 27 matches and her average has been 28.16. In the ODI World Cup 2025, he played an important role in making Team India the world champion by performing strongly with the bat.

Before the auction, Delhi Capitals had retained a total of 5 players. Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Marijne Kapp and Annabel Sutherland were retained by Delhi for Rs 2.22 crore. Whereas uncapped player Nikki Prasad was retained by DC for Rs 50 lakh.

Delhi Capitals squad for WPL 2026: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marijanne Kapp, Nikki Prasad, Laura Woolworth, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Dia Yadav, Tania Bhatia, Mamta Madiwala, Nandini Sharma, Lucy Hamill, Minnu Mani

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Bangladesh Premier League 2026 Auction: In the recently held auction for the Women’s Premier League 2026, a lot of money was showered on women players. Team India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma was retained by UP Warriors for 3.2 crores for the 2026 season. Apart from him, many other players also became millionaires in WPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore had spent Rs 3.5 crore to retain star batsman Smriti Mandhana before the auction. Just the opposite was seen in the auction held for the 2026 season of Bangladesh Premier League. In this auction, no player has been sold for an amount of Rs 1 crore.

Who is the most expensive player in BPL auction?

Bangladeshi player Mohammad Naim was the most expensive player in the auction held for Bangladesh Premier League 2026. Chittagong Royals spent 1.10 crore Bangladeshi Taka (about 88,000 USD), which is about 81 lakh rupees in Indian rupees, for Mohammad Naim. The last season of this tournament was very good for Mohammad Naeem. He scored 511 runs at a strike rate of 143.94, becoming the highest run-scorer in this season. A special thing in this auction was that the auction started with his name and he also got the most money.

Other expensive players sold in auction

Rangpur Riders spent approximately Rs 66 lakh to buy Bangladesh cricket team player Tauheed Hridoy. Liton Das also became a part of the same team for around Rs 50 lakh. Former Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka was the most expensive player among foreign players, who was bought by Dhaka Capitals for 55,000 US dollars (about 49 lakh Indian rupees). Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella were bought by Chittagong Royals and Sylhet Titans for US$35,000 (approximately Rs 31 lakh) respectively. Habibur Rahman Sohan was the most expensive among the uncapped players, who was bought by Noakhali Express for US$40,000.

6 teams will play in BPL 2026

A total of 6 teams will be seen playing in Bangladesh Premier League 2026. These 6 teams are Dhaka Capitals, Rangpur Riders, Rajshahi Warriors, Noakhali Express, Sylhet Titans and Chittagong Royals. This season is likely to start from December 26. Let us tell you, this league was started in the year 2012, but this is the first time after the initial season that the players have been auctioned.

Mumbai Indians have prepared a strong squad for WPL 2026. Two-time champion MI had retained 5 players before the auction. In the auction, Mumbai spent Rs 3 crore on New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr. With the return of Shabnim Ismail to Sanskriti Gupta and Sajna Sajeevan, Mumbai’s squad looks as strong as before. MI franchise owner Nita Ambani says that the team wanted to buy as many old players as possible.

Regarding the auction held on Thursday, November 27, Nita Ambani said, “Auction days are very exciting, but sometimes they are also troublesome. Our strategy was to buy as many players as possible from the winning team of 2025. I am very excited with the return of Amelia Kerr and the arrival of our 4 players: Shabnim, Saika, Sajna and Sanskriti. We are also very excited with the arrival of 3 youngsters, who are Rahila Firdous, Nalla. Kranthi Reddy and Triveni Vashishtha, I welcome Poonam Khemnar, Millie Illingworth and Nicola Carey to the Mumbai Indians family.”

Apart from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Nate Sciver Brunt, Haley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini had already been retained. Apart from them, MI has bought back the recent T20 World Cup player of the tournament Amelia Kerr, S Sajna, Saika Ishaq, Sanskriti Gupta and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail. India’s World Cup winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur was also present in the auction held in New Delhi. He contributed to the strategies on the auction table.

On this experience, Harmanpreet Kaur said, “I was nervous in the beginning, but I liked the way we had planned and everyone’s participation, especially Nita Ambani. She has always been the biggest support of the team and always supports us. We have got most of our old teammates back, which shows how much trust the team has in those players.”

These 5 players have been important in the success of Mumbai Indians, among them Saika, Sajna and Sanskriti have been the rising star players of this tournament.

Apart from the famous players, MI has also included the Australian pair of multiple-time World Cup winner Nicola Cray and young fast bowler Millie Illingworth in its squad.

In line with its policy of supporting young Indian talent, Mumbai Indians have fielded a balanced squad with the inclusion of Indian all-rounders Nalla Kranthi Reddy and Triveni Vashishtha. Kranti and Triveni will be becoming a part of WPL for the first time.

Women’s Premier League 2026 Mega Auction: The mega auction of the Women’s Premier League 2026 has ended. A total of 277 players were bid in this auction, in which the names of 194 Indian players and 83 foreign players were included. The 5 teams of this tournament have bought a total of 67 players in the auction, which includes the names of 23 foreign players and 44 Indian players. At the same time, no franchise bid for many legendary players of international cricket. Here we are going to tell about 5 such star players, who have not been bought by any franchise.

5 star players not sold in WPL

1. Alyssa Healy (Australia)

Australian captain Alyssa Healy is one of the greatest players of international cricket. Hilly has more than 3000 runs in his name in T20 International and the Australian captain has so far scored 5 centuries in Australia’s Big Bash League. Despite this, she was not bought by any franchise in the Women’s Premier League.

2. Chamari Atapattu (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu is counted among the best all-rounders in international cricket. Atapattu has so far scored a total of 3458 runs in 146 T20 International matches, which includes three centuries. Apart from this, she has also taken a total of 63 wickets with her bowling. Despite having an excellent record in international cricket, Atapattu did not find any buyer in WPL.

3. Tazmin Brits (South Africa)

South African opening batsman Tajmeen has scored a total of 1719 runs in 65 innings of Brits T20 International at an average of more than 32, in which she has 14 half-centuries to her name. Despite this excellent record, Brits were not bought by any franchise in the Women’s Premier League.

4. Alana King (Australia)

Apart from Australia’s leg spinner Alawa King, no franchise bought him in the mega auction held for the WPL 2026 season. King has played 27 T20 International matches so far, in which he has taken 27 wickets. In ODI, she has taken 72 wickets in 47 matches and has taken 128 wickets in the Women’s Bag Bash League.

5. Heather Knight (England)

Former England captain Heather Knight is the first cricketer in the history of women’s international cricket to score a century in all three formats. Knight has more than 7000 runs in his name in international cricket and Heather also bowls along with batting. Still they did not find any buyer for the WPL 2026 season.

WPL 2026: The mega auction of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 ended on Thursday. This time too, many records were broken in the auction, a lot of money was spent on big names and some uncapped players also caught the attention of the teams. India’s World Cup hero Deepti Sharma made the most headlines in this auction. UP Warriors exercised their RTM (Right to Match) and brought Deepti back into their fold for Rs 3.2 crore, becoming the joint second most expensive Indian purchase in WPL history.

On the other hand, New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr became the most expensive foreign player of this auction. Mumbai Indians bought him for Rs 3 crore. Know everything about the final squads of all the teams and their salaries.

Mumbai Indians

Nate Siver-Brunt (3.5 crore), Harmanpreet Kaur (2.5 crore), Hayley Mathews (1.75 crore), Amanjot Kaur (1 crore), G Kamalini (50 lakh), Amelia Kerr (3 crore), Shabnam Ismail (60 lakh), Sanskriti Gupta (20 lakh), Sajeevan Sajna (75 lakh), Rahila Firdous (10 lakh), Nicola Carey (30 lakh), Poonam Khemnar (10 lakh), Triveni Vashishtha (20 lakh), Nalla Reddy (10 lakh), Sayaka Ishaq (30 lakh), Millie Illingworth (10 lakh)

Delhi Capitals

Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 Crore), Shefali Verma (2.2 Crore), Annable Sutherland (2.2 Crore), Marijon Kapp (2.2 Crore), Nikki Prasad (50 Lakh), Laura Wolvaardt (1.1 Crore), Chinelle Henry (1.3 Crore), Shree Charani (1.3 Crore), Sneh Rana (50 Lakh), Lizley Lee (30 Lakh), Dia Yadav (10 Lakh), Tania Bhatia (30 Lakh), Mamta Madiwala (10 lakh), Nandini Sharma (20 lakh), Lucy Hamilton (10 lakh), Minnu Mani (40 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Smriti Mandhana (3.5 Crore), Richa Ghosh (2.75 Crore), Ellyse Perry (2 Crore), Shreyanka Patil (60 Lakh), Georgia Woll (60 Lakh), Nadine de Klerk (65 Lakh), Radha Yadav (65 Lakh), Lauren Bell (90 Lakh), Linsey Smith (30 Lakh), Prema Rawat (20 Lakh), Arundhati Reddy (75 Lakh), Pooja Vastrakar (85 Lakh), Grace Harris (75 Lakh), Gautami Naik (10 lakh), Prathyosha Kumar (10 lakh), D Hemalatha (30 lakh)

gujarat giants

Ashley Gardner (3.5 crore), Beth Mooney (2.5 crore), Sophie Devine (2 crore), Renuka Singh (60 lakh), Bharti Fulmali (70 lakh), Titus Sadhu (30 lakh), Kashvi Gautam (65 lakh), Kanika Ahuja (30 lakh), Tanuja Kanwar (45 lakh), Georgia Wareham (1 crore), Anushka Sharma (45 lakh), Happy Kumari (10 lakh), Kim Garth (50 lakh), Yastika Bhatia (50 lakh), Shivani Singh (10 lakh), Danny Wyatt-Hodge (50 lakh), Rajeshwari Gaikwad (40 lakh), Ayushi Soni (30 lakh)

UP Warriors

Shweta Sehrawat (50 lakh), Deepti Sharma (3.2 crore), Sophie Ecclestone (85 lakh), Meg Lanning (1.9 crore), Phoebe Lichfield (1.2 crore), Kiran Navgire (60 lakh), Harleen Deol (50 lakh), Kranti Gaur (50 lakh), Asha Sobhana (1.1 crore), Deandra Dottin (80 lakh), Shikha Pandey (2.4 crore), Shipra Giri (10 lakh), Simran Shaikh (10 Lakh), Tara Norris (10 Lakh), Chloe Tryon (30 Lakh), Suman Meena (10 Lakh), G Trisha (10 Lakh), Pratika Rawal (50 Lakh)

India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma on Thursday became the most expensive player in the 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction while ODI World Cup stars Sri Charani and Laura Wolvaardt also fetched good prices.

Deepti Sharma was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 3 crore 20 lakh using ‘Right to Match’ card. Now she is the most expensive Indian player in the history of WPL after Smriti Mandhana. Mandhana had received Rs 20 lakh more than him.

Kshemal Waingankar, director of cricket operations of UP Warriors, said, “We were expecting bidding around this time.” There was no doubt that we wanted Deepti back.

Mumbai Indians bought New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr, the joint highest wicket taker last year, for Rs 3 crore. Kerr was part of the Mumbai team that won the title in 2023 and 2025.

UP Warriors bought experienced all-rounder Shikha Pandey for Rs 2 crore 40 lakh, who last played for India in 2023.

Leg spinner Shri Charani, who was one of the architects of India’s title win in the World Cup, was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 1 crore 30 lakh, many times more than his base price of Rs 30 lakh. World Cup runner-up South Africa’s opening batsman Laura Wolvaardt was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 1 crore 10 lakh.

Delhi bought West Indies batsman Chinelle Henry for Rs 1 crore 30 lakh and Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana for Rs 50 lakh. Australia’s Meg Lanning was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 1 crore 90 lakh, while New Zealand’s Sophie Devine was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 2 crore.

Warriors had a purse of Rs 14 crore 50 lakh for the auction. He once again used the ‘Right to Match’ card and bought England spinner Sophie Eccleton for Rs 85 lakh and fast bowler Kranti Gaur for Rs 50 lakh.

They bought Harleen Deol for Rs 50 lakh while Gujarat bought Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh for Rs 60 lakh. South African finisher Nadine de Klerk was bought by RCB for Rs 65 lakh. RCB bought all-rounder Arundhati Reddy for Rs 75 lakh and Radha Yadav for Rs 65 lakh.

Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield was bought by the Warriors for Rs 1 crore 20 lakh.

The biggest surprise of the day was Australia’s ‘big hitter’ captain Alyssa Healy not finding any buyer. She could not play in the 2025 season due to injury, her name was bid first but no one bought it. His compatriot spinner Alana King was also not sold. 67 out of 77 players available in the auction were bought.