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.

Before the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, defending champion Mumbai Indians has taken a big decision. The team has further strengthened its coaching staff and included former Australian leg spinner Kristen Beams in the team as spin bowling coach. Mumbai Indians announced this on social media and made it clear that the team is fully prepared to win the third trophy.

New experience added to coaching staff

Mumbai Indians is already known for its strong coaching setup. The addition of Kristen Beams to head coach Lisa Keightley, bowling coach and mentor Jhulan Goswami, batting coach Devika Palshikar and fielding coach Nicole Bolton will give the team more edge in the spin department.

Expressing her excitement about working with the franchise, Beams said, ‘I have joined the team here as a coach for the first time. This is a great opportunity to work with great players like Jhulan Goswami. He further said, ‘The atmosphere of Mumbai Indians is like a family. I am happy that I am joining a team which knows how to win. Joining such a team is a special experience for any coach.

Cricket career has been wonderful

Kristen Beams’ international career has also been quite impressive. He took 42 wickets in 30 ODI matches for Australia, while he has 20 wickets in his name in 18 T20 matches. Apart from this, she has also played a test match. In the Women’s Big Bash League, she took 37 wickets in 45 matches and proved herself as a reliable spinner.

Strong hold in coaching also

Beams is not only a player but also an experienced coach. She has coached in the Women’s Big Bash League and has also played the role of head coach of Australia women’s under-19 team. Apart from this, she has handled important development related responsibilities in Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania. Now she will share this experience with the young and experienced spinners of Mumbai Indians.

Eyeing the third trophy

Mumbai Indians has won the WPL trophy twice so far and is eyeing its third title in the 2026 season. Players like captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews and Amanjot Kaur have already been retained. The addition of Kristen Beams in the presence of match-winners like Amelia Kerr and Shabnim Ismail makes MI a strong contender for the title once again.

IPL Record: The new season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is going to start soon. In its last season, big scores were seen continuously, which destroyed all the old records. In the match played in Lucknow, RCB women’s team and UP Warriors together scored 438 runs. This became the largest match aggregate in WPL history so far.

rcb vs up warriors

The match played between RCB Women and UP Warriorz Women in Lucknow on 8 March 2025 became the highest-aggregated match in WPL history. Both the teams together scored a total of 438 runs and 15 wickets fell in this match. The match lasted only 39.3 overs, but the run rate was 11.08, which is one of the highest in league history.

In this match, RCB’s batsmen demonstrated power heating and UPW also chased the target brilliantly. However, RCB’s score proved to be huge.

Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

A total of 403 runs were scored in the match between Gujarat Giants (GG Women) and RCB Women in Vadodara on 14 February 2025. This match was also entirely in the name of the batsmen. RCB made a great start, but Gujarat Giants also gave a tough fight. Both the teams together made this score by losing 9 wickets and the run rate was 10.46.

Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

In the first season of WPL itself, Gujarat Giants and RCB together played a high-scoring match of 391 runs. This match lasted 40 overs and during this the run rate was 9.77. At that time, such big scores were rarely seen in women’s T20 matches.

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

On March 11, 2025, in the match played between Mumbai Indians women’s team and RCB Women in Brabourne, 387 runs were scored. Both the teams displayed excellent batting. In this match, the in-form batsmen of Mumbai and RCB gave a lot of entertainment to the audience.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals

In the first match of the season between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals Women, both the teams together put 386 runs on the board. RCB’s batting may have scored fast runs, but Delhi also gave equal competition to Bangalore.

Most Sixes In WPL: Since the beginning of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), a new era of aggressive play has been seen in women’s cricket. Big shots and strong strike rate have given a new identity to the tournament. Indian young stars are continuously shining in the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes in WPL. Delhi Capitals’ Shafali Verma is leading in this list, while Richa Ghosh, Elise Perry, Ashley Gardner and Kiran Navgire are also among the top performers.

Shafali Verma

Shafali Verma has become the top six hitter of WPL by hitting 49 sixes in 27 matches played from 2023 to 2025. 865 runs in 27 innings, strike rate of 162.59 and 93 fours show his explosive style. Her best inning of 84 runs proves that Shafali can single-handedly eliminate any bowling attack from the match. His ability to score runs quickly has been a major strength of Delhi Capitals in the WPL.

Richa Ghosh

Richa Ghosh of Royal Challengers Bangalore is at second place in this list with 30 sixes. 625 runs in 24 innings and a strike rate of 150.96 show that Richa is a player who can cause maximum damage on limited balls. 4 half-centuries and 70 fours testify to his consistent performance.

Ashley Gardner

Ashley Gardner of Gujarat Giants has demonstrated her power-hitting brilliantly in the WPL with 26 sixes. 567 runs in 25 matches and a strike rate of 141.75 make him one of the most influential foreign players in the league. His unbeaten score of 79 has proved to be a game-changer for the team on many occasions.

elise perry

RCB-W’s Ellyse Perry not only hit 25 sixes, but also cemented her place among the most reliable batsmen of WPL by scoring 972 runs. An average of 64.80 and 8 half-centuries show that Perry is not only a power hitter but is also adept at anchoring the match.

Kiran Navgire

Kiran Navgire of UP Warriors is included in the top-5 with 24 sixes. A strike rate of 140.13 and aggressive playing style has made him one of the most dangerous lower-middle order batsmen in the WPL.

The first mega auction in the history of the Women’s Premier League will be held in Delhi tomorrow on 27th November. Before the auction, all five teams had retained only 17 players. Therefore, it is going to rain money on the players in the 2026 Mega Auction (WPL Mega Auction 2026). Smriti Mandhana is the most expensive player in WPL history, she was bought by RCB in 2023 for Rs 3.4 crore. This time it will be interesting to see whether the bid on any player goes beyond Rs 3 crore or not.

Before the auction starts, know here what time the auction will start, how many slots are vacant in which team and how much money is left in the purse of each franchise?

What time will the mega auction start?

The mega auction of WPL 2026 will be held in Delhi on 27th November. The auction will start at 3:30 pm Indian time.

Live streaming of the mega auction will come on JioHotstar app and website. The auction will be telecast live on Star Sports Network.

Which team has how much money? how many slots vacant

Before the auction, all five teams together had retained a total of 17 players. Now a total of 277 players will be bid in the auction. Of these, 194 will be Indian players, while 83 will be foreign players.

All the teams have a total of Rs 40.6 crore left. Let us remind you that all the teams had a purse of Rs 15 crore, but after the retained players this amount has reduced. UP Warriors had retained only one player, hence Rs 14.5 crores are still left in their purse. Gujarat Giants are left with Rs 9 crore, RCB with Rs 6.15 crore, Mumbai Indians with Rs 5.75 crore and Delhi Capitals with Rs 5.7 crore.

UP Warriors – 14.5 crores

Gujarat Giants – 9 crores

Royal Challengers Bangalore – 6.15 crores

Mumbai Indians – 5.75 crores

Delhi Capitals – 5.7 crores

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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was spotted at the opening ceremony of the World Paddle League (WPL) in Mumbai last day. During this, he gave his support to his younger brother Sohail Khan. Sohal Khan is the owner of the new Team Khan Tigers. The league, co-founded by tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi, will be held from August 12 to 16 at the Nesco Center in Goregaon, Mumbai. At the same time, during this event, Salman was asked whether he had ever thought of buying a team in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? The superstar gave a shocking reply to this.

Is Salman Khan too ever IPL Wanted to buy teams
Let me tell you that when Salman Khan was asked if he also wanted to buy an IPL team, Bhaijaan replied, “Now we have grown very old for IPL … We got a team offer a long time ago, but we did not accept it, and it is not that we are regretting that decision. We are very happy with ISPL. It is very happy. It is our styling … This is our styling … Gali cricket … Gali cricket … Gali cricket … This is better for us here. “

What did Sohail Khan say about the World Paddle League?
At the same time, Sohail Khan, who is stepping into the world of paddle games with Khan Tigers, expressed great expectations about the league’s future. He said, “I really want this league to be as big as IPL one day. But it will not happen until the Indian athlete starts playing paddle. This is the only way to develop it. It all depends on how much the media promotes it and whether children start adopting it.”

Salman Khan Work Front
Talking about Salman Khan’s work front, the last release of the superstar was Alexander. This film could not show amazing at the box office. At the same time, Salman Khan will be seen in War Drama Battle of Galwan. The actress is currently busy shooting for the film.

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Just a few weeks ago, Abhishek Nair was expelled from the post of Assistant Coach by BCCI. Nair has now become the new head coach of the UP Warriors team in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Nair has replaced John Lewis in this post, who had been the head coach of UP franchise for the last three seasons. The UP Warriors team failed to go to the playoffs of both the last two seasons. Nair could not play much international cricket for India, but is counted among the veterans of Mumbai in domestic cricket.

During the talks with ESPN Cricinfo, COO and Director of Cricket of UP Warriors said during the talks with ESPN Cricinfo, “Abhishek Nair is made the head coach of UP Warriors, it is as if his under UP team will touch new heights. Abhishek has been part of 3 champion teams within the last 18 months, in which he has played different characters.” He hoped that the fearless team of Abhishek Nair’s Under UP Warriors will definitely do some wonders in the next season.

Gautam Gambhir has been assistant

Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of the Indian cricket team after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Shortly thereafter, Abhishek Nair was appointed as an assistant coach in Team India. He was not yet completed even a year that became an assistant coach of Gautam Gambhir that he was expelled from the post of Assistant Coach in April 2024.

According to the news, there were many reasons for the removal of Nair. The first is that the Indian Test team had lost the series by performing unnecessarily against Australia and New Zealand. There was also speculation that he had an argument with a senior player.

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Bcci news: The IPL 2025 concluded on 3 June, where RCB won its first trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final. Now the news has come that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet given full money to the employees for IPL 2025. Even some payments are pending since January. Let us tell you that the BCCI had made changes in its policy to make the payment system streamlined in the recent annual meeting. According to the new policy, the allowance of Rs 10,000 has been fixed per day.

According to the news agency PTI, the board had changed the policy regarding daily allowance in all departments. The board has not paid the outstanding amount since January, which will be paid according to the new policy. According to the old policy, employees were given Rs 15,000 per day for small journey. The same policy was applied for IPL, WPL and ICC tournaments. Now according to the new policy, 10 thousand rupees will be given for daily travel.

A BCCI source quoted PTI as saying that after cutting the TDS, the employees had received Rs 6,500 for a day. The BCCI has not paid the dues to its finance, operations and media departments for the WPL and IPL 2025 season. The IPL 2025 tournament lasted for about 70 days, which can be said that BCCI has stopped about 7 lakh rupees of its employees.

How much money for India-England series?

Employees will be paid 300 US dollars for foreign tour, which is equivalent to about Rs 25,875 in Indian currency. This policy will be implemented from the Indo-England series. On the other hand, officers in high positions like Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and Co-Secretary get $ 1,000, or about 86,250 rupees for a day. Big officers get 40,000 rupees per day for a meeting outside India and Rs 30,000 per day for domestic meeting.

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Rcb ipl trophy winner: The Indian Premier League started in the year 2008. A total of 7 teams have won the IPL title in the history so far. So far, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have won the IPL trophy five times. Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the most popular teams, but has this team won the Indian Premier League title. Actually the truth is that RCB has won the trophy, but after all Virat Kohli has not been able to get any trophy.

RCB has won IPL title

Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the title, but not of IPL. Actually this is the case of 2024 when RCB won the Women’s Premier League title. Bengaluru won the title by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in the final. Virat Kohli has played the IPL final several times, but till now he has not had a trophy.

RCB has played the final of the Indian Premier League thrice so far. In 2009, he was defeated by Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings in 2011. Bengaluru has not played the IPL final for the last 8 years, as RCB’s last title was in 2016 when it was defeated by Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 runs. Virat Kohli has not been able to win the IPL Trophy yet, but Smriti Mandhana is the captain who won the trophy to RCB in the Women’s Premier League.

What is RCB’s condition in IPL 2025

Talking about IPL 2025, the Royal Challengers remain one of the strong contenders for winning the Bangalore Trophy. RCB has scored 17 points after 8 wins in 13 matches so far and has a golden opportunity to go directly to qualifier 1.

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