By Admin 
Women’s Premier League 2026 is starting from 9 January. Former captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, Anjum Chopra believes that the upcoming season is going to be very interesting. On paper, UP Warriors team looks strong.
In a special conversation with IANS, Anjum Chopra said that we have recently won the ODI World Cup. The performance of our players was good in the World Cup. Therefore, the confidence of the franchises involved in the Women’s Premier League has definitely increased. No team can be called strong or weak. I see UP Warriors strong on paper, but how the team will play during the league and what playing eleven the team will go with, it will be very important.
He said, “The performance of UP Warriors in the last 3 years was not as per the expectations. Therefore, in the auction, they have rebuilt their team in a new way. It was a big decision to include Deepti Sharma again in the auction. It remains to be seen how the team performs this season with the new players.”
Anjum Chopra said that in the next season in RCB, it will be important to see who will open the innings with Smriti Mandhana. The team will also have to strike the right balance with foreign players. RCB will miss Elsie Perry. The audience will also feel the loss of Perry.
The former Indian captain said that Jemimah Rodrigues, who has been made the captain of Delhi Capitals, has a big opportunity to prove herself. Captaincy is not only on the field but also outside the field. It remains to be seen how she capitalizes on this opportunity. Delhi Capitals has a long line of talented players. In such a situation, making the playing eleven will also be a big challenge for the captain.
Regarding Mumbai Indians, Chopra said that the defending champion team has a good number of foreign and domestic players. Because of this the team is very strong, but we cannot say that this team cannot be defeated. In the last 3 seasons, many teams have challenged Mumbai. This will be seen in this season also.
Chopra said that it is very difficult to predict which team will make it to the finals. This time the league will be very exciting and there will be very close matches. There will be favorable conditions for batting and the captain will prefer to bowl after winning the toss. Anjum Chopra said that I will keep an eye on the performance of Kashvi Gautam, Shri Charani, and Diya Yadav in the next season.