Owned and operated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is the women’s Twenty20 cricket league played in India. Five franchises will be taking part in the first season of WPL, which will take place in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The predecessor of the WPL was the Women’s T20 Challenge, which started as a one-match tournament in 2018 and expanded to three-team and three-match matches in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Women’s Premier League 2023
The 2023 edition of the Indian Women’s Cricket Premier League is approaching, and fans are looking forward to it. The WPL 2023 schedule featuring some of the world’s best players will kick off in March 2023. The winner of the competition will be decided among five teams. There will be 22 matches, including the championship and the semi-final matches. The competition will include some of the most well-known female cricketers, including Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, and Harmanpreet Kaur. The matches will follow the day-night schedule.
WPL Auction 2023
The Women’s Premier League 2023 scheduled auction occurred on February 13, 2023. The International Cricket Council and the Indian Premier League collaborated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the auction. Participants came from different parts of the world to participate in WPL.
In the inaugural of WPL, several of the world’s top women cricketers secured big deals, where Smriti Mandhana, India’s attacking batter, led the way on Rs 3.40 crore.
Franchises and their players
- Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (1.1 crores), Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 crores), Radha Yadav (40 Lakh), Shafali Verma (2 crores), Marizanne Kapp (1.5 Crore), Shikha Pandey (60 Lakh), Alice Capsey (75 Lakh), Titas Sadhu (25 Lakh), Laura Harris (45 lakhs), Tara Norris (10 Lakh), Jasia Akhter (20 Lakh), Minnu Mani (30 Lakh), Taniyaa Bhatia (30 Lakh), Jess Jonassen 950 Lakh), Sneha Deepthi (30 Lakh), Poonam Yadav (30 Lakh), Arundhati Reddy (30 Lakh), Aparna Mondal (10 Lakh).
- Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney(2. 2 crores), Ashleigh Gardner (3.4 crores), Annabel Sutherland (70 Lakh), Sophia Dunkley (60 Lakh), Harleen Deol (40 lakhs), Deandra Dottin (60 lahk), Sneha Rana (75 Lakh), Sabbineni Maghana (30 Lakh), Mansi Joshi (30 Lakh), Georgia Wareham (75 Lakh), Dayalam Hemalatha (30 Lakh), Tanuja Kanwer(50 lakh), Sushma Verma (60 lakh), Hurley Gala (10 lakh), Monica Patel (30 Lakh), Shabnam Shakeel (10 Lakh), Parunika Sisodia (10 Lakh), Ashwani Kumari (35 lakh)
- Mumbai Indian: Nat Sciver (3.2 crore), Harmanpreet Kaur (1.8 crore), Amelia Kerr (1 crore), Pooja Vastrakar (1. 9 crore), Yastika Bhatia (1. 5 crore), Isabelle Wong (30 Lakh), Heather Graham (30 Lakh), Amanjot Kaur (50 Lakh), Saika Ishaque (10 Lakh), Dhara Gujar (10 Lakh), Hayley Matthews (40 Lakh), Humairaa Khazi (40 Lakh), Chloe Tryon (30 Lakh), Sonam Yadav (10 Lakh), Priyanka Bala (20 lakh), Jintimani Kalita (10 lakh), Neelam Bisht (10 lakh)
- RCB: Sophie Devine (50 lakh), Smriti Mandhana (3.4 crore), Renuka Singh (1.5 crore), Ellyse Perry (1.7 crore), Richa Ghosh (1. 9 crore), Erin Burns (30 lakh), Disha Kasat (10 lakh), Indrani Roy (10 lakh), Shreyanka Patil (10 lakh), Asha Shobana (10 Lakh), Kanika Ahuja (35 Lakh), Heather Knight (40 Lakh), Preeti Bose (30 Lakh), Dane van Niekerk (30 lakh), Komal Zanzad (25 Lakh), Poonam Khemnar (10 Lakh), Megan Schutt (40 lakh), Sahana Pawar (10 lakh)
- UP Warriorz: Deepti Sharma (2. 6 crore), Tahlia McGrath (1. 4 crore), Sophie Ecclestone (1. 8 crore), Shabnim Ismail (1 crore), Alyssa Healy (70 lakh), Parshavi Chopra (10 lakh), Shweta Sehrawat (40 lakh), Anjali Sarvani (55 lakh), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (40 lakh), S Yashasri (10 lakh, Kiran Navgira (30 lakh), Grace Harris (75 lakh), Laxmi Yadav (10 lakh), Simran Shaikh (10 lakh), Devika Vaidya (1. 4 crore), Lauren Bell (30 lakh)
