We are just two days away from the start of a new season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). The tournament kicks-off on Friday (January 9) in Navi Mumbai with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru. WPL 2026 will have 20 league matches followed by the Eliminator and Final.
Venues
The whole of WPL 2026 will be played across just two venues - Navi Mumbai and Vadodara.
Schedule
January 9, Friday Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Navi Mumbai
January 10, Saturday UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants, Navi Mumbai
January 10, Saturday Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, Navi Mumbai
January 11, Sunday Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants, Navi Mumbai
January 12, Monday Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs UP Warriorz, Navi Mumbai
January 13, Tuesday Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants, Navi Mumbai
January 14, Wednesday UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals, Navi Mumbai
January 15, Thursday Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz, Navi Mumbai
January 16, Friday Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants, Navi Mumbai
January 17, Saturday UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians, Navi Mumbai
January 17, Saturday Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Navi Mumbai
January 19, Monday Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Vadodara
January 20, Tuesday Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, Vadodara
January 22, Thursday Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz, Vadodara
January 24, Saturday Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals, Vadodara
January 26, Monday Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians, Vadodara
January 27, Tuesday Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Vadodara
January 29, Thursday UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Vadodara
January 30, Friday Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians, Vadodara
February 1, Sunday Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz, Vadodara
February 3, Tuesday Eliminator, Vadodara
February 5, Thursday Final, Vadodara
Squads
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G. Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajana Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaque, Milly Illingworth
Delhi Capitals
Jemimah Rodrigues (c), Shafali Verma, Marzianne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Deeya Yadav, Taniyaa Bhatia, Mamatha Madiwala, Nandni Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani, Alana King (replacement for Annabel Sutherland)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Smriti Mandhana (c), Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Prathyoosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare (replacement for Ellyse Perry)
Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner (c), Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh Thakur, Bharti Fulmali, Titas Sadhu, Kashee Gautam, Kanika Ahuja, Tanuja Kanwer, Georgia Wareham, Anushka Sharma, Happy Kumari, Kim Garth, Yastika Bhatia, Shivani Singh, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ayushi Soni
UP Warriorz
Meg Lanning (c), Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Phoebe Litchfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Goud, Asha Sobhana, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, G. Trisha, Pratika Rawal, Charli Knott (replacement for Tara Norris)
Tickets
If you are planning to get tickets for the WPL 2026 matches, you can head to District website or app which is owned by Zomato. You can also use the official WPL website/app to get updates on ticket booking.
Where to watch?
Star Sports Network holds the television rights for hosting WPL 2026 while the streaming rights are with JioHotstar.
