One of the biggest Women’s spectacles WPL has attracted a huge fan base around the world and in our platform GUGOBET we are providing you the insights of the WPL 2024.
After the success of the inaugural edition, the Women’s Premier League is back again in a new avatar for the 2nd edition with Bengaluru and Delhi hosting the entire tournament. The WPL 2024 gets underway from February 23rd at Bengaluru with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Delhi Capitals.
The first leg will be held at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru till the 4th of March constituting 11 matches, and the second phase will be staged at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi which will be hosting the remainder of the games from the 5th to 17th of March.
Unlike the first season, there will be no doubleheaders this season as all the 22 matches including the Eliminator and Final will start at 7: 30 PM IST. Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, and Gujarat Giants are the five teams participating in this edition.
The WPL 2024 will run in the similar format of the first season with teams taking on each other twice in the league stages. Table toppers will directly cement their place in the WPL 2024 finals and the sides finishing 2nd and 3rd will battle out in the Eliminator for the spot in the summit clash.
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WPL 2024 Schedule
| Match No | Dates | Match | Venue | Time |
| 1 | February 23, Friday | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 2 | February 24, Saturday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 3 | February 25, Sunday | Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 4 | February 26, Monday | UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 5 | February 27, Tuesday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 6 | February 28, Wednesday | Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 7 | February 29, Thursday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 8 | March 1, Friday | Up Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 9 | March 2, Saturday | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 10 | March 3, Sunday | Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 11 | March 4, Monday | UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 730 PM IST |
| 12 | March 5, Tuesday | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 13 | March 6, Wednesday | Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 14 | March 7, Thursday | UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 15 | March 8, Friday | Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 16 | March 9, Saturday | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 17 | March 10, Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 18 | March 11, Monday | Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 19 | March 12, Tuesday | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 20 | March 13, Wednesday | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 21 | March 15, Friday | Eliminator | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
| 22 | March 17, Sunday | Final | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi | 730 PM IST |
WPL 2024 Squads
Mumbai Indians WPL 2024 Squad
Retained Players:
Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Hayley Matthews, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
New Inclusions:
Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer and Keerthana Balakrishna
Harmanpreet Kaur led the side crowned champions in the first WPL season, beating Delhi Capitals in the finals. After a successful stint, they only let go of Heather Graham, Dhara Gujjar, Sonam Yadav, and Neelam Bisht before the auction while bringing new five players including a major signing of overseas pacer Shabnim Ismail.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore WPL 2024 Squad
Retained Players:
Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine
New Inclusions:
Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, Sabbhineni Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux, Nadine de Klerk
After finishing 4th in the first edition of the WPL, the RCB management took a tough decision to release Dane van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Megan Schutt, Komal Zanzad, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose and Sahana Pawar ahead of the auction and bought 8 new players including Nadine de Klerk who comes in as a replacement for England stalwart Heather Knight who made herself unavailable to focus more on the upcoming tour of New Zealand.
Among the new signings the 24-year-old Aussie leg spinner Georgia Wareham attracted a good prize of Rs 40 Lakh in the auction and England pacer Kate Cross was brought in at an amount of Rs 30 Lakh. The Mysuru-born girl, Shubha Satheesh who recently made her Test debut was picked up at a prize of Rs 10 Lakh while batter Sabbhineni Meghana who represented Gujarat Giants in the inaugural season was signed at the prize of Rs 30 Lakh.
Delhi Capitals WPL 2024 Squad
Retained Players:
Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Laura Harris, Minnu Mani, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Sneha Deepthi, Arundhati Reddy
New Inclusions:
Annabelle Sutherland, Aparna Mondal, and Ashwani Kumari.
Delhi Capitals have retained 15 players from the inaugural season and brought only 3 new players in the auction including a key signing of Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland. They have shown faith in their core team after reaching the finals last year where they lost to Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets. Meg Lanning who recently announced her retirement from International cricket continues to captain the side for the 2nd time.
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Gujarat Giants WPL 2024 Squad
Retained Players:
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney (c & wk), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar
New Inclusions:
Kashvee Gautam, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan
Following an abysmal show in the first season of the WPL, Gujarat Giants underwent a major revamp for the 2nd edition releasing 11 players and in return brought in 10 new players in the auction. The Aussie young batter Phoebe Litchfield is one of their main signings this year and was picked up for Rs 1 crore. They acquired the services of Kashvee Gautam, the talented all-rounder from Punjab for a whopping amount of Rs 2 crore.
Beth Mooney who missed almost the entire first season of the WPL due to injury is ready to take charge of the side this year.
UP Warriorz WPL 2024 Squad
Retained Players:
Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath
New Inclusions:
Danielle Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Chamari Athapaththu
UP Warriorz has almost free-zed their core team for the 2nd edition, while only releasing Shabnim Ismail, Devika Vaidya, Shivali Shinde, and Simran Sheikh. They brought only 4 new players in the auction including Vrinda Dinesh for a sum of Rs 1.3 crore and overseas batter Danielle Wyatt for Rs 30 Lakh. Alyssa Healy who took the side to the knockouts in the first season will remain as their skipper for this year as well. Lauren Bell has prioritized National side England to prepare herself for the upcoming New Zealand tour hence withdrawn from the WPL 2024 and Sri Lankan all-rounder Chamari Athapaththu named as her replacement.
WPL Prediction
Upon analyzing all the teams, Mumbai Indians looked a more settled unit than the rest and expected to defend the title. They might face either Royal Challengers or Delhi Capitals in the WPL 2024 Final. Get WPL match today updates and WPL predictions on GUGOBET’s cricket betting app and website. GUGOBET provides the best cricket betting app to place bets for the WPL 2024 edition. Sign up now and don’t miss our Welcome Bonus for all new users!