2026 Women's Premier League (cricket)

2026 Women's Premier League

Dates	9 January – 5 February 2026
Administrator	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket format	Twenty20 cricket
Tournament format(s)	Double Round robin and playoffs
Participants	5
Matches	22
Official website	wplt20.com
← 2025 2027 →

Teams
Delhi Capitals Gujarat Giants Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bengaluru UP Warriorz

The 2026 Women's Premier League (also known as WPL 2026) is the fourth season of the Women's Premier League, a women's franchise Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament, featuring five teams, is taking place from 9 January to 5 February 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

A mega auction for the season was held on 27 November 2025 in New Delhi. ^[3] Additional reports confirmed the auction date and other details, including venues and streaming information. ^[4]

Venues

The tournament is being played across Mumbai and Baroda, with the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai hosting the opening match and the Baroda Cricket Association Stadium in Baroda hosting the later stages, including the final. ^[5]

Navi Mumbai	Vadodara
DY Patil Stadium	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity: 45,300	Capacity: 40,000

Personnel changes

A player mega-auction for the season took place on 27 November 2025 in New Delhi. ^[6]

Personnel changes

Name	National side	Team	Price
Chinelle Henry	West Indies	Delhi Capitals	₹1.3 crore (US$150,000)
Shree Charani	India	Delhi Capitals	₹1.3 crore (US$150,000)
Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	Delhi Capitals	₹1.1 crore (US$130,000)
Sneh Rana	India	Delhi Capitals	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Minnu Mani	India	Delhi Capitals	₹40 lakh (US$47,000)
Lizelle Lee	South Africa	Delhi Capitals	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Taniya Bhatia	India	Delhi Capitals	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Nandni Sharma	India	Delhi Capitals	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Deeya Yadav	India	Delhi Capitals	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Mamatha Madiwala	India	Delhi Capitals	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Lucy Hamilton	Australia	Delhi Capitals	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Sophie Devine	New Zealand	Gujarat Giants	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
Georgia Wareham	Australia	Gujarat Giants	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
Bharti Fulmali	India	Gujarat Giants	₹70 lakh (US$83,000)
Kashvee Gautam	India	Gujarat Giants	₹65 lakh (US$77,000)
Renuka Singh	India	Gujarat Giants	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
Kim Garth	Australia	Gujarat Giants	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Yastika Bhatia	India	Gujarat Giants	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Danni Wyatt-Hodge	England	Gujarat Giants	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Tanuja Kanwar	India	Gujarat Giants	₹45 lakh (US$53,000)
Anushka Sharma	India	Gujarat Giants	₹45 lakh (US$53,000)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad	India	Gujarat Giants	₹40 lakh (US$47,000)
Titas Sadhu	India	Gujarat Giants	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Kanika Ahuja	India	Gujarat Giants	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Ayushi Soni	India	Gujarat Giants	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Happy Kumari	India	Gujarat Giants	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Shivani Singh	India	Gujarat Giants	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Amelia Kerr	New Zealand	Mumbai Indians	₹3 crore (US$350,000)
Sajeevan Sajana	India	Mumbai Indians	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)
Shabnim Ismail	South Africa	Mumbai Indians	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
Nicola Carey	Australia	Mumbai Indians	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Saika Ishaque	India	Mumbai Indians	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Sanskriti Gupta	India	Mumbai Indians	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Triveni Vasistha	India	Mumbai Indians	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Rahila Firdous	India	Mumbai Indians	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Poonam Khemnar	India	Mumbai Indians	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Nalla Reddy	India	Mumbai Indians	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Milly Illingworth	Australia	Mumbai Indians	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Lauren Bell	England	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹90 lakh (US$110,000)
Pooja Vastrakar	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹85 lakh (US$100,000)
Arundhati Reddy	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)
Grace Harris	Australia	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)
Nadine de Klerk	South Africa	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹65 lakh (US$77,000)
Radha Yadav	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹65 lakh (US$77,000)
Georgia Voll	Australia	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
Linsey Smith	England	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Dayalan Hemalatha	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Prema Rawat	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Gautami Naik	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Prathyoosha Kumar	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Deepti Sharma	India	UP Warriorz	₹3.2 crore (US$380,000)
Shikha Pandey	India	UP Warriorz	₹2.4 crore (US$280,000)
Meg Lanning	Australia	UP Warriorz	₹1.9 crore (US$220,000)
Phoebe Litchfield	Australia	UP Warriorz	₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)
Asha Sobhana	India	UP Warriorz	₹1.1 crore (US$130,000)
Sophie Ecclestone	England	UP Warriorz	₹85 lakh (US$100,000)
Deandra Dottin	West Indies	UP Warriorz	₹80 lakh (US$95,000)
Kiran Navgire	India	UP Warriorz	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
Harleen Deol	India	UP Warriorz	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Kranti Gaud	India	UP Warriorz	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Pratika Rawal	India	UP Warriorz	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
Chloe Tryon	South Africa	UP Warriorz	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Shipra Giri	India	UP Warriorz	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Simran Shaikh	India	UP Warriorz	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Tara Norris	United States	UP Warriorz	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Suman Meena	India	UP Warriorz	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Gongadi Trisha	India	UP Warriorz	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)

League stage

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1	1	0	2	0.150
2	Delhi Capitals	0	0	0	0	—
3	Gujarat Giants	0	0	0	0	—
4	UP Warriorz	0	0	0	0	—
5	Mumbai Indians	1	0	1	0	−0.150

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Match summary

Team	Group matches								Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	E	F
Delhi Capitals	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Gujarat Giants	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mumbai Indians	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
UP Warriorz	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Visitor team →	DC	GG	MI	RCB	UPW
Home team ↓
Delhi Capitals		Match 4	Match 13	Match 11	Match 20
Gujarat Giants	Match 17		Match 19	Match 12	Match 14
Mumbai Indians	Match 3	Match 6		Bengaluru 3 wickets	Match 8
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Match 15	Match 9	Match 16		Match 5
UP Warriorz	Match 7	Match 2	Match 10	Match 18

Visitor team won

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced on 29 November 2025. ^[7]

Match 1 9 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 154/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru 157/7 (20 overs)
Sajeevan Sajana 45 (25) Nadine de Klerk 4/26 (4 overs)		Nadine de Klerk 63* (44) Amelia Kerr 2/13 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 3 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Narayanan Janani and Bhavesh Patel Player of the match: Nadine de Klerk (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 2 10 January 2026 15:30 Scorecard

UP Warriorz	v	Gujarat Giants

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi and Gayathri Venugopalan

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Match 3 10 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	Delhi Capitals

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi and Keyur Kelkar

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Match 4 11 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Gujarat Giants

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Keyur Kelkar and Bhavesh Patel

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Match 5 12 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru	v	UP Warriorz

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Gayathri Venugopalan and Bhavesh Patel

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Match 6 13 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	Gujarat Giants

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Narayanan Janani and Gayathri Venugopalan

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Match 7 14 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

UP Warriorz	v	Delhi Capitals

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi and Narayanan Janani

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Match 8 15 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	UP Warriorz

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi and Keyur Kelkar

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Match 9 16 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru	v	Gujarat Giants

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Ankita Guha and Vrinda Rathi

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Match 10 17 January 2026 15:30 Scorecard

UP Warriorz	v	Mumbai Indians

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Keyur Kelkar and Gayathri Venugopalan

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Match 11 17 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Narayanan Janani and Bhavesh Patel

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Match 12 19 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Ankita Guha and Anish Sahasrabudhe

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Match 13 20 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Mumbai Indians

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Tony Emmatty and Vrinda Rathi

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Match 14 22 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants	v	UP Warriorz

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Ajitesh Argal and Tony Emmatty

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Match 15 24 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru	v	Delhi Capitals

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Ajitesh Argal and Ankita Guha

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Match 16 26 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru	v	Mumbai Indians

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Vrinda Rathi and Anish Sahasrabudhe

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Match 17 27 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants	v	Delhi Capitals

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Ajitesh Argal and Anish Sahasrabudhe

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Match 18 29 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

UP Warriorz	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Ajitesh Argal and Anish Sahasrabudhe

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Match 19 30 January 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants	v	Mumbai Indians

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Tony Emmatty and Ankita Guha

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Match 20 1 February 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	UP Warriorz

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Tony Emmatty and Vrinda Rathi

Playoffs

Bracket

	v t e Eliminator					Final
						1	1st placed team
	2	2nd placed team				EW	Winner of Eliminator
	3	3rd placed team

Eliminator

Eliminator 3 February 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

2nd placed team	v	3rd placed team

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara

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Final

Final 5 February 2026 19:30 (N) Scorecard

1st placed team	v	Winner of Eliminator

Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara

Broadcasting

Star Sports Network retains the broadcasting rights for the Women's Premier League (WPL 2026). Meanwhile, JioHotstar will exclusively live stream the tournament matches on Website and App. ^[8]

Ticket Price

Starting Ticket price: Tickets start from approximately ₹100 onwards for many matches, making them very accessible for fans.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team

• Source:

Most wiikets

Wickets	Player	Team

• Source:

References

1. "WPL 2026 venues and fixtures likely to be finalised on November 26". Deccan Herald . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
2. "WPL 2026 likely to kick off in early January; venues to be named soon". Zee News . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
3. "WPL 2026 auction to be held on November 27 in New Delhi". The Tribune . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
4. "WPL 2026 mega auction date announced: venues, live streaming details and more". DNA India . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
5. "WPL 2026 likely in Mumbai and Baroda from Jan 7 to Feb 3". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
6. "WPL 2026 set to be held in Mumbai, Baroda from January 7: Reports". India Today . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
7. "TATA Women's Premier League 2026 schedule announced". wplt20.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
8. "Star Sports retains the broadcasting rights of WPL 2026". 3 January 2026.

External links

• Official website
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo