List of Women's Premier League (cricket) captains

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Mumbai Indians' Harmanpreet Kaur is the joint most successful captain having won a title and won 12 out of 17 games captained with the highest win percentage of 70.58%. Harmanpreet Kaur 2017 (sq cropped).jpg
Mumbai Indians' Harmanpreet Kaur is the joint most successful captain having won a title and won 12 out of 17 games captained with the highest win percentage of 70.58%.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Smriti Mandhana is the joint most successful captain having won a title and captained 18 matches. Ms. Smriti Mandhana, Arjun Awardee (Cricket), in New Delhi on July 16, 2019 (cropped).jpg
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Smriti Mandhana is the joint most successful captain having won a title and captained 18 matches.

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. [1] [2] The Women's Premier League (WPL) is a professional league for women's Twenty20 cricket in India, [3] [4] which has been held annually since its first edition in 2023. [5] [6] In the two seasons played, seven players have captained their team in at least one match. [7]

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Mumbai Indians' Harmanpreet Kaur and Royal Challengers Bangalore's Smriti Mandhana have won one title each as a captain making them the joint most successful captains in WPL history. Delhi Capitals' Meg Lanning and Mandhana have tied for captaining most matches (18) while Lanning and Kaur have tied for most wins as a captain (12). Kaur leads with the highest win percentage as a captain (70.58% – 12 wins out 17 games captained). [7]

The list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one WPL match. The list is initially organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by the win percentage as captain. [lower-alpha 1]

Key

Key
SymbolMeaning
†Currently captaining their sides in the WPL 2024
FirstYear of the first WPL match as a captain
LastYear of latest WPL match as a captain
MatNumber of matches as a captain
Team(s)Team(s) for which the player has played as captain in at least one match
Win %The percentage of games won by that captain [lower-alpha 2]

Captains

List of WPL captains as of the 2024 season
Nationality [lower-alpha 3] CaptainTeam(s)FirstLastMatWonLost Tied NR Win %Titles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Meg Lanning † Delhi Capitals 20232024181260066.660
Flag of India.svg  India Smriti Mandhana † Royal Challengers Bangalore 20232024188100044.441
Flag of India.svg  India Harmanpreet Kaur † Mumbai Indians 20232024171250070.581
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Alyssa Healy † UP Warriorz 20232024177100041.170
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Beth Mooney † Gujarat Giants 202320249270022.220
Flag of India.svg  India Sneh Rana Gujarat Giants 202320237250028.570
Flag of England.svg  England Nat Sciver-Brunt Mumbai Indians 202420242110050.000

Notes

  1. ↑ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the Sort both small.svg icon in the column title.
  2. ↑ Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
  3. ↑ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo . This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

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