The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is returning for its third edition in 2025. The tournament will take place in the early months of 2025, with five franchises competing for the title. The inaugural season of the WPL took place in 2023. Five franchises from different states of India, including three franchises from the Indian Premier League, participated in the competition.
Currently, five teams are a part of WPL, including the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indian, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, and UP Warriors. Every team is scheduled to play eight matches during the league stage in a round-robin format, which involves two matches against each team. The team that ends up at the top of the points table directly qualifies for the final, while the second and third-placed teams face each other in the play-off for a place in the title clash. The inaugural season of the WPL was won by Mumbai Indians in 2023, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the title in the second edition in 2024. Fans can check the WPL live score, match results and other latest updates regarding WPL on SportsTiger.com
The tournament is likely to be staged across Mumbai and Baroda, however an official communication is expected at the WPL 2026 auction later this month.
Notably, the 2025 edition of the tournament was held across four venues in Mumbai, Vadodara, Lucknow and Bengaluru.
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Notably, Shrubsole replaces Sunetra Paranjape, who previously served in the role until 2025 edition where the Smriti Mandhana-led side finished in fourth place with three wins in eight games and five defeats
Furthermore, as per the communication, each of the five franchises can retain upto five players with the retention deadline set to be November 5.
As per the FTP, the WPL was set between January-February while the Hundred Women’s tournament and the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) are slotted to be held in August and November respectively.
With this majestic success, RCB have become the second team to win both IPL and Women’s Premier League (WPL) trophies.
Speaking of her career as coach, Edwards has won five Women’s Cricket Super League titles with Southern Vipers, The Hundred with Southern Brave and then the two titles with MI Women.
It is to be noted that WPL see five teams fight for the coveted title, namely, Mumbai Indians Women, Delhi Capitals Women, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, Gujarat Giants, and UP Warriorz.
In the post match interview, Brunt expressed her delight at winning this trophy with the MI team.
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Harmanpreet Kaur-led MI Women defeated DC Women by eight runs to lift their second WPL title on Saturday, March 15.
Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai hosted the final of the WPL for the second time in three years, with both being played between DC and MI.
The final of the WPL is currently being played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI).
Having conceded only one boundary and not giving away any extras, Marizanne Kapp showed her quality and delivered in the WPL 2025 final.
Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai Indians (MI), scored a crucial fifty in the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 against Delhi Capitals (DC).
England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt became the first batter in the history of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), to cross the 1,000-run mark during the 2025 final.
Delhi Capitals are aiming to win their first WPL title in their third straight final appearance, which will also be the second one against Mumbai Indians after losing the summit clash two years ago.
Shafali’s fierce batting style and unwavering spirit impressed her teammate Jemimah, who feels the young opener’s comeback in the national squad isn’t far away.
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Mumbai Indians will have to face Gujarat Giants in the Eliminator on March 13 to confirm their fixture in the title clash against DC on March 15.
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he defending champions RCB have also been knocked from the race to the playoffs after suffering their fifth consecutive defeat of the season.
Despite missing her hundred by just one run, opening batter Georgia Voll turned out to be a star for UP with her knock of 99* runs as the Warriorz posted a record breaking total
Meghna Singh took wickets of Shafali Verma to break the key partnership before scalping Jemimah Rodrigues and Annabel Sutherland in quick succession.
DC captain Meg Lanning went back to the dugout after notching up 92 off just 57.
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The 24-year-old’s magnificent bowling against UPW has made her the sixth player to grab a five-wicket haul in WPL.
Georgia Voll along with her Australian colleague Grace Harris stitched 74 runs together for the opening wicket in just eight overs for UPW against MI in WPL 2025 clash.
RCB are on the verge of getting knocked out of the tournament with two matches to go.
Apart from Beth Mooney, Indian all-rounder Harleen Deol also played a crucial knock of 45 runs.
Ahead of MI’s next WPL clash, their star all-rounder Amelia Kerr showed confidence in her team’s planning and strategies ahead of the remaining matches of the WPL 2025.
CB started their season with two back-to-back wins but now have completely lost their momentum as they haven’t been able to get a single win in the last four matches.
The team owner Jinisha Sharma said “It would be a special moment for us to host him for our games and our confident that the team would make him and the state of Uttar Pradesh proud.”
In Delhi Capitals’ nine-wicket win over Mumbai Indians, Meg Lanning chipped in with an unbeaten knock of 60 off 49.
After dismissing Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt, Jonassen looked exultant and did the SRK pose with her teammate Jemimah.
UP Warriorz (UPW) pick Georgia Voll as a replacement for Chamari Athapaththu after the latter has left the WPL 2025 to play for Sri Lanka.
While the DC Women will next play Mumbai Indians Women on February 28 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the Ashleigh Gardner-led GG will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Women on Thursday, February 27.
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The ninth game of the WPL 2025 between the defending champions RCB and UPW at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on February 24 saw the first tie of the illustrious league.
Ellyse Perry has now scored 835 runs from 21 matches in her WPL career so far. In these 21 matches, Perry batted with an average of 64.23 hitting seven half-centuries.
UP Warriorz defeated Delhi Capitals by 33 runs on Saturday, February 25, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, to secure their first victory of the WPL 2025 season.
Niki Prasad, the Delhi Capitals player, took a brilliant catch to dismiss Kiran Navgire of UP Warriorz during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
For DC, skipper Meg Lanning led from the front with a captain’s knock of 69 runs as the two-time runners-up chased the target of 167 runs in 19.5 overs.
The bottom placed side will next take on Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, February 19 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
In the fourth match of the tournament, Smriti Mandhana led her side from the front and handed Bengaluru success with her scintillating 81-run innings off 47 balls.
RCB Women defeated Delhi Capitals Women to register back-to-back wins and get at the top of the points table of WPL 2025.
The UP Warriorz registered the lowest total (143/9) of the season so far with the skipper scoring the most runs for her side.
During the second match of the WPL 2025, three contentious run out decisions in the closing stages from the third umpire Gayathri Venugopalan, all going in favour of DC, allowed them to defeat MI.
In the second match of the WPL 2025, which was played at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) in a last-ball thriller by two wickets.
The ongoing second WPL match witnessed a great knock by the England star Nat Sciver-Brunt, who scored 80* in 59 balls for MI against DC.
In the opening match of the new Women’s Premier League (WPL) season for Mumbai Indians (MI), their captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a fiery innings of 42 runs in just 22 balls.
In the opening match of the WPL 2025, defending champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) started their campaign in style as they defeated Gujarat Giants (GG) by six wickets.
In the opening match of the WPL 2025, Gujarat Giants (GG) captain Ashleigh Gardner smashed three consecutive sixes on the bowling of Prema Rawat of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Smriti Mandhana-led RCB Women will open their campaign against Gujarat Giants at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on February 14.
The WPL 2025 will kickstart on Friday, February 14 with Gujarat Giants taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women at Katombi Stadium in Vadodara.
In the latest Bold and Beyond podcast posted by RCB on their social media, Mandhana revealed how she was told to make instant connections with her teammates when she first joined the franchise.
In a video posted by MI on their social media, Harmanpreet Kaur can be looking at the ball in the air during the practice. After a few seconds, Sanjeevan Sajana entered the frame out of nowhere and ended up completing a spectacular catch.
The preparations were in full swing in the RCB camp with days ahead of the WPL 2025.
Jemimah Rodrigues said that Delhi Capitals will play to win the title and feels motivated ahead of the season. “We have been very good and consistent in the last two seasons as a team,” she added.
Healy was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a stress injury in her right foot.
As confirmed by the Bengaluru-based franchise, the veteran Kiwi all-rounder has decided to take a break from the game, whereas the England pacer will miss the upcoming edition due to a back injury.
It is to be noted that Henry has so far played 62 T20Is and scored 473 runs and picked 22 wickets. She joins the Warriorz for a price sum of INR 30 Lakh.
UP Warriorz will kickstart their campaign against Gujarat Giants on February 16 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Total 22 matches will be played in the tournament across four cities including the likes of Vadodara, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Lucknow. The final is scheduled to be played at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on March 15.
The tournament will kick off on 14th February at the newly built BCA Stadium in Baroda, where the Gujarat Giants (GG) will square off against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
The franchise further added that England all-rounder Charlotte Ellen Dean will replace Sophie Molineux in the side.
The first season of WPL was entirely hosted in two stadiums – DY Patil Stadium and the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, while Bengaluru and Delhi staged the second edition.
The BCCI has reportedly shortlisted Baroda and Lucknow as the venues for the marquee tournament.
Out of the 19 players signed by the WPL teams after spending INR 9.05 Crore collectively ahead of the 2025 auction, only five were overseas players.
Born in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, G Kamalini, came into the radar of the WPL teams due to her ability to hit big strokes at such a young age.
The red and gold franchise will eye to fill in their four slots with a remaining price purse of INR 3.25 Crore at WPL 2025 auction on Sunday, December 15.
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BCCI announced the player auction list for the forthcoming season of the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) on Saturday, December 12.
The four of the five WPL teams need to pick four players, while UP Warriorz have only three spots to fill in their squad during the auction ahead of 2025 season.
The Gujarat Giants retained a total of 14 players from their WPL 2024 squad, they let go of six players which included India batter Veda Krishnamurthy, all-rounder Sneh Rana, overseas players in Kathryn Bryce, Lauren Cheatle and Lea Tahuhu.
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A total of 14 players were retained by the inaugural title winners for WPL 2025 with Harmanpreet Kaur likely to continue as their captain for yet another edition.
RCB won their first-ever T20 trophy in WPL 2024, and will be looking to repeat the triumph in the upcoming edition in 2025.
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Ahead of the WPL 2025, the BCCI is mulling to host a mini-auction, however a clarity on the same is still awaited from the board.