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The third season of the Women’s Premier League starts today. The first match will be between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat giants. The match will be played at Vadodara International Stadium at 7:30 pm.
22 matches will be played between 5 teams in this tournament lasting 29 days. The Eliminator will be held on 13 March in Mumbai and the final on 15 March. This time, instead of 2, there will be 4 venue. WPL matches are to be held for the first time in Lucknow and Vadodara. While Mumbai and Bengaluru will once again host the tournament. All teams will play 2-2 matches against each other. In this way a team will play 8 matches.
Bengaluru won the second season Bangalore, captained by Smriti Mandhana, won the WPL Season-2 title. The team defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in the final. All -rounder Alice Parry was the top scorer of the tournament. He scored 347 runs in 9 matches. At the same time, spinner Shreyana Patil was the top wicket with 13 wickets. The team won 4 out of 8 matches and lost 4.
This time competing on 4 venue Season-3 will have matches on 4 venue. 6 matches will be played in Vadodara from 14 to 19 February. Then there will be 8 matches in Bengaluru from 21 February to 1 March. The home team here Royal Challengers Bangalore won the second season title, so this venue got the most. 4 matches will be played in Lucknow from March 3 to 8. Then from 10 to 15 March, there will be 2-2 matches of playoffs and league stage in Mumbai.
3 title contenders
- Mumbai Indians: The first season champion Mumbai is also a strong contender for the title. The team consists of explosive batters like captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Sajeevan Sajna, Yastika Bhatia. At the same time, the bowling department has an experienced player as Shabnam Ismail of South Africa.
- Delhi Capitals: The team has played the finals of 2 consecutive seasons. Delhi’s captain is Meg Lanning of Australia. Shefali Verma is a fast playing as an opening batter. At the same time, Jemima Rodriguez is in excellent form in the middle order. Marijan Cap and Arundhati Reddy will be seen playing in bowling.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: The team’s eyes will be on winning the second consecutive WPL title. The top order of the team is filled with big names. Captain Smriti Mandhana is running in excellent form. Recently ICC gave him the Women’s ODI Player of the Year Award. Experienced players are England’s Daniel Wyatt and Australia’s top all -rounder Alice Parry.
Tournament will be played in league format The third season of the Women’s Premier League will also be played in the league format. The team, which finished first in the points table, will qualify for the final match. At the same time, the eliminator match will be played between the second and third team. All 5 teams will play 2-2 matches among themselves, that is, one team will have to play 8 matches.
How many teams and captains? Only 5 teams will participate in the third season. Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriz and Gujarat giants are also participating this time. Delhi captain Meg Lanning, Bangalore’s Smriti Mandhana, Mumbai Harmanpreet Kaur, Ashle Gardner of Gujarat and Deepti Sharma of UP.
No change in prize money, winner will get 6 crores In the last two seasons, the winning team was given 6 crore, while the runner -up team was given a prize money of 3 crore. Best batter and best bowler received 5-5 lakh rupees. The Player of the Match was given Rs 2.5 lakh in the final match.
When and where to see WPL 2025 matches WPL 2025 season matches will be on Star Sports Network. The online streaming of matches will be on Disney Plus Hotstar app. All matches in WPL 2025 will start at 7:30 pm. The toss will be at 7 pm. You can also follow the Dainik Bhaskar app for every match report.
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