WPL 2023 Winner, Awards, Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Teams, Players, All Match Results & More

The first edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) has finally come to an end. The Delhi Capitals and MumbaI Indians competed against each other for the TATA WPL trophy on March 26, 2023. Both teams played consistently during the season, and the Mumbai Indians became the first team to win the inaugural trophy of the Women’s Premier League (WPL).

WPL is a huge step towards promoting women in cricket. This tournament (WPL) has provided ample opportunities for female cricketers to showcase their abilities.

Be it men in blue or women, it is very hard to make a place in the Indian cricket team, and not everybody gets the chance. However, the Women’s Premiere League (WPL) is provided opportunities to many lesser-known female players from all around the world.

The star Indian opener Smriti Mandanana became the most expensive player of TATA WPL 2023. A total of 87 Players were sold, out of which 30 were overseas players. Rs 59.50 crores were spent to buy the players.

TATA WPL 2023 Overview & Awards

TATA WPL 2023 Points Table

The BCCI has the same format for the WPL 2023 as it does for the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Women’s IPL features five teams from various Indian zones competing in T-20 games.

TATA WPL 2023 Final

The first season of the TATA WPL featured 20 league games between the five clubs and 2 Playoff matches that will be played in a 23-day window (March 4-26). The matches were played at two venues DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, and Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

The eliminator game was held between the Mumbai Indians and the UP Warriorz on March 24, and the Mumbai Indians won the match. While the Final was held on March 26 at Brabourne Stadium between the Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians,

Mumbai Indians became the team to win the maiden edition trophy of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in 2023. Mumbai Indians won the final against Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets.

TATA WPL 2023 Schedule (PDF), Time Table & Venues

Check out the full schedule of the Women’s Premier League 2023 with Time, Venue, Matches, and Date.

You can find or download WPL 2023 Schedule PDF from here

Top 5 Scorers in WPL 2023

Top 5 Wicket-takers in WPL

Top 5 Sixer Scorers in WPL

TATA WPL 2023 Team-wise Captains

Here’s the list of captains of all five teams that played n the first edition of the Women’s Indian Premier League in 2023. Australian Beth Mooney was captain of Gujarat, but she ruled out of the tournament due to injury, Laura Wolvaardt made place and Indian Sneh Rana is leading this team.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (India)

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (India)

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (Australia)

Gujarat Giants: Sneh Rana (India)

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (Australia)

TATA WPL Auction 2023

Women’s IPL Auction was a paddle fight between the five founding franchises. Smriti Mandhana (3.40 Cr), Ashleigh Gardner(3.20 Cr), and Natalie Sciver (3.20 Cr) emerged as the top expensive players.

Smriti Mandhana sold for INR 3.40 Cr to RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) becoming the first-ever player bid in the history of the WPL Auction.

All the 15 Indian players in the World Cup squad were sold with ten of them crossing the 1 Cr-mark. Check the full lists of the players with Teams & Price, below:

Mumbai Indians Players List With Price

Royal Challengers Bangalore Players List with Price

UP Warriorz Players List with Price

Gujarat Giants Players List with Price

Delhi Capital Players List with Price

TATA WPL Auction 2023: Top Expensive Players

The selectors look for the best players for their team. The players who performed well in the T20 format had a high bid in the WPL 2023 Auction.

Same as Sam Curran became the most expensive player in IPL history this year in the IPL Auction 2023. Smriti Mandhana became the most expensive player in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in 2023.

Players who Registered for TATA WPL Auction

For the first Women Player League (WPL) Player Auction, a total of 1525 players registered but only 409 players made the cut. 246 of the 409 players are from India, and 163 are from other countries, eight of which are associate nations.

There are 202 total players with caps, 199 total players without caps, and 8 players from associate countries. There are a total of 90 slots available for the five teams, 30 of which are set aside for international players.

The highest base price was Rs 50 lakh, and 24 players have chosen to be included in the top category. Among the few Indians who placed themselves in the top category were captain Harmanpreet Kaur, all-rounders Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, and skipper Shafali Verma.

Ellyse Perry, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophie Devine, and Deandra Dottin, to name a few, are among the 13 foreign players who have placed themselves under the Rs 50 lakh reserve price.

Bidding for Women Indian Premier League 2023

WPL’s technical bidding was held on January 23, 2023, and the technical bids were evaluated by the board on January 24. The Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) has partnered with Argus Partners, a Mumbai-based law firm, to evaluate the technical bids. 

TATA WPL 2023: Players Base Price

The reserved base prices for the players have been set by the Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) at Rs. 50, Rs. 40, and Rs. 20 lakh. For uncapped players, it is Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh. There were 150 players in the auction pool, and each team will have a wage cap of Rs 12 crore.

Women’s IPL Bidding Companies

The bidders that are successful after competing in the BCCI’s bid process in obtaining the franchises prior to the first season are:

Adani Sportsline Pvt Ltd – Ahmedabad

Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd – Mumbai

Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd – Bangalore

JSW GMR Cricket Pvt Ltd – Delhi

Capri Global Holdings Pvt Ltd – Lucknow

The Royal challengers Sports Pvt Ltd who is also the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) also participated in the WPL bidding.

WPL 2023 Coaches

Gujarat: The former Indian Women’s team Captain, Mithali Raj will also be the part of Women’s premier League (WPL) 2023. Mithali will not be participating as a palyer but as a skipper, she will be joining Gujarat Titans for WPL 2023.

Mumbai: The legendary bowler in women’s cricket, Jhulan Goswami, is set to join the Mumbai franchise. Jhulan will be joining the Mumbai team as a bowling coach. The Mumbai team is owned by Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd., which also owns the Mumbai Indians.

The former English player Charlotte Edwards has joined Mumbai as a head coach. For Batting, the former Indian player Devika Palshikhar is all set to join Mumbai as a batting coach.

Women’s IPL Teams

A total of 5 teams will be playing the 1st edition of Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. The six zones of India have also been chosen by the BCCI; they are East, North, South, East, Central, and North East.

There will be a total of 18 players on each squad.

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