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2026 Women's Premier League
The Women's Premier League is a cricket tournament known in short as the WPL was created in 2022 to replace the Women's T20 Challenge and is the women's equivalent of the Indian Premier League.
The league was set up to have its inaugural season in 2023 with five teams competing who have now taken part in all of the first three tournaments.
In 2023, Mumbai & Navi Mumbai were used as locations, in 2024, it was Bengaluru & Delhi. This was expanded in 2025 with four venues being used, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai and Vadodara.
WPL Teams
- Delhi Capitals
- Gujarat Giants
- Mumbai Indians
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- UP Warriorz
WPL Format
The league has been set up to mirror the IPL except for the number of teams, five teams play against each other in a double round-robin format which means each team plays eight matches.
The team which finished top during the league stage advances straight to the final whilst the teams in second and third compete in an elimination match to see which other team heads to the final.
Hopefully, the tournament will be expanded in the near future with more franchises resulting in a longer tournament and more matches.
Where can I find the WPL table?
For the latest standing and to see who leads the way, head over to the official WPL site for the current WPL table and all of the latest news.
Who are the best WPL tipsters?
There are plenty out there who claim to be the best, but can they back it up with statistics? We would suggest giving some of the OLBG cricket tipsters a look, they all come with annual statistics for their cricket predictions with only the profitable tipsters being highlighted on the best cricket tipsters page.
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Women's Premier League Awards
Player of the Series
Here are the players who have won the 'Player of the Series' award at each tournament.
- 2025 - Nat Sciver-Brunt (523 Runs / 12 Wickets)
- 2024 - Deepti Sharma (295 Runs / 10 Wickets)
- 2023 - Hayley Matthews (271 Runs / 16 Wickets)
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Past WPL Winners
There have only been three previous tournaments, the Mumbai Indians won the inaugural tournament in 2023 having finished runner-up in the league stage but failed to back that up in 2024 when they could only manage third.
The RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) improved on their fourth-place finish in 2023 by winning the 2024 tournament despite losing half of their eight league games and just scraping through to the eliminator in third.
The Mumbai Indians picked up their second title in 2025, they finished second during the league stage and then defeated the Giants to get to the final.
The Delhi Capitals have won all three league stages so far giving them a direct route to the final each season, however, they have managed to lose all three of those finals.
| Season | Winner | Winning margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians 149/7 (20 overs) | Won by 8 runs | Delhi Capitals 141/9 (20 overs) |
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/2 (19.3 overs) | Won by 8 wickets | Delhi Capitals 113 (18.3 overs) |
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians 134/3 (19.3 overs) | Won by 7 wickets | Delhi Capitals 131/9 (20 overs) |
WPL All-Time Records
Most WPL Runs
Which player has scored the most runs in the WPL? In the early stages of the WPL, there are some familiar names at the top of the run-scoring with Nat Sciver-Brunt leading the way having become the first player to pass the 1,000 run mark during the 2025 season.
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (1,027 Runs)
- Ellyse Perry (972 Runs)
- Meg Lanning (952 Runs)
- Shafali Verma (865 Runs)
- Harmanpreet Kaur (851 Runs)
Most WPL Sixes
The homegrown Shafali Verma leads the way for the number of sixes hit with 49, she is clear of Richa Ghosh who is back on 30, after three tournaments, there are only ten players who have hit 20 or more for the number of sixes.
- Shafali Verma (49 Sixes)
- Richa Ghosh (30 Sixes)
- Ashleigh Gardner (26 Sixes)
- Ellyse Perry (25 Sixes)
- Kiran Navgire (24 Sixes)
Most WPL Wickets
West Indies bowler SopHayley Matthews ie has taken to the Indian pitches and she leads the way with a total of forty-one wickets taken over the three tournaments, she is one of only six bowlers to have taken 30+ wickets.
- Hayley Matthews (41 Wickets)
- Amelia Kerr (40 Wickets)
- Sophie Ecclestone (36 Wickets)
- Jess Jonassen (33 Wickets)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (32 Wickets)
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Records were sourced from ESPN cricinfo and past winners and team information from Wikipedia.
