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2025 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 both of the first two tournaments.
The current situation is that two venues are decided upon to be used during the season, in 2023 they were in Mumbai & Navi Mumbai and then in 2024 they were in Bengaluru & Delhi.
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 with the exception of 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.
It is hopeful that 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.
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.
- 2024 - Deepti Sharma (295 Runs / 10 Wickets)
- 2023 - Hayley Matthews (271 Runs / 16 Wickets)
Past WPL Winners
There have only been two 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 Delhi Capitals have won both league stages so far with six wins and two defeats in both seasons giving them a direct route to the final, however, they have managed to lose both of those finals.
| Season | Winner | Winning margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Meg Lanning leading the way having scored 676 runs in her two tournaments.
- Meg Lanning (676 Runs)
- Ellyse Perry (600 Runs)
- Shafali Verma (561 Runs)
- Harmanpreet Kaur (549 Runs)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (504 Runs)
Most WPL Sixes
The homegrown Shafali Verma leads the way for the number of sixes hit with 33, she is clear of Sophie Devin who is back on 20, after two tournaments, there are only thirteen players who have got into double digits for the number of sixes.
- Shafali Verma (33 Sixes)
- Sophie Devine (20 Sixes)
- Richa Ghosh (17 Sixes)
- Grace Harris (16 Sixes)
- Alice Capsey (16 Sixes)
Most WPL Wickets
English bowler Sophie Ecclestone has taken to the Indian pitches and she leads the way with a total of twenty-seven wickets taken over the two tournaments, she is one of only seven bowlers to have taken 20+ wickets.
- Sophie Ecclestone (27 Wickets)
- Saika Ishaque (24 Wickets)
- Hayley Matthews (23 Wickets)
- Amelia Kerr (22 Wickets)
- Marizanne Kapp (20 Wickets)
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Records were sourced from ESPN cricinfo and past winners and team information from Wikipedia.
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