The wait is finally over! fourth edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) The stage lights are scheduled to begin tomorrow, January 9, 2026. Following the headline-grabbing mega auction in New Delhi last November, five franchises have finalized their rosters, and the landscape of the league has changed dramatically.
This season brings massive upheaval – none bigger than this meg lanningstep towards UP Warriors And jemima rodrigues take the reins of captaincy Delhi CapitalsWith the first ball just a few hours away, let’s take a look at the WPL 2026 teams and the captains leading the way,
WPL 2026: Tournament structure
The 2026 edition of the WPL follows the established and high-stakes double round-robin format. All five teams – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriors, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants – will face each other twice in the league stage, totaling 20 matches. This year the competition adopts a two-legged “caravan” model: the first half of the season will be held in Navi Mumbai, before the action shifts to Vadodara for the business end of the tournament.
The team that tops the points table will earn a direct ticket to the grand final to be held on February 5. Meanwhile, the second and third placed teams will face off in a high-pressure ‘Eliminator’ match to determine the second finalist, ensuring that every net run rate calculation will matter right up to the last ball of the group stage.
WPL 2026: Full squads of all five teams
Mumbai Indians
Captain: Harmanpreet Kaur
Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G. Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajna Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vashishtha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaq, Millie Illingworth.
Delhi Capitals
Captain: jemima rodrigues
Shafali Verma, Marjean Cupp, Nikki Prasad, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Dia Yadav, Tania Bhatia, Mamta Madiwala, Nandini Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani, Alana King (in place of Annabel Sutherland).
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
Captain: Smriti Mandhana
Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Lynsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Pratyosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare (in place of Ellyse Perry)
gujarat giants
Captain: Ashley Gardner
Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh Thakur, Bharti Fulmali, Titas Sadhu, Kashi Gautam, Kanika Ahuja, Tanuja Kanwar, Georgia Wareham, Anushka Sharma, Happy Kumari, Kim Garth, Yastika Bhatia, Shivani Singh, Danny Wyatt-Hodge, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Ayushi Soni.
UP Warriors
Captain: meg lanning
Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Phoebe Lichfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaur, Asha Shobhana, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, G Trisha, Pratika Raval, Charlie Knott (in place of Tara Norris).
Also read: WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants’ best playing XI for Women’s Premier League
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