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WPL 2023: Women’s Premier League is going to start, know which team has which strong player
The first edition of the Women’s Premier League 2023 is going to start from March 4. The inaugural match of the tournament will be played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants. A total of five teams are participating in this tournament. In this historic tournament, women cricketers from all over the world will rock on the strength of their game. A total of 22 matches will be played in this tournament. All the matches will be played at Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
In the matches to be held during this tournament, all the teams will play 8-8 league matches. All the teams have to play against each other. Each team will have two matches against each other team. These matches are called league matches. On the other hand, when there will be 8-8 matches between all the teams, then the teams which will get the top position in the points table will directly qualify for the final match. On the other hand, the teams which will be second and third in the points table will have to take part in the Eliminator round on 24 March. The losing team will go home in this match. The winning team of the Eliminator will become the second finalist and will fight it out with the table topper for the title in the final. The final match is to be played on March 26 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Here are the squads of all the teams
Mumbai Indians – Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Isabel Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujar, Sayka Ishaq, Hayley Mathews, Chloe Tryon, Humaira Khaji, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav , Jintamani Kalita, Neelam Bisht.
Gujarat Giants – Beth Mooney (c), Sneh Rana, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophia Dunkley, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Diandra Dottin, Sabineni Meghna, Georgia Wareham, Manasi Joshi, Dayalan Hemlata, Monika Patel, Tanuja Kanwar, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala , Ashwini Kumari, Parunika Sisodia, Shabman Shakeel.
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Erin Burns, Disha Cassatt, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobhana, Shreyanka Patil, Heather Knight, Dan van Niekerk , Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Komal Janjad, Megan Shutt and Sahana Pawar.
Delhi Capitals – Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marijan Kapp, Titus Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Jasia Akhtar, Minu Mani, Arundhati Reddy, Tania Bhatia, Poonam Yadav , Jess Jonassen, Sneha Deepti and Aparna Mandal.
UP Warriors – Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Devika Vaidya, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy (c), Anjali Sarwani, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shweta Sherawat, Kiron Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshvi Chopra, Simar Sheikh , S. Yashsari.
