The third season of the Woman's Premier League (WPL) is starting today. The first match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. The match will be played at Kotambi International Stadium at 7:30 pm.
The tournament will play 22 matches for 29 days between 5 teams. The Eliminator will be played in Mumbai on March 13 and the final on March 15. This time the match will be held in 4 places instead of 2. The WPL match is to be held for the first time in Lucknow and Vadodara. Mumbai and Bengaluru will once again organize the tournament.
Google made a doodle for WPL Google has created a cricket-theme-based doodle at the opening event of the third season of WPL. This doodle shows two animated birds playing on a cricket pitch, which has bats, balls and stumps.
Bengaluru won the second season Bengaluru won the WPL Season 2 title under the captaincy of Smriti Mandhana. The team won by 8 wickets against Delhi Capitals in the final. All -rounder Alice Perry was the top scorer of the tournament. He scored 347 runs in 9 matches. Spinner Shreyanka Patil was the highest wicket -taker with 13 wickets. The team won 4 out of 8 matches and faced 4 defeats.
This time the match will be held in 4 places The match will be played in 4 places in Season 3. Six matches will be played in Vadodara from February 14 to 19. Then there will be 8 matches in Bengaluru from February 21 to March 1. The home team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, won the second season title, so the place got the most matches. There will be 4 matches in Lucknow from March 3 to 8. Then from March 10 to 15, 2-2 matches of the playoffs and league stage will be played in Mumbai.
3 contenders for title
- Mumbai Indians: The first season's champion, Mumbai, is also a strong contender for the title this time. The team has explosive batters like Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Siviva Sajana, Yastika Bhatia. South Africa's Shabnam Ismail is an experienced player in the bowling department.
- Delhi Capitals: The team has played 2 consecutive seasons. Delhi captain is Australia's Mag Lanning. The opening opening batter is Shefali Verma. While in the middle order, Jemimah Rodriguez is in a wonderful form. Marizen cuts and Arundhati Reddy will be seen playing in bowling.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The team will keep an eye on winning the WPL title for the second time in a row. The team's top order is full of big names. Captain Smriti is in the wonderful form of Mandha. He was recently awarded the ICC Award for the Women's ODI Player of the Year. Experienced players include England's Daniel Wyatt and Australia's top all -rounder Alice Perry.
The tournament will be played in the league format The third season of the Woman's Premier League will also be played in the league format. The first place in the points table will qualify for the direct final. The Eliminator match will be played between the second and third team. All 5 teams will play 2-2 matches, meaning that one team will have to play 8 matches.
How many teams are and who is the captain? Only 5 teams will participate in the third season. This time, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants are participating.
There is no change in the prize money, the winner will get Rs 6 crore In the last two seasons, the winning team was given a prize money of Rs 6 crore, while the runner-up team was given a prize money of Rs 3 crore. Best Better and Best Bowler received Rs 5-5 lakh. The Player of the Match will be given Rs 2.5 lakh in the final match.
WPL 2025 match when and where to see The live telecast of the WPL 2025 season will be on the Star Sports Network. The online streaming of the match will be on Disney Plus Hotstar App. All matches in WPL 2025 will start at 7:30 pm. The toss will be at 7pm.
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