| 2023 Women's Premier League | |
| Fromdate: | 4 |
| Todate: | 26 March 2023 |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 cricket |
| Tournament Format: | Double Round robin and playoffs |
| Host: | India |
| Champions: | Mumbai Indians |
| Runner Up: | Delhi Capitals |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 5 |
| Matches: | 22 |
| Player Of The Series: | Hayley Matthews (MI) |
| Most Runs: | Meg Lanning (DC) (345) |
| Most Wickets: | Hayley Matthews (MI) (16) |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Bodyclass: | nowraplinks |
| Header1: | Teams |
| Data2: | Delhi Capitals Gujarat Giants Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore UP Warriorz |
The 2023 Women's Premier League, (also known as WPL 2023 and branded as TATA WPL 2023) was the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, a women's franchise Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[1] The tournament featured five teams and was held from 4 March to 26 March 2023.[2] [3] [4] [5]
In the final, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals to win the competition.
The prize money for the season was .[6] Tickets for matches were free to women during the first season.[7] The opening ceremony took place on 4 March at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, with AP Dhillon, Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani performing.
Starting this season, both teams could use the Decision Review System to challenge no-ball and wide ball calls. The rule was implemented in the 2023 IPL season.[8]
| Head Coaches | ||||||||||
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| Jonathan Batty | Rachael Haynes | Charlotte Edwards | Ben Sawyer | Jon Lewis | ||||||
| Captains | ||||||||||
| Meg Lanning | Beth Mooney | Harmanpreet Kaur | Smriti Mandhana | |||||||
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Below is a list of the players sold during the WPL auction (prices are in Indian rupees). A total of 87 players were sold during the auction, 30 of whom were from overseas.[12]
| Name | National side | Team | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| UP Warriorz | ||||
| Delhi Capitals | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||
| Gujarat Giants | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Mumbai Indians | ||||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Matches were played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, with the latter hosting the final. Attendances were between 9,000 and 13,000 on average, with some matches reaching 30,000 and the final was a sellout.[13]
| Mumbai | Navi Mumbai | |
|---|---|---|
| Brabourne Stadium | DY Patil Stadium | |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 45,300 | |
The BCCI released the fixture details on 14 February 2023.[14]
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| Player | Team | Runs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - style="background:#FFAB0F" | Meg Lanning | Delhi Capitals | 9 | 9 | 345 | 72 | |||||||||
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 10 | 332 | 72* | ||||||||||
| Tahlia McGrath | UP Warriorz | 9 | 8 | 302 | 90* | ||||||||||
| Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 9 | 281 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Hayley Matthews | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 9 | 271 | 77* | ||||||||||
| Source: WPLT20.com | |||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayley Matthews | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 10 | 16 | 3/5 | ||||||||||
| Sophie Ecclestone | UP Warriorz | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4/13 | ||||||||||
| Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 10 | 15 | 3/22 | ||||||||||
| Issy Wong | Mumbai Indians | 10 | 10 | 15 | 4/15 | ||||||||||
| Saika Ishaque | 10 | 10 | 15 | 4/11 | |||||||||||
| Source: WPLT20.com | |||||||||||||||
In India, Sports 18, Sports 18 Khel and Sports 18 1 HD broadcast the season on television and Jio Cinema streaming online. Sports 18 Khel and Jio Cinema were broadcasting free-to-air.[15] [16]
| Country | Television channel | Internet streaming |
|---|---|---|
| India | Sports18, Sports18 Khel, Sports18 1 HD | JioCinema |
| Afghanistan | Radio Television Afghanistan | - |
| Australia | Fox Sports[17] | YuppTV |
| Bangladesh | Channel 9, T Sports[18] | - |
| Caribbean | Flow Sports 2[19] | - |
| Maldives | Star Sports | Yupp TV, MediaNet |
| Nepal | Sim TV Nepal | Yupp TV, Net TV Nepal |
| New Zealand | - | |
| Singapore | StarHub TV+ | - |
| South Africa | Super Sports | - |
| Sri Lanka | Dialog TV | Yupp TV, SLRC, Peo TV |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event[20] | Sky Go |
| United States & Canada | Willow TV | - |