The wait is finally over! The fourth edition of the book Women’s Premier League (WPL) is set to light up the stage starting tomorrow, January 9, 2026. After the Mega Auction in New Delhi last November, five franchises finalized their rosters and the landscape of the league changed dramatically.
This season brings big shakeups – none bigger than this one Meg Lanningmoves to UP Warriors and Rodrogus vote also takes over the reins of captaincy Capitals of Delhi. With hours to go before the first ball, let’s take a look at the WPL 2026 squads and the captains leading the charge.
WPL 2026: Tournament structure
The 2026 edition of the WPL follows a defined and high-stakes double round format. All five teams – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriors, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Giants – will face each other twice in the league stage with a total of 20 matches. This year’s competition adopts a two-legged ‘caravan’ model: the first half of the season will be played in Navi Mumbai, before the action moves to Vadodara for the business end of the tournament.
The top team in the points table will qualify directly for the Grand Final on February 5. Meanwhile, the second- and third-placed teams will battle it out in a high-pressure ‘Eliminator’ game to determine the runner-up, with each net-run-rate calculation ensuring the group stage remains crucial right down to the last ball.
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, Sajana Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaworth,
Capitals of Delhi
Captain: Rodrogus vote
Shafali Verma, Marzianne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Deeya Yadav, Taniyaa Bhatia, Mamatha Madiwala, Nandni Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani, Alana King (replaced)
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Captain: Smriti Mandhana
Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Prathyoosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghar (Perplasse)
Giants of Gujarat
Captain: Ashley Gardner
Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh Thakur, Bharti Fulmali, Titas Sadhu, Kashee Gautam, Kanika Ahuja, Tanuja Kanwer, Georgia Wareham, Anushka Sharma, Happy Kumari, Kim Garth, Yastika Bhatia, Shivani Singh, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Ayi Gayak Sowajed.
UP Warriors
Captain: Meg Lanning
Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Phoebe Litchfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Goud, Asha Sobhana, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, GK Tryanot, Norris)
Also READ: WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants’ Best XI for Women’s Premier League
This article was originally published here WomenCricket.coma Cricket Times company.
 is set to begin on January 09. All five teams will face each other twice in the league stage, totaling 20 matches.){kind=link}