History will be made on Saturday (March 4) when the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) begins in Navi Mumbai.
After years of wait and planning, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was able to pull off their long-lived dream, which is a T20 franchise-based tournament for women on the lines of most popular men’s competition, Indian Premier League.
The five teams, namely Mumbai Indians (MI), Gujarat Giants (GG), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Delhi Capitals (DC) and UP Warriorz (WPW) will cross swords for the coveted trophy.
The WPL 2023 final will be played on March 26 in Mumbai.
Ahead of the start of the first WPL season, let’s have a look at what could be the best starting XI of the five teams.
- Delhi Capitals:
Shafali Verma, Jasia Akhtar, Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav.
- Gujarat Giants:
Beth Mooney (c, wk), Sabbineni Meghana, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashwani Kumari, Annabel Sutherland, Sneh Rana, Hurley Gala, Mansi Joshi, Tanuja Kanwar.
- Mumbai Indians:
Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Dhara Gujjar, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Jintimani Kalita, Issy Wong, Saika Ishaque.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Megan Schutt, Preeti Bose, Renuka Thakur, Komal Zanzad.
- UP Warriorz:
Alyssa Healy (c, wk), Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma (vc), Sophie Ecclestone, Shabnim Ismail, Devika Vaidya, Parshavi Chopra, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
