The schedule and host cities for the upcoming Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 have successfully been confirmed, setting the stage for one more thrilling season of ladies’s franchise cricket in India. In line with Sports activities Tak, the fourth version of the WPL is slated to start on January 8 or 9, with the event anticipated to be performed throughout Mumbai and Baroda, the 2 cities chosen as hosts for the upcoming version. One of many primary venues for the event would be the iconic DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, a floor that just lately witnessed a historic second when the Indian ladies’s staff defeated South Africa within the last of the ODI World Cup to elevate the coveted trophy for the primary time in historical past. The stadium is once more set to play a central function in India’s premier ladies’s T20 league.
Second Venue
The second venue probably to host matches is the Kotambi Stadium in Baroda, which has steadily grown in stature. Baroda may also stage the primary ODI of the India–New Zealand ladies’s collection on January 11, additional strengthening its place as an vital cricketing middle heading into WPL 2026.
There have been indications that the WPL would possibly unfold into two separate legs. An earlier report from Cricbuzz instructed that the preliminary section of the league will happen in Navi Mumbai, adopted by the second half in Baroda. The 5 franchises are anticipated to obtain an official communication confirming the venues throughout the participant public sale scheduled for November 27 in New Delhi.
This 12 months’s public sale will witness 276 gamers going underneath the hammer, whereas the 5 groups collectively have 73 obtainable slots. Main consideration can be on the marquee names Deepti Sharma, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, and Sophie Ecclestone all of whom enter the public sale with the best base value bracket of INR 50 lakh.
Relating to public sale purses, UP Warriorz head into the occasion with the biggest remaining price range of INR 14.50 crore, having retained solely a single participant. In the meantime, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru maintain the smallest purses, standing at INR 5.75 crore every. WPL 2026 marks the fourth season of the league. Mumbai Indians clinched the title within the first and third editions, whereas Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifted the trophy within the second season, making a aggressive narrative heading into the brand new marketing campaign.
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The WPL 2026 public sale noticed a number of main strikes as UP Warriorz secured Harleen Deol, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Ecclestone and retained Deepti Sharma utilizing RTM. RCB strengthened their squad by signing Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk and Georgia Voll, whereas Delhi Capitals added Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Laura Wolvaardt and Chinelle Henry for large charges. Gujarat Giants retained Bharti Fulmali and picked Renuka Singh and Sophie Devine, whereas Mumbai Indians stored Amelia Kerr for INR 3 crore. Amongst surprises, Alyssa Healy went unsold within the first spherical. Deepti Sharma remained the best purchase at INR 3.2 crore.