WPL 2023 Team Squads, Coaches & Captains | Women’s Premier League All Teams Squad

Women’s Premier League (WPL) inaugural edition is all set to be played from March 4 to March 26 next month with five franchises participating in the tournament. All the WPL 2023 team squads were finalized in the WPL 2023 auction event which was held in Mumbai on the 13th of February, 2023. It was a historic occasion for Women’s cricket all around the globe to witness young and experienced women cricketers in the squad of all teams in WPL 2023 being picked for huge sums of money which will definitely be going to change Women’s cricket forever. 

WPL 2023 All Teams Squad Summary

After the auction event it has been confirmed that many of the WPL Players List 2023 include players who are participating in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 so they all will be traveling directly to India after the conclusion of the World Cup. Hence why BCCI preferred to host the entire tournament in two different venues due to logistical challenges. 

Tournament Dates	March 4 to March 26, 2023,
Tournament Venues	Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai
Teams Strength	15 to 18 players
Maximum overseas Players	6 foreign players including one from associate nations
Maximum Overseas Players in Final XI	4 from Full Member nations & 1 from Associate

WPL 2023 Squad All Teams

All the WPL 2023 team squads have many experienced highly rated Women cricketers from Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, India along with many young emerging cricketers from India who will have great exposure to play alongside legend cricketers like Meg Lanning in the mentorship of legends like Mithali Sharma, Sania Mirza & others. 

Below are the officially confirmed WPL 2023 team squads for all five franchises. 

WPL 2023 Gujarat Giants Squad

Gujarat Giants is the most expensive franchise in the Women’s Premier League which purchased the franchise rights for a whooping price of INR 1289 crore for Ahmedabad city. 

Gujarat Giants utilized their full 12 Cr WPL auction money and picked a complete 18-member squad which is as follows.

Player	Country	Role	Auction Price
Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	Allrounder	INR 3.20 crores
Beth Mooney	Australia	Wicketkeeper	INR 2.00 Crores
Sophia Dunkley	England	Batter	INR 60 Lakhs
Annabel Sutherland	Australia	Allrounder	INR 70 Lakhs
Harleen Deol	India	Allrounder	INR 40 Lakhs
Deandra Dottin	West Indies	Allrounder	INR 60 Lakhs
Sneh Rana	India	Bowler	INR 75 Lakhs
S Meghana	India	Batter	INR 30 Lakhs
Georgia Wareham	Australia	Bowler	INR 75 Lakhs
Mansi Joshi	India	Bowler	INR 30 Lakhs
D Hemalatha	India	Batter	INR 30 Lakhs
Monica Patel	India	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Tanuja Kanwer	India	Bowler	INR 50 Lakhs
Sushma Verma	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 60 Lakhs
Hurley Gala	India	Allrounder	INR 10 Lakhs
Ashwani Kumari	India	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Parunika Sisodia	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs
Shabnam MD	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs

Team Gujarat has also announced star-studded coaching panel for the inaugural edition of WPL which includes Mithali Raj as team mentor, Rachael Haynes as a head coach & Nooshin Al Khadeer as the bowling coach. 

WPL 2023 UP Warriorz Squad

Capri Global Holdings Pvt Ltd was successful to purchased the rights for a WPL franchise based in Lucknow at a price of 757 Crore. They are not new to the cricket business as recently they also purchased franchise rights For Sharjah Warriors in International League T20 (ILT20) which successfully held its inaugural edition earlier this year. 

The complete 16-member squad for UP Warriorz is as follows. 

Player	Country	Role	Auction Price
Sophie Ecclestone	England	Allrounder	INR 1.80 crores
Deepti Sharma	India	Allrounder	INR 2.60 crores
Tahlia McGrath	Australia	Allrounder	INR 1.40 crore
Shabnim Ismail	South Africa	Bowler	INR 1.00 crore
Alyssa Healy	Australia	Wicketkeeper	INR 70 Lakhs
Anjali Sarvani	India	Bowler	INR 55 Lakhs
Rajeshwari Gayakwad	India	Bowler	INR 40 Lakhs
Parshavi Chopra	India	Allrounder	INR 10 Lakhs
Shweta Sehrawat	India	Allrounder	INR 40 Lakhs
S Yashasri	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs
Kiran Navgire	India	Batter	INR 30 Lakhs
Grace Harris	Australia	Bowler	INR 75 Lakhs
Devika Vaidya	India	Allrounder	INR 1.4 crore
Lauren Bell	England	Bowler	INR 30 Lakhs
Laxmi Yadav	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs
Simran Shaikh	India	Batsman	INR 10 Lakhs

WPL 2023 Mumbai Indians Women Squad

Mumbai Indians franchise which is owned by Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd will be lead by Indian National team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. They utilized their WPL auction purse to pick a squad of 17 players with Natalie Sciver from England becoming the most expensive player at the auction event for Mumbai. 

The complete Mumbai Indians Women squad for WPL as follows.

Player	Country	Role	Auction Price
Harmanpreet Kaur	India	Batter	INR 1.60 crores
Natalie Sciver	England	Allrounder	INR 3.20 crores
Amelia Kerr	New Zealand	Allrounder	INR 1.00 crores
Pooja Vastrakar	India	Allrounder	INR 1.90 crores
Yastika Bhatia	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 1.50 crores
Heather Graham	Australia	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Issy Wong	England	Bowler	INR 30 Lakhs
Amanjot Kaur	India	Batter	INR 50 Lakhs
Dhara Gujjar	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Saika Ishaque	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Hayley Matthews	West Indies	Allrounder	INR 40 Lakhs
Chloe Tryon	South Africa	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Humaira Kazi	India	Allrounder	INR 10 Lakhs
Priyanka Bala	India	Batter	INR 20 Lakhs
Sonam Yadav	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs
Neelam Bisht	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Jintamani Kalita	India	Allrounder	INR 10 Lakhs

WPL 2023 Delhi Capitals Women Squad

Meg Lanning is the most prominent and exciting pick made by Delhi Capitals in the WPL auction event as Meg is considered a modern cricket legend who has helped Australia win many World Tournaments already. She will most likely be named as the captain for Delhi Capitals in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League. 

The complete WPL team squad 2023 for Delhi Capitals Women is as follows.

Player	Country	Role	Auction Price
Jemimah Rodrigues	India	Batter	INR 2.20 crores
Meg Lanning	Australia	Batter	INR 1.10 crores
Shafali Verma	India	Batter	INR 2 crores
Radha Yadav	India	Allrounder	INR 40 Lakhs
Shikha Pandey	India	Allrounder	INR 60 Lakhs
Marizanne Kapp	South Africa	Allrounder	INR 1.5 crores
Titas Sadhu	India	Bowler	INR 25 Lakhs
Alice Capsey	England	Batter	INR 75 Lakhs
Tara Norris	USA	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs
Laura Harris	Australia	Batter	INR 45 Lakhs
Jasia Akhtar	India	Batter	INR 20 Lakhs
Minnu Mani	India	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Taniya Bhatia	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 30 Lakhs
Poonam Yadav	India	Bowler	INR 30 Lakhs
Jess Jonassen	Australia	Bowler	INR 50 Lakhs
Sneha Deepthi	India	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Arundhati Reddy	India	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Aparna Mondal	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 10 Lakhs

WPL 2023 RCB Women Squad

RCB was the 3rd most expensive franchise in WPL team auction event which is owned by Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd at a price of 901 Crore. Smrithi Mandhana, the most expensive player in the auction for RCB has been named the captain of the franchise. 

The complete 18-member RCB Women squad for WPL 2023 is as follows.

Player	Country	Role	Auction Price
Smrithi Mandhana	India	Batter	INR 3.40 crores
Sophie Devine	New Zealand	Allrounder	INR 50 lakh
Ellyse Perry	Australia	Allrounder	INR 1.70 crores
Renuka Singh	India	Bowler	INR 1.50 crores
Richa Ghosh	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 1.90 crores
Erin Burns	Australia	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Disha Kasat	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Indrani Roy	India	Wicketkeeper	INR 10 Lakhs
Shreyanka Patil	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Kanika Ahuja	India	Batter	INR 35 Lakhs
Asha Shobana	India	Batter	INR 10 Lakhs
Heather Knight	England	Allrounder	INR 40 Lakhs
Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	Allrounder	INR 30 Lakhs
Preeti Bose	India	Bowler	INR 30 Lakhs
Poonam Khemnar	India	Allrounder	INR 10 Lakhs
Komal Zanzad	India	Bowler	INR 25 Lakhs
Megan Schutt	Australia	Bowler	INR 40 Lakhs
Sahana Pawar	India	Bowler	INR 10 Lakhs

WPL 2023 All Teams Captains

Some of the franchises have already announced the captains for WPL 2023 while few have still kept it a secret which is to be announced in coming weeks. Looking at the team combinations all the franchises have more than 2 suitable options available who can easily lead the side which shows all franchises have done their homework pretty well. 

Team Name	Captain
Gujarat Giants	TBA
Mumbai Indians	Harmanpreet Kaur
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Smrithi Mandhana
Delhi Capitals	Meg Lanning
UP Warriorz	TBA

WPL 2023 All Teams Coaches

All the franchises in WPL 2023 have confirmed their coaching panels and it is very exciting to see highly experienced coaching personnel have joined the teams.

The complete list of head coaches for WPL all teams is as follows.

Team Name	Head Coach
Gujarat Giants	Rachael Haynes
Mumbai Indians	Charlotte Edwards
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ben Sawyer
Delhi Capitals	Jonathan Batty
UP Warriorz	Jon Lewis