WPL 2024 Full Schedule: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finalized the schedule for the second season of the Women’s Premier League i.e. WPL. Women’s Premier League 2024 is scheduled to commence on February 23, 2024. The first match of the tournament will be played between last season’s winner Mumbai Indians and Runner-Up Delhi Capitals at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The first 11 matches of the Women’s Premier League will be played in Bengaluru till March 4 and 11 matches, including the final and knockouts, will be held in Delhi from March 5. All of the matches will start at 7:30 pm.
The final match of WPL 2024 will be played on March 17, while the Eliminator match will be played between the second and third teams on March 15. The team that wins the Eliminator match will have to face the table topper of WPL in the final. The eliminator and final match will also be played in Delhi.
This time there is no doubleheader in the tournament, so all matches will be held from 7:30 pm according to Indian time.
However, the BCCI has not yet officially released the schedule, but according to Cricbuzz, the schedule has been drafted and this will be the final.
WPL 2024 Schedule
Matches to be played in Bangalore:
- February 23: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals,
- February 24: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriors,
- February 25: Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians,
- February 26: UP Warriors vs Delhi Capitals,
- February 27: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants,
- February 28: Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriors,
- February 29: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals,
- March 1: UP Warriors vs Gujarat Giants,
- March 2: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians,
- March 3: Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals,
- March 4: UP Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore,
Matches to be Played in Delhi:
- March 5: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians,
- March 6: Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore,
- March 7: UP Warriors vs Mumbai Indians,
- March 8: Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriors,
- March 9: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants,
- March 10: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore,
- March 11: Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriors,
- March 12: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore,
- March 13: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants,
March 15: Eliminator in Delhi
March 17: Final in Delhi
The inaugural match will be played between Delhi and Mumbai
The first match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played between last season’s winning team Mumbai Indians and runners-up Delhi Capitals. Last season, both teams managed to make it to the finals while performing well. This time too, the team of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals is being counted among the strongest teams of the tournament. In such a situation, both teams will try to start the tournament with a win.
All matches will be held at two venues
Significantly, the first season was played entirely in Mumbai, but this time the entire tournament will be played in two cities Delhi and Bengaluru. The matches will be played in Bengaluru from 23 February to 4 March. At the same time, all the matches will be held in the national capital Delhi from March 5. There will be no double-header this season and a team will have to play back-to-back games continuously in a gap of one day.
WPL 2024 format
In WPL 2024 too, like last season, the top three teams in the league stage will qualify for the playoffs. The top team in the league stage will directly qualify for the final. The eliminator will be played between the second-positioned and third-placed teams. Last year, Mumbai Indians, led by India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, defeated Delhi Capitals by seven wickets to win the WPL title.
The first season was played entirely in Mumbai
The WPL was planned to be held in a home-and-away model like the Indian Premier League (IPL), but the BCCI is facing challenges regarding it. The first season was played entirely in Mumbai. Like the Bengaluru leg, the Delhi leg will also begin with a match between last year’s finalists Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. All the Delhi’s matches will be played at the Late Arun Jaitley Stadium.
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