The 2023 Women's Premier League, also known as the TATA WPL 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, a women's franchise Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament featured five teams and was held from 4 March to 26 March 2023. In the final,

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defeated Delhi Capitals to win the competition.

Background

The prize money for the season was . Tickets for matches were free to women during the first season. The opening ceremony took place on 4 March at

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in Navi Mumbai, with AP Dhillon, Kriti Sanon and Kiara Advani performing. Starting this season, both teams could use the Decision Review System to challenge no-ball and wide ball calls. The rule was implemented in the 2023 IPL season.

Venues

Matches were played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and

in Navi Mumbai, with the latter hosting the final. Attendances were between 9,000 and 13,000 on average, with some matches reaching 30,000 and the final was a sellout. Brabourne

Squads

Source:

2023 WPL player auction

Below is a list of the players sold during the WPL auction (prices are in Indian rupees). A total of 87 players were sold during the auction, 30 of whom were from overseas.

Points table

* C = Champions * R = Runners-up

League Stage

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Playoffs

Eliminator

Final

The 2023 Women's Premier League Final was played on 26 March 2023 at the

in Navi Mumbai. It was a Day/Night Twenty20 match, which decided the winner of the 2023 season.

, won the match and the title by defeating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.

Match officials

* On-field umpires:

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and

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* Third umpire:

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* Reserve umpire: Gayathri Venugopalan *

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: G. S. Lakshmi *

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: Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

Summary

Scorecard

Fall of wickets: 12/1 (S. Varma, ov), 12/2 (A. Capsey, ov), 35/3 (J. Rodrigues, ov), 73/4 (M. Kapp, ov), 74/5 (M. Lanning, ov), 75/6 (A. Reddy, ov), 75/7 (J. Jonassen, ov), 79/8 (M. Mani, ov), 79/9 (T. Bhatia, ov) Fall of wickets: 13/1 (Y. Bhatia, 1.3 ov), 23/2 (H. Matthews, 3.4 ov). 95/3 (H. Kaur, 16.1 ov)

Statistics

Most runs

* Orange Cap Orange Cap Winner: Meg Lanning ( Delhi Capitals)

Most wickets

* Purple Cap Purple Cap Winner: Hayley Matthews (

)

Broadcasting

In India, Sports 18, Sports 18 Khel and Sports 18 1 HD broadcast the season on television and

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streaming online. Sports 18 Khel and Jio Cinema were broadcasting free-to-air. Source:

References

External links

Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo
{{Women's Premier League (cricket) Women's Premier League (cricket) Cricket in Mumbai Women's Premier League Premier League Sport in Navi Mumbai Premier League