Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 squads: list of players and captains of the five teams

The wait is finally over! The fourth edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) is expected to light up the stage from tomorrow, January 9, 2026. After a headline-grabbing mega auction in New Delhi last November, all five franchises have finalized their rosters and the landscape of the league has changed drastically.

This season brings massive upheavals, none bigger than Meg Lanningthe move to UP Warriorz And Rodrogus votes take the reins of the captaincy Delhi Capitals. With the first ball just hours away, let’s take a look at the WPL 2026 teams and the captains leading the charge.

WPL 2026: tournament structure

The 2026 edition of the WPL follows the established, high-stakes double round-robin format. The five teams – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Giants – will face each other twice in the league stage, for a total of 20 matches. The competition this year adopts a two-stage ‘caravan’ model: the first half of the season will take place in Navi Mumbai, before the action moves to Vadodara for the business end of the tournament.

The team that finishes at the top of the points table will win a direct ticket to the Grand Final on February 5. Meanwhile, the teams finishing second and third will face off in the high-pressure ‘Eliminator’ match to determine the second runner-up, ensuring that every net run rate calculation remains crucial until the very last ball of the group stage.

WPL 2026: full squads of the five teams

Mumbai Indians

Captain: Harmanpreet Kaur

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G. Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajana Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaque, Milly Illingworth

Delhi Capitals

Captain: Rodrogus votes

Shafali Verma, Marzianne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Deeya Yadav, Taniyaa Bhatia, Mamatha Madiwala, Nandni Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani, Alana King (replacing Annabel Sutherland)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore

Captain: Smriti Mandhana

Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Prathyoosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare (replacing Ellyse Perry)

Giants of Gujarat

Captain: Ashley Gardner

Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh Thakur, Bharti Fulmali, Titas Sadhu, Kashee Gautam, Kanika Ahuja, Tanuja Kanwer, Georgia Wareham, Anushka Sharma, Happy Kumari, Kim Garth, Yastika Bhatia, Shivani Singh, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ayushi Soni.

UP Warriorz

Captain: Meg Lanning

Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Phoebe Litchfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Goud, Asha Sobhana, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, G. Trisha, Pratika Rawal, Charlie Knott (replacing Tara Norris)

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This article was first published on WomenCricket.comA Cricket Schedules business.