WPL schedule announced, Gujarat-Mumbai face to face in first match

WPL schedule: The BCCI has announced the schedule for the first edition of the Women’s Premier League. The tournament will start from March 4 and will be played till March 26. Total five teams will play 22 matches. All the matches will be played at two stadiums in Mumbai – DY Patil and Brabourne. 11-11 matches will be played in both the stadiums.

Within 23 days 20 matches will be played in the league round :-

Within 23 days, 20 matches will be played in the league round. Apart from this, an eliminator and a final match will be played. The first match will be played between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium on March 4. At the same time, four double header matches will be played during the league round. That is, two matches will be played in a day.

The first match will start at 3.30 pm: –

The first match of WPL will start at 3.30 pm, while the second match will start at 7.30 pm. The last match of the league stage will be played on March 21 between UP Warriors and Delhi Capitals. Whereas, the only eliminator will be played at DY Patil Stadium on March 24 and the final will be played at Brabourne Stadium on March 26.

The five teams for this WPL are as follows-

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
UP Warriors (UPW)

Out of total 448 players who came in the auction, only 87 players got bid :-

Out of the total 448 players who entered the auction, only 87 players got bids. At the same time, five franchises, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriors, Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore together spent Rs 59.50 crore to buy them. Gujarat, Delhi and Bangalore bought maximum 18-18 players. Whereas, Mumbai bought 17 players and UP bought 16 players.

Check out the complete WPL schedule :-

Date	Match	Time	Stadium
4 March	GG vs MI	7:30 PM	DY Patil
5 March	RCB vs DC	3:30 PM	Brabourne
5 March	UPW vs GG	7:30 PM	DY Patil
6 March	MI vs RCB	7:30 PM	Brabourne
7 March	DC vs UPW	7:30 PM	DY Patil
8 March	GG vs RCB	7:30 PM	Brabourne
9 March	DC vs MI	7:30 PM	DY Patil
10 March	RCB vs UPW	7:30 PM	Brabourne
11 March	GG vs DC	7:30 PM	DY Patil
12 March	UPW vs MI	7:30 PM	Brabourne
13 March	DC vs RCB	7:30 PM	DY Patil
14 March	MI vs GG	7:30 PM	Brabourne
15 March	UPW vs RCB	7:30 PM	DY Patil
16 March	DC vs GG	7:30 PM	Brabourne
18 March	MI vs UPW	3:30 PM	DY Patil
18 March	RCB vs GG	7:30 PM	Brabourne
20 March	GG vs UPW	3:30 PM	Brabourne
20 March	MI vs DC	7:30 PM	DY Patil
21 March	RCB vs MI	3:30 PM	DY Patil
21 March	UPW vs DC	7:30 PM	Brabourne
24 March	Eliminator	7:30 PM	DY Patil
26 March	Final	7:30 PM	Brabourne

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