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ALL 23 WICKETS of Alana King’s Ashes | 11:46
The third edition of the Women’s Premier League gets underway this week, with Australian leg-spinner Alana King finally getting an opportunity to prove her worth in the lucrative T20 tournament.
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The 29-year-old, who has played 25 T20Is since her international debut in 2022, was overlooked during WPL Auctions in 2023 and 2024 despite dazzling performances in the Women’s Big Bash League and Hundred competition.
However, the UP Warriorz snapped up King at December’s auction for AU$55,000, which proved a bargain following her recent Ashes heroics — she was named player of the multi-format series after taking 23 scalps at 11.17, equalling the record for most wickets in a women’s Ashes campaign.
King is one of 13 Australians that will feature in this year’s WPL, joining all-rounder Tahlia McGrath and pinch-hitter Grace Harris in the UP Warriorz squad.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have lost spinner Sophie Molineux due to a knee complaint, while Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy will also miss the tournament with a foot injury. Elsewhere, Australian all-rounder Ash Gardner has been named Gujarat Giants captain, replacing national teammate Beth Mooney in the role.
Defending champions Bengaluru will face Gujarat in the WPL opener at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium, with the first ball scheduled for 1am AEDT on Saturday morning. Every match of the tournament will be shown live and ad-break free on Foxtel and streaming platform Kayo Sports.
AUSTRALIANS IN THE WPL
Gujarat Giants — Ash Gardner (c), Beth Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield
Royal Challengers Bengaluru — Ellyse Perry, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Georgia Wareham
Delhi Capitals — Meg Lanning (c), Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland
UP Warriorz — Alana King, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath
VENUES
For the first time, the WPL will be played across four cities — Vadodara, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Mumbai.
The newly-constructed BCA Stadium in Vadodara will host six matches, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will host eight, EKA Arena in Lucknow will host four and Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai will host the final four games, including both finals.
FORMAT
Each of the competition’s five teams will play each other twice during the group stage, with the top three teams progressing through to the finals.
Second and third place will play an Eliminator on March 13 before the victor faces the first-placed team in the decider on March 15.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2024 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (captained by Smriti Mandhana)
2023 — Mumbai Indians (captained by Harmanpreet Kaur)
SQUADS
Delhi Capitals
Meg Lanning (c), Alice Capsey, Sarah Bryce, Annabel Sutherland, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Nandini Kashyap, Sneha Deepthi, Jess Jonassen, Niki Prasad, Taniyaa Bhatia, Marchizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu
Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner (c), Harleen Deol, Prakashika Naik, Beth Mooney, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Sayali Satchare, Danielle Gibson, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Shakil, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Tanuja Kanwer
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Akshita Maheshwari, Parunika Sisodia, Amandeep Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Sajeevan Sajana, Amelia Kerr, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Sanskriti Gupta, Chloe Tryon, Nadine De Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, G Kamalini, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Yastika Bhatia
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Smriti Mandana (c), Nuzhat Parween, Joshitha Vj, Richa Ghosh, Danni Wyatt, Kanika Ahuja, Sabbineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Prema Rawat, Georgia Wareham, Raghvi Bist, Heather Graham, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh, Charlie Dean
UP Warriorz
Deepti Sharma (c), Alana King, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, Chinelle Henry, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Anjali Sarvani, Kiran Navgire, Sophie Ecclestone, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Tahlia McGrath, Chamari Athapaththu, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Vrinda Dinesh
FIXTURES
All matches commence 1am AEDT
February 15 — Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 16 — Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 17 — Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 18 — Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 19 — Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 20 — UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals at PMBCA Stadium, Vadodara
February 22 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
February 23 — Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
February 25 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs UP Warriorz at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
February 26 — Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
February 27 — Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
February 28 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
March 1 — Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
March 2 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
March 4 — UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants at PMEkana Stadium, Lucknow
March 7 — UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians at PMEkana Stadium, Lucknow
March 8 — Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals at PMEkana Stadium, Lucknow
March 9 — UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at PMEkana Stadium, Lucknow
March 11 — Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants at PMCCI, Mumbai
March 12 — Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at PMCCI, Mumbai
March 14 — Eliminator at PMCCI, Mumbai
March 16 — Final at PMCCI, Mumbai
