26 Mar. 2023 Mumbai Women beat Delhi Women by 7 wickets in the FINAL of the Women’s T20 League 2023. Mumbai Women wins the inaugural Women's T20 League.

Delhi's Meg Lanning is the Oragne Cap winner of the Women’s T20 League 2023, with 345 runs in 9 matches at a strike rate of 139.11. Mumbai's Hayley Matthews is the Purple Cap winner, with 16 wickets in 10 matches at an economy rate of 5.94.

Women's T20 League 2023 Playoffs Schedule

Start and End Date of the Women's T20 League 2023 Season

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the complete schedule of the first Women’s T20 League 2023 on 14 Feb. 2023.

The inaugural season of the Women’s T20 League tournament started on 4th March 2023, with a clash between Gujarat and Mumbai at DY Patil Stadium Mumbai 7:30 PM IST. The final was played on 26th March 2023 at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

Women's T20 League 2023 Points Table

* Updated after UP Women vs Delhi Women Match 20

** Top 3 qualify for the playoffs

Teams for the Women’s T20 League 2023

The very first season of the Women’s T20 League will have 5 teams. Three of the teams are bought by the owners of Team Delhi, Team Mumbai and Team Bangalore of the Indian T20 League.  

Format for the Women’s T20 League 2023

Five teams - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gujarat and UP will play each other twice in a round-robin format. At the end of the group stage, the team ranked 1st will go directly into the final. Teams ranked 2nd and 3rd will play the Eliminator to qualify for the final.
Venues for the Indian Women's T20 League 2023 

The 2023 season of the Women’s t20 league will be played entirely in the city of Mumbai. All the matches will be held at two stadiums - Brabourne Stadium and at DY Patil Stadium. 

Women’s T20 League 2023 Complete Match Schedule

20 group matches will be played across 2 venues from 4 to 21 March, followed by play-offs. There will be 4 double headers, with the day games starting at 3:30 PM IST and evening matches starting at 7:30 PM IST. 

2023 Women’s T20 League Squads

On 13 February 2023, auction for the 2023 edition of the Women’s T20 League took place in Mumbai. A total of 87 players were sold out of which 30 were overseas. 14 Australia, 7 England, 2 New Zealand, 4 South Africa and 2 West Indies players were sold. Only one player from the Associate nations - Tara Norris of USA - was picked up. 

Smriti Mandhana (₹3.4 crore to Bangalore), Deepti Sharma (₹2.6 crore to UP), Jemimah Rodrigues (₹2.2 crore to Delhi), Shafali Verma (₹2 crore to Delhi) and Richa Ghosh (₹1.9 crore to Bangalore) were the top five expensive Indian buys. 

Ashleigh Gardner (₹3.2 crore to Gujarat), Nat Sciver-Brunt (₹3.2 crore to Gujarat), Beth Mooney (₹2 crore to Gujarat), Sophie Ecclestone (₹1.8 crore to UP) and Ellyse Perry (₹1.7 crore to Bangalore) were the top five expensive overseas buys.

Bangalore Women T20 League Team

Smriti Mandhana (C), Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Sophie Devine (NZ), Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry (AUS), Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Erin Burns (AUS),  Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Heather Knight (ENG), Komal Zanzad, Dane van Niekerk (SA), Sahana Pawar, Megan Schutt (AUS) 

Delhi Women T20 League Team

Meg Lanning (AUS) (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp (SA), Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey (ENG), Jasia Akther, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia, Jess Jonassen (AUS), Sneha Deepthi, Poonam Yadav, Laura Harris (AUS), Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal, Tara Norris (USA)

Gujarat Women T20 League Team

Beth Mooney (AUS) (C), Sneh Rana (C), Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner (AUS), Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley (ENG), Mansi Joshi, Laura Wolvaardt (SA), Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwar, Annabel Sutherland (AUS), Monica Patel, Sushma Verma, Deandra Dottin (WI), Hurley Gala, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham (AUS), Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil, Kim Garth (AUS)

Mumbai Women T20 League Team

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Pooja Vastrakar, Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG), Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr (NZ), Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham (AUS), Humaira Kazi, Priyanka Bala, Issy Wong (ENG), Shaika Ishaque, Hayley Matthews (WI), Sonam Yadav, Chloe Tryon (SA), Jintimani Kalita, Neelam Bisht

UP Women T20 League Team

Alyssa Healy (AUS) (C), Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone (ENG), Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Tahlia McGrath (AUS), Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, Shabnim Ismail (SA), S Yashasri, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris (AUS), Devika Vaidya, Lauren Bell (ENG), Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh

2023 Women’s T20 League Streaming Details

TV Broadcast: Sports18

Live Streaming: JioCinema

FAQ’s: Women’s T20 League

When will the 2023 Women T20 League start?

The 1st season of the Women's T20 League will start from 4th March and end on 26th March 2023. The first match is between Gujarat vs Mumbai at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai 7:30 PM IST.

How many teams are playing in the Women’s T20 League 2023?

5 Teams - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gujarat and UP will play in the inaugural season of the Women’s T20 League.

How many teams qualify for play-offs in the Women’s T20 League?

The top 3 teams in the points table qualify for the play-off stages. The play-offs format is: Eliminator (2nd vs 3rd); Final (1st vs. Eliminator winner).

Which is the major rule change in Women’s T20 League 2023?

5 overseas players can be in the final playing 11 unlike the Indian T20 League, which has a cap of max 4 overseas players in the playing 11.