Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals to kick off WPL 2024 on February 23 in Bengaluru

Defending champions Mumbai Indians and 2023 runners-up Delhi Capitals are set to kick off the 2024 edition of Women's Premier League (WPL) on February 23 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The five-group contest will have a sum of 22 matches, with the last set to be played on Walk 17. After the whole competition was held exclusively in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai in 2023, the WPL this season will be facilitated across two settings: Bengaluru and Delhi. As announced by ESPNcricinfo, the main portion of the competition - the initial 11 matches - will be held in Bengaluru while Delhi's Arun Jaitley Arena will have the last 11 games, which incorporates the knockouts.

Illustrious Challengers Bangalore will begin their mission against UP Warriorz on February 24 while Gujarat Monsters play their most memorable round of the time against Mumbai on February 25. The Delhi leg of the competition starts off on Walk 5 again with Capitals taking on Mumbai in the bring apparatus back.

With no twofold header days booked, there will be one association stage game consistently from February 23 to Walk 13. The Eliminator will be hung on Walk 15, with the last on Walk 17 in Delhi. Each group will play eight games, before the association clincher goes into the last, with groups completing second and third on the focuses table going head to head in the Eliminator for the other spot in the last.

In the 2024 WPL sell off held in December last year, Australia's Annabel Sutherland (Capitals) and India uncapped Kaashvee Gautam (Monsters) acquired huge offers of INR 2 crore each. Vrinda Dinesh, one more uncapped Indian, was gotten for INR 1.3 crore by Warriorz while Mumbai went overboard INR 1.2 crore on South African quick bowler Shabnim Ismail. Pheobe Litchfield additionally got large cash having been gotten by Monsters for INR 1 crore.

The Harmnapreet Kaur-drove Mumbai were delegated heroes of the debut WPL after they crushed Capitals by seven wickets in what was an uneven last. It was Nat-Sciver Brunt who drove the manner in which scoring an unbeaten 55-ball 60 as Mumbai updated the 132-run focus effortlessly.