WPL 2025 to be hosted in Mumbai, Vadodara, Lucknow and Bengaluru: Rajeev Shukla

The WPL 2025 will be held across 4 cities, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Sunday, January 12. Mumbai, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Vadodara will act as the venues for the women's franchise league this year.

In Short

• WPL 2025 will start in Mumbai in February
• The competition will then shift to Lucknow, Bengaluru and Vadodara
• Vadodara will host the final of WPL 2025

The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 will be hosted across 4 cities, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Sunday, January 12. The tournament is set have Mumbai, Vadodara, Lucknow and Bengaluru as the venues this year. WPL 2025 is expected to start from the first week of February.

Earlier, the BCCI had short-listed Lucknow and Vadodara as the potential venues for WPL 2025. However, during the Governing Council meeting which took place on Sunday, it was decided that the tournament should take place across multiple venues.

Mr. Shukla, while speaking to Sportstar, would confirm the news and said the Mumbai leg would be played at the Brabourne stadium.

“It will be played across four venues. The Mumbai leg will be played at Brabourne Stadium,” said Shukla.

The strong fanbase in Mumbai and Bengaluru proved to be a factor in both the venues being added to the list of venues. The stadiums were packed the last time when both cities hosted the WPL. The league will follow a caravan model for this year, with the tournament kickstarting in Mumbai.

The competition would then shift to Lucknow before heading to Bengaluru. The final of the tournament will be held in the newly-built Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. The stadium is just 20 kms from the city and recently hosted the ODI series between the Indian women's team and West Indies. The venue is currently hosting the knockout phase of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The 2023 edition of the WPL was held completely in Mumbai while last year it was held across Bengaluru and Delhi.

Full squads of all five teams for WPL 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Retained: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sabbineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patiil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded from UP Warriorz)

Bought in auction: Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Jagravi Pawar, Raghvi Bisht,

Mumbai Indians

Retained: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana Balakrishnan

Bought in auction: G Kamalini, Nadine de Klerk, Sanskriti Gupta, Akshita Maheshwari

Delhi Capitals

Retained: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland

Bought in auction: N Charani, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce, Niki Prasad

UP Warriorz

Retained: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana

Bought in auction: Kranti Goud, Arushi Goel, Alana King

Gujarat Giants

Retained: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare

Bought in auction: Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Prakashika Naik, Danielle Gibson