TATA Women’s Premier League 2026: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released the Women's Premier League 2026 schedule on Saturday, November 29th. The fourth season of the WPL will be played from January 9th to February 5th. The matches will be held in Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. The season opener will be played in Navi Mumbai, where Mumbai Indians (MI) will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). A total of 11 matches will be played in the Navi Mumbai leg, which runs from January 9th to 17th.
The league will then shift to Vadodara, where the remaining 11 matches, including the playoffs, will be played. The first match of the Vadodara leg will be between Gujarat Giants (GG) and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This will be followed by a clash between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians, a rematch of the 2025 final.
League matches will continue until February 1st, after which there will be a one-day break. The eliminator will be held on February 3rd, and the final on February 5th. The table topper will advance directly to the final, where they will face the winner of the eliminator. The eliminator matches will be played between the second and third-placed teams in the table.
Mumbai Indians are the defending champions of the WPL, having won two titles in the three seasons played so far. Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the title once, while Delhi Capitals have finished runner-up in all three seasons. Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors (UPW) have yet to reach the final.
A total of 277 players were available for auction for the Women's Premier League 2026, including 194 Indians and 83 foreign players. Of these, only 67 players were purchased by teams, 23 of whom were foreign players. Franchises spent a total of ₹40.8 crore on players.
WPL 2026 Full Schedule
January 9: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Navi Mumbai
January 10: UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants – Navi Mumbai
January 10: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals – Navi Mumbai
January 11: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants – Navi Mumbai
January 12: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs UP Warriorz – Navi Mumbai
January 13: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants – Navi Mumbai
January 14: UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals – Navi Mumbai
January 15: Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz – Navi Mumbai
January 16: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants – Navi Mumbai
January 17: UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians – Navi Mumbai
January 17: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Navi Mumbai
January 19: Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Vadodara
January 20: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – Vadodara
January 22: Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz – Vadodara
January 24: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals – Vadodara
January 26: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians – Vadodara
January 27: Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals – Vadodara
January 29: UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Vadodara
January 30: Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians – Vadodara
February 1: Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz – Vadodara
February 3: Eliminator – Vadodara
February 5: Final – Vadodara.
The Indian women's team will begin their tour of Australia 10 days after the WPL concludes. The tour will run from February 15th to March 9th. The Indian women's team will play three ODIs, three T20 Internationals, and one Test match during their tour.
