Women's Premier League: Mumbai Indians to face Gujarat Giants in WPL opener

Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants will clash in a blockbuster opening match of the Womens Premier League WPL on March 4 while the final will be held on March 26 the BCCI announced on TuesdayBrabourne Stadium here and the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will hold 11 matches each in the inaugural edition of the tournament which will have 22 games 20 league matches one eliminator and final being played across 23 daysThe opening match and the eliminator on March 24 will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai while the final will he held at Brabourne Stadium on March 26Also read Jasia jaisi koi nahi Jasia Akhtar becomes first JampK cricketer to bag WPL contractOn Sunday 5th March 2023 the WPL will have its first doubleheader day where Royal Challengers Bangalore will square off against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium CCI the BCCI said in a releaseUP Warriorz will play their first game of the league against Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Stadium in the evening The final game of the league stage will be played between UP Warriorz and Delhi Capitals on 21st March at the Brabourne Stadium CCIThere will be 4 double headers with the first match starting at 330 PM IST All evening matches will start at 730 PM IST it saidFive teams Delhi Capitals Gujarat Giants Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz on Monday splurged their purse to acquire some of the best players in the international and domestic circuitIndias Smriti Mandhana was the top buy as she was sold for a whopping Rs 340 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 180 croreAmong the foreign players Australia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner and England allrounder Natalie Sciver were the top buys as they were sold to Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians for Rs 320 crore respectivelyIndias U19 T20 World Cupwinning captain Shafali Verma was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 croreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever