The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is a T20 competition based in India and founded in 2022, having its first tournament in 2023. This year, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their second title on Thursday 5th February with both Mumbai Indians and RCB winning two titles each. In the inaugural competition, Mumbai Indians were winners with Delhi Capitals finishing in second.
The WPL is a five team competition with a round-robin format, followed by playoffs and proves to be successful in the T20 competition, following the likes of The Hundred in the UK and Women’s Big Bash League in Australia. The five teams include Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and UP Warriorz of which all five have played in all four versions of the competition.
In India, the cricket craze was always there but after their win in the ODI World Cup 2025, the rise continued throughout the tournament. The final had close to 31,000 fans in attendance which made it an almost sold out occasion, despite being around an hour drive outside of the city with their home team not qualifying for the final.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru won against Delhi Capitals in the final which was held in Vadodara. This was the highest chase that was in the final as Capitals put on a target of 203 runs, with RCB reaching this having two balls remaining and winning by six wickets overall.
After chasing this target (which was the highest set in a final), the RCB recorded the highest successful run chase in WPL history and was helped with a masterclass from youngster Georgia Voll and Captain Smriti Mandhana (after their 165-run partnership). The side was dominant throughout the whole of the tournament after finishing top of the table and going straight to the final. After hitting 87 runs off 41 balls, she was named Player of the Match with Georgia Voll having a composed 79 runs off 54 balls, helping take the game away from the Delhi Capitals.
In the fourth edition, there were many players that stood out throughout the tournament including some that did not make the final. The top-scorer and therefore winner of the Orange Cap was Smriti Mandhana from Royal Challengers who put on 377 runs across her games. She recently was announced to join the Manchester Super Giants for this upcoming Hundred tournament in the Summer of 2026. Harmanpreet Kaur finished with the highest average overall (68.40 across the games) and reached a total of 342 runs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Grace Harris had the highest strike-rate (178.19) winning the Super Striker of the Season with both Harmanpreet Kaur and Sophie Devine hitting the most sixes (at 13 each).
The winner of the Purple Cap (the highest wicket-taker) was tied between Gujarat Giants’ Sophie Devine and Delhi Capitals’ Nandani Sharma with 17 wickets each. Amelia Kerr had the best average overall (15.00), with Lauren Bell having the best economy rate (5.52) and Sophie Devine having the best strike-rate (11.58).
Receiving the Most Valuable Player of the Season and the best game intelligence award was Sophie Devine with the Emerging Player of the Season being rewarded to Nandni Sharma.