The Women’s Premier League aka the IPL for women’s game is poised to take off in the next few hours. But what’s most interesting about the tournament that today has touched a global audience, besides the prominent Indian, English and Australian players.
Truth be told, the all exciting WPL season will be first since the accomplished victory of the women’s team in the mega ODI finals as seen in last year’s ODI World Cup. Furthermore, the fresh season of the noted franchise league comes not without a bit of a dampener. While on the one hand Harmanpreet Kaur’s winning Mumbai Indians side would serve a fresh bid to clinch another title following their 2025 crown, the new season won’t be where Ellyse Perry, who needs little introduction, would be seen for her RCB camp.
It’s worthwhile to note that the Royal Challengers Bangalore are an outfit that besides being brilliant and talented won the crown even before their male counterparts were able to lift glory.
On such a fantastic occasion which is the 2026 WPL season, not having Perry, an RCB legend and a major crowdpuller given her amazing talent is going to impact the Smriti Mandhana-led side. That told, what are the other players who would like to play a part in their team jostling for positions on the tables and what can the fan expect from some of the most interesting and arresting talents with the bat? Think Ash Gardner. Think Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutherland, Nat Sciver Brunt and the likes and forget not the long line up of some of the rising Indian and English talents who’ll see in WPL 2026 a new chance to consolidate their position in the sport’s entertaining format.
The forthcoming season, just about to begin, has so much for us to ponder but if you’ve been pondering about what is the schedule of the WPL 2026 then here it is:
WPL 2026 Schedule is as follows
A total of-
22 matches
Duration-
From Jan 09 – until Feb 05
So the latest edition of the WPL runs January 9 to February 5, 2026, with the league split across Navi Mumbai and Vadodara.
The season opens with Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Navi Mumbai, before the tournament shifts to Vadodara for the second leg and the playoffs.
The Navi Mumbai leg (Jan 9-17) has 11 matches, including two double headers (Jan 10 and Jan 17).
Most games are poised to take place at at 7:30 PM IST, which is 19.30 pm.
Having said that, the double-header afternoon games begin at 3:00 PM IST.
The fan is hereby advised to note that the Vadodara leg hosts the remaining league fixtures and both playoffs at the BCA stadium.
The Eliminator is poised for on Tuesday, which is Feb 3 (7:30 PM IST).
That told, the big key final is on Thursday, Feb 5 (7:30 PM IST) in Vadodara.
Fri, Jan 9
7:30 PM – MI vs RCB (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Sat, Jan 10
3:00 PM – UPW vs GG (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
7:30 PM – MI vs DC (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Sun, Jan 11
7:30 PM – DC vs GG (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Mon, Jan 12
7:30 PM – RCB vs UPW (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Tue, Jan 13
7:30 PM – MI vs GG (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Wed, Jan 14
7:30 PM – UPW vs DC (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Thu, Jan 15
7:30 PM – MI vs UPW (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Fri, Jan 16
7:30 PM – RCB vs GG (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Sat, Jan 17
3:00 PM – UPW vs MI (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
7:30 PM – DC vs RCB (DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Vadodara Leg
Mon, Jan 19
7:30 PM – GG vs RCB (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Tue, Jan 20
7:30 PM – DC vs MI (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Thu, Jan 22
7:30 PM – GG vs UPW (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Sat, Jan 24
7:30 PM – RCB vs DC (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Mon, Jan 26
7:30 PM – RCB vs MI (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Tue, Jan 27
7:30 PM – GG vs DC (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Thu, Jan 29
7:30 PM – UPW vs RCB (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Fri, Jan 30
7:30 PM – GG vs MI (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Sun, Feb 1
7:30 PM – DC vs UPW (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Knockouts
Tue, Feb 3
7:30 PM – Eliminator: TBC vs TBC (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
Thu, Feb 5
7:30 PM – Final: TBC vs TBC (BCA Stadium, Vadodara)
