It will be a clash of India's World Cup winning captain Harmanpreet and vice-captain Smriti as two-time champion MI takes on 2024 champions RCB in the WPL season four opener on Friday at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium.
Harmanpreet was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the pre-season press conference of defending champions MI ahead of the WPL 2026, which also featured the head coach Lisa Keightley.
Lanning, a multi-time World Cup-winning icon for Australia, both as a batter and a leader, was unveiled as the franchise's captain on Sunday. Ahead of the tournament, the captain-coach duo of Lanning and Abhishek Nayar held a media interaction in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
Lanning, a three-time WPL finalist with Delhi Capitals (DC) and a legendary figure in international cricket both as a batter and leader, was brought by UPW for Rs 1.90 crores in the WPL auction last year.
The fourth season of the WPL will start on January 9, with defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in action in the tournament opener.
A cornerstone of the Capitals' setup since the inaugural WPL season, where she was their first pick of the auction, the 25-year-old recently played a pivotal role in India's historic ICC Women's World Cup triumph. Her scintillating unbeaten 127 powered India to a memorable world-record chase
The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah was named as the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year 2025 in the Outstanding Achievement category on Friday, a recognition of his influential role in shaping cricket's global future.
The Women's Premier League (WPL) mega auction will take place on Thursday in the national capital with a total of 277 players going under the hammer, including 194 Indian players and 83 overseas players.
The WPL auction will take place in New Delhi on Thursday. The auction player list has been unveiled, with 277 players aiming to fill up 73 available slots during the auction. The auction list includes 194 Indian players, comprising 52 capped and 142 uncapped players, who will go under the ha
On November 2, all-round performances from a returning Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma helped India make history as they defended 299 against first-time finalists South Africa to secure their first-ever world title across the ODI and T20I formats, winning the title clash by 52 runs at Navi M
A statement from the WPL said, "The TATA WPL 2026 Auction list has been announced, with a total of 277 players vying for 73 available slots, with the auction set to take place in New Delhi on 27th November."