The Women's Premier League returns for season 3 in the form of WPL 2025, which is all set to start on Friday (February 14) with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on Gujarat Giants (GG) in the curtain-raiser.

Like the first two seasons of WPL, the third edition also will see five teams battle in double round-robin format in the league stage with the top three teams heading into the playoffs - Eliminator and the Final.

Unlike the IPL, WPL will have a two matches in the playoffs. The table-topper will move directly to the final, while the second and third-placed teams will fight for a summit clash berth in the Eliminator.

The five teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG) and UP Warriorz (UPW) all had finalized their squads at the auction last year, but some sides were forced into replacements due to non availability of a few players.

RCB lost three players from their title-winning campaign as injury forced out Sophie Molineux, while Sophie Devine and Kate Cross pulled out due to personal reasons. Charlie Dean, Kim Garth and Heather Graham were roped in as their replacements.

RCB also lost Indian spinner Asha Shobana days ahead of the season due to injury, and replaced her with Nuzhat Parween, the wicketkeeper from Railways, who has represented India in 5 T20Is. Plus, Mumbai Indians also lost Pooja Vastrakar due to injury and replaced the Indian pacer with Parunika Sisodia, who was picked by the Gujarat Giants in the inaugural edition of the league

UP Warriorz also lost skipper Alyssa Healy forcing the team to announce West Indies all-rounder Chinelle Henry as the replacement for the Australian wicketkeeper with Deepti Sharma taking over the captaincy reins.

There was one more captaincy change in Gujarat Giants as Ashleigh Gardner replaced her compatriot Beth Mooney in the role as the franchise also made some changes to their backroom staff ahead of the season.

As the teams assemble for the start of the season, all teams have announced their squads, captains and head coaches for WPL 2025. All the teams announced their skippers and head coaches for the season. Here is a look at the WPL 2025 squads, captains and coaching staff of all 5 teams:

WPL 2025 teams, captains and coaches

Delhi Capitals WPL 2025 Players List & Coaching Staff

Delhi Capitals 2025 Women's Squad: Alice Capsey, Meg Lanning, Sarah Bryce, Annabel Sutherland, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Nandini Kashyap, Sneha Deepthi, Jess Jonassen, Niki Prasad, Taniyaa Bhatia, Marchizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu.

DC WPL 2025 Support Staff: Jonathan Batty (head coach), Hemlata Kala (assistant coach), Lisa Keightley (assistant coach), Biju George (fielding coach).

Gujarat Giants WPL 2025 Players List & Coaching Staff

Gujarat Giants 2025 Women's Squad: Ashleigh Gardner, Harleen Deol, Prakashika Naik, Beth Mooney, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Sayali Satchare, Danielle Gibson, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Shakil, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Tanuja Kanwer.

GG WPL 2025 Support Staff: Michael Klinger (head coach), Daniel Marsh (batting coach), Pravin Tambe (bowling coach).

Mumbai Indians WPL 2025 Players List & Coaching Staff

Mumbai Indians 2025 Women's Squad: Akshita Maheshwari, Harmanpreet Kaur, Parunika Sisodia, Amandeep Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Sajeevan Sajana, Amelia Kerr, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Sanskriti Gupta, Chloe Tryon, Nadine De Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, G Kamalini, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Yastika Bhatia.

MI WPL 2025 Support Staff: Charlotte Edwards (head coach), Jhulan Goswami (bowling coach/mentor), Devika Palshikar (batting coach), Nicole Bolton (fielding coach), Stacey-Lee Hercules (strength & conditioning coach).

Royal Challengers Bangalore WPL 2025 Players List & Coaching Staff

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2025 Women's Squad: Nuzhat Parween, Joshitha Vj, Richa Ghosh, Danni Wyatt, Kanika Ahuja, Sabbineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Prema Rawat, Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Wareham, Raghvi Bist, Heather Graham, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh, Charlie Dean.

RCB WPL 2025 Support Staff: Luke Williams (head coach), Malolan Rangarajan (assistant head coach & head of scouting), RX Murali (batting coach), VR Vanitha (fielding coach & scout).

UP Warriorz WPL 2025 Players List & Coaching Staff

UP Warriorz 2025 Women's Squad: Alana King, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, Chinelle Henry, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Anjali Sarvani, Kiran Navgire, Sophie Ecclestone, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Tahlia Mcgrath, Chamari Athapaththu, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Vrinda Dinesh.

UPW WPL 2025 Support Staff: Jon Lewis (head coach), Anju Jain (assistant coach), Ashley Noffke (bowling coach), Lisa Sthalekar (mentor).