Delhi: The mega auction of Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 was held in Delhi. A total of 276 players participated in this auction and bid for 73 slots. Before the start of the auction, BCCI has announced the cities and dates for WPL 2026.

WPL 2026 date revealed

The fourth edition of WPL will be played from 9 January to 5 February 2026. The two host stadiums of this season will be DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. The final of the season will be played on 5 February in Vadodara.

WPL was started in 2023. At that time only matches were played in Mumbai and Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians (MI) won the trophy by defeating Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals (DC) in the final. In the next season, which was played in Bengaluru and Delhi, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the title under the captaincy of Smriti Mandhana. DC was the runner-up again.

Last year, MI won its second WPL trophy by defeating DC. During this period, WPL was organized for the first time in four cities: Vadodara, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Mumbai.

It is noteworthy that in the league stage of WPL, each team played two matches against other teams. After this, the number 1 team directly reached the finals, while the second and third placed teams made it to the finals by playing eliminator matches.