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{{Infobox cricket tournament main

| name = Women's Premier League (WPL)

| image = WPL.png

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Official WPL Logo

| country = India

| administrator = [[Women's Premier League (cricket)#Organisation|WPL Governing Council]], [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]

| key people = [[Vishnu mani Tripathi]] (Chairman)

| cricket format = [[Women's Twenty20|Women's Twenty20]]

| first = [[2023 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2023]]

| Present = [[2024 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2024]]

| last = [[2024 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2024]]

| tournament format = [[Double round robin]] and [[Playoffs]]

| participants = 10

| Current Champion = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bangalore]] (RCB) (1st title)

| most successful = [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]], [[Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bangalore]] <br> (5 titles each)

| most runs = {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Meg Lanning]] (676)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Premier League Trophy batting most runs career |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/batting-most-runs-career/women-s-premier-league-988 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

| most wickets = {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Sophie Ecclestone]] (27)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Premier League Trophy bowling most wickets career |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/bowling-most-wickets-career/women-s-premier-league-988 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

| TV = [[Women's Premier League (cricket)#Broadcasting|List of broadcasters]]

| website = [http://www.wplt20.com/ wplt20.com]

| current = [[2024 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2024 WPL season]]

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<!-- The [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL) is a domestic, annual [[Twenty20]] [[cricket]] tournament in India,<ref name="India Today BCCI IPL">{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bcci-president-anurag-thakur-on-indian-premier-league/1/782125.html |title=IPL has changed the dynamics of cricket, says BCCI boss Anurag Thakur : Cricket, News |newspaper=[[India Today]] |date=6 October 2016 |author= Rohan Sen |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/the-nightwatchman/2016/dec/01/english-cricket-game-of-thrones-twenty20 |title=What English cricket can learn from Game of Thrones |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date= 1 December 2016 |author= Tom Holland |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref> organized by the [[Indian Premier League#Administration|IPL Governing Council]], under the aegis of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI).<ref name="Tribune IPL GC">{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/lodha-panel-for-separate-bcci-ipl-governing-bodies/179205.html |title=Lodha panel for separate BCCI, IPL governing bodies |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date= 4 January 2016 |author=Indo-Asian News Service |author-link=Indo-Asian News Service |access-date= 5 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hindu">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/ipl-rights-will-be-a-good-catch-for-bcci/article8855147.ece |title=IPL rights will be a good catch for BCCI |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date= 15 July 2016 |author= Sarbvir Singh |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref> It is the most watched [[Twenty20]] [[tournament]] and the second-best-paying{{efn|On a ''[[pro rata]]'' basis.}} sporting league globally.<ref name="Guardian3">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/04/cricket-indian-premier-league-election |title=It's just not cricket: Indian Premier League bowled out by election |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 April 2014 |author= Anu Anand |access-date= 8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="IB Times 3">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/nba-best-paid-league-world-followed-by-ipl-epl-lies-fourth-687401 |title=NBA is the best-paid league in the world, followed by IPL; EPL lies fourth |newspaper=[[International Business Times]] |date= 21 July 2016 |author= Ashim Sunam|access-date= 8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Express Tribune">{{cite web |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1184207/bcci-opens-tender-bids-ipl-broadcast-rights/ |title=BCCI opens tender bids for IPL broadcast rights |newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]] |date= 19 September 2016 |author= Agence France-Presse |author-link= Agence France-Presse |access-date= 8 December 2016}}</ref>

IPL was established in 2008<ref name="Hindu"/> and currently consists of ten teams in ten cities across [[India]]. The [[2008 Indian Premier League|inaugural IPL season]] was won by [[Rajasthan Royals]].<ref name="Toi1">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Rajasthan-Royals-are-IPL-champions/articleshow/3091229.cms |title=Rajasthan Royals are IPL champions |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 2 July 2008|author=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref> {{As of|2022|5}}, there have been fifteen seasons of the IPL tournament.<ref name="IPL seasons">{{cite web |url=http://www.iplt20.com/archive/2016 |title=IPL all seasons till date |website=[[Indian Premier League]] |access-date= 21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="IPL teams and seasons">{{cite web |url=https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2019 |title=IPL standings |website=[[Indian Premier League]] |access-date= 17 May 2019}}</ref>

Up until 2021, the IPL tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a [[Season (sports)#Regular (home and away) season|home-and-away]], double [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format.<ref name="Indian Express IPL Fixture">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/indian-premier-league-t20-2016-schedule-full-fixtures-results-schedule-time-and-more/ |title=IPL Schedule 2016: Full fixtures, results, schedule, time and more |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date= 29 April 2016 |author= Express Web Desk |author-link= The Indian Express |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dhoni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJswBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|date=2010|author=C Rajshekhar Rao|publisher=Ocean Books|isbn=978-81-8430-078-9|pages=83}}</ref> From 2022, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice. In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-04-22 |title=IPL 2023 Format and New Rules - All Exclusive Details |url=https://www.timesofsports.com/cricket/ipl/2023-format-new-rules/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> At the conclusion of the double round-robin league, on the basis of aggregate points, the top four teams qualify for the [[playoffs]].<ref name="IBTimes3">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/ipl-2016-playoff-scenario-how-teams-are-placed-who-will-make-it-final-four-679240 |title=IPL 2016: The Playoff Scenario: How the teams are placed and who will make it to the final four |newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|date= 18 May 2016 |author=Rajarshi Majumdar |access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="IPL 2016 Playoff Scenarios">{{cite web |url=https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-2016-playoffs-qualification-scenario-50-matches/ |title=IPL 2016 Playoffs qualification scenario|website=[[CricTracker]] |date=19 May 2016 |author=Sampath |access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator").<ref name="Express Qualifier">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ipl-2016-play-off-qualifier-eliminator-schedule-timings-results-rcb-vs-gl-bangalore-gujarat-ipl-final-kkr-vs-srh-2816911/ |title=IPL 2016 play-off: Qualifier, Eliminator schedule, timings, results |newspaper=Indianexpress.com |date=24 May 2016 |author= Express Web Desk |author-link= The Indian Express |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref> While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match, the losing team gets another chance to qualify for the final match by playing the winning team of the Eliminator match; this match is titled Qualifier 2.<ref name="Indian Express IPL Fixture"/><ref name="Express Qualifier"/> The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match moves onto the final match.<ref name="Express Qualifier"/> The team that wins the final match is crowned the Indian Premier League champion.<ref name="Express Qualifier"/>

Altogether, thirteen teams have played in the past ten seasons of the IPL tournament.<ref name="IPL 2017 season squads">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2017/content/squad/index.html?object=1078425 |title=IPL 2017 season squads |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date= 21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="TOI BCCI IPL background"/><ref name="ESPN Pune News"/> Of these, three teams are no longer a part of the tournament.<ref name="TOI 8 Teams">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/IPL-to-remain-eight-team-affair-till-2017/articleshow/34362493.cms |title=IPL to remain eight-team affair till 2017|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 29 April 2014 |author=K Shriniwas Rao, Times News Network |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref> In 2011, BCCI terminated the [[franchising|franchise]] of [[Kochi Tuskers Kerala]] for contractual breach.<ref name="ESPN kochi news">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/current/story/532973.html |title=IPL news: Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI |work=ESPNcricinfo |date= 19 September 2011 |author=ESPNCricInfo staff |access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref> Similarly, BCCI terminated the franchise of [[Deccan Chargers]] in 2012 for backing off from its commitments.<ref name="ESPN Deccan News">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/582292.html |title=BCCI terminates Deccan Chargers franchise |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 September 2012 |author=ESPNCricInfo staff |access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref> In 2013, [[Pune Warriors India]] exited IPL after it had a franchise valuation disagreement with BCCI.<ref name="ESPN Pune News">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/637032.html |title=Pune Warriors pull out of IPL |work=ESPNcricinfo |date= 21 May 2013 |author=ESPNCricInfo staff |access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref> [[Chennai Super Kings]] and Rajasthan Royals were suspended in 2015 & 2016 following a [[2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case|betting controversy]]. However, in July 2017, [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] announced that both [[Chennai Super Kings]] and [[Rajasthan Royals]] would be allowed back into the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] competition from the [[2018 Indian Premier League|2018 season]].<ref name="Hindustan Times2">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-back-in-ipl-fold-after-serving-2-year-ban/story-gxyrVAHb8iMI4qOMF5DJdK.html |title=Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals back in IPL fold after serving 2-year ban |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=July 14, 2017 |author= HT Correspondent|access-date= January 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33517583 |title=IPL scandal: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals suspended |website=[[BBC News]] |date= 14 July 2015 |access-date= 1 December 2016}}</ref> The tournament featured eight teams for the [[2020 Indian Premier League|2020 season]], including [[Delhi Capitals]],{{efn|Earlier known as Delhi Daredevils; renamed from the [[2019 Indian Premier League|2019 season]]}} [[Punjab Kings]], [[Kolkata Knight Riders]], [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]], [[Rajasthan Royals]], [[Chennai Super Kings]], [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] and [[Mumbai Indians]].<ref name="IPL 2021 schedule and results">{{cite web |url=https://www.iplt20.com/results/men |title=IPL 2020 schedule and results |website=[[Indian Premier League]] |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517034904/https://www.iplt20.com/results/men |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="2018 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136620/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-final-indian-premier-league-2018/|title=2018 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date= 28 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="2017 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2017/engine/match/1082650.html |title=2017 IPL Final scorecard, venue and MVP details |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date= 21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="India Today IPL winners">{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/ipl2016/story/ipl-final-rcb-vs-srh/1/680448.html |title=Heartbreak for Virat Kohli, Sunrisers Hyderabad win maiden IPL title |newspaper=[[India Today]]|date= 29 May 2016 |author=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref>

[[Mumbai Indians]] and [[Chennai Super Kings]] have won five titles each while [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] have won two titles, [[Gujarat Titans]], [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] and [[Rajasthan Royals]], apart from former team [[Deccan Chargers]], are the other teams to have won the tournament title as of May 2023.<ref name="IPL 2021 schedule and results" /><ref name="India Today IPL winners"/><ref name="TOI BCCI IPL background">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/ipl/news/How-IPL-changed-the-dynamics-of-Indian-cricket/articleshow/51738244.cms |title=How IPL changed the dynamics of Indian cricket |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 8 April 2016 |author=Manish Kumari |access-date= 2 December 2016}}</ref> -->

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== See also ==

* [[List of Women's Premier League (cricket) captains]]

* [[List of Women's Premier League (cricket) five-wicket hauls]]

== Notes ==

{{Notelist}}

== References ==

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== External links ==

* {{Official website|www.wplt20.com}}

{{Indian Premier League}}

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[[Category:Indian cricket lists]]

[[Category:Women's Premier League (cricket) lists|seasons]]

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