Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and two-time winners Mumbai Indians will kick-start the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 on January 14, the BCCI announced on Wednesday. The WPL 2027 will be held in two venues – Vadodara and Mumbai.
While BCA Stadium in Vadodara will be hosting the first leg of , the second leg will be played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, including the Eliminator on February 5 and the final on February 7. Both the stadiums will be hosting 11 games each. All the matches starts at 7:30 PM IST.
The previous edition of the five-team tournament was held at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, which is currently under renovation, and Vadodara. The team which tops the group stage qualifies for the final.
The , first staged in 2023, has delivered the Indian cricket board roughly $700 million in franchise and media rights. The deals made the WPL the world’s second-most valuable women’s sports league after basketball in the United States.
