Regarding the Women's Premier League i.e. Women's IPL 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said that Delhi and Bengaluru will host the tournament. The board had previously announced the schedule of the tournament. The WPL 2024 begins on February 23rd and the final will be played on March 17th. A total of 22 games will be played in the 5-team tournament, 20 of which will be league games.
According to India time, all matches start at 7:30 p.m. The first 11 games will be played in Bengaluru. Apart from this, the remaining 9 league and 2 playoff matches will be hosted in Delhi. The first game of the season will be played between defending champions Mumbai Indians and second-placed Delhi Capitals.
This season, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals teams will get a chance to play at their home ground. Bengaluru will play their first match in the tournament on February 24 against UP Warriors at their home M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After that, Bengaluru will play the next four league games, i.e. a total of five, exclusively at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB will then play the remaining three league games at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
The Delhi Capitals team, on the other hand, will play their first match of the tournament against Mumbai on February 23, which will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Delhi will play the first four league games only in Bengaluru. After that, the last four league games will be played at the home stadium, the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
We tell you that the first season of Women's Premier League i.e. WPL 2023 was played under the hosting of Mumbai. Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai were selected for the tournament, where all 22 matches were played.