Only a few days are left to start Women’s IPL 2023. Before the start of the tournament, all the franchises announced the names of their team captains. Today, through this article, we will tell you the names of those five players who will be seen captaining in WPL. Explain that the five teams in the tournament are Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, UP Warriors, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals)
Delhi Capitals have chosen Meg Lanning, the player who won Australia the T20 World Cup title five times, as the captain of their team. Australia has also captured the recent T20 World Cup in South Africa under the leadership of Meg Lanning.
Meg Lanning’s base price in the WPL auction was Rs 50 lakhs, but Delhi Capitals bought her for Rs 1.10 crore after a bidding war with Mumbai Indians.
Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants)
Gujarat Giants has appointed Australia’s star and experienced batsman Beth Mooney as its captain. Mooney’s base price in the WPL auction was Rs 40 lakhs, but apart from Gujarat Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians were also pushing hard to buy him at the auction table.
There was a massive bidding war between all three teams, after which Gujarat bought Mooney for Rs 2 crore. Please tell that Beth Mooney has scored 2350 runs in 83 T20 matches.
Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)
Mumbai Indians, the most successful franchise of Men’s IPL, has entrusted the responsibility of their team to Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Harmanpreet Kaur’s base price was Rs 50 lakhs, but all the teams wanted to buy her. However, Mumbai Indians did not let go of the star batsman and bought him for Rs 1.80 crore. Harmanpreet Kaur has a total of 3058 runs in 151 T20 matches.
Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore has selected Indian star opener batter Smriti Mandhana as the captain. RCB blindly spent money for Smriti during the auction. They bought Mandhana for Rs 3.40 crore. The left-handed player has a total of 2802 runs in 116 T20 matches.
Alyssa Healy (UP Warriors)
UP Warriors have also made an Australian player the captain of their team. Yes, UP Warriors will be led by Alyssa Healy. Alyssa Healy is an opening batsman who has the potential to play big innings. In T20 World Cup 2023, 189 runs were scored in 5 innings from Healy’s bat. In the auction, UP bought him for Rs 70 lakh.
