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WPL 2024 (Source: X)
The much-awaited second season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) schedule has been announced. The full schedule for the 2024 edition of the tournament has been revealed with defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) set to take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in the opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The games will be played at two venues M Chinnaswamy and Arun Jaitely Stadium. The final will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on March 17. All the matches will start at 7:30 PM IST.
This year there will be 22 matches that will played in the two stadiums. Just like the previous season, there will be no home-away format in the WPL. The WPL's 2024 season will follow the same structure as the previous year, with the top three teams from the league stage qualifying for the playoffs. The team that finishes first in the league table will automatically qualify for the final, while the teams who finish second and third will compete in the Eliminator on March 15.
Check the full schedule:
| MATCH NUMBER | DATE | TIME | TEAMS | VENUE |
| 1 | February 23 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 2 | February 24 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriors | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 3 | February 25 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 4 | February 26 | 7:30 PM | UP Warriors vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 5 | February 27 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 6 | February 28 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriors | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 7 | February 29 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 8 | March 1 | 7:30 PM | UP Warriors vs Gujarat Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 9 | March 2 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 10 | March 3 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 11 | March 4 | 7:30 PM | UP Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| 12 | March 5 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 13 | March 6 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 14 | March 7 | 7:30 PM | UP Warriors vs Mumbai Indians | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 15 | March 8 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriors | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 16 | March 9 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 17 | March 10 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 18 | March 11 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriors in Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 19 | March 12 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 20 | March 13 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants in Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 21 | March 15 | 7:30 PM | Eliminator in Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
| 22 | March 17 | 7:30 PM | Final in Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi |
New Bids for WPL 2024
Indian Cricket Board secretary Jay Shah had said earlier that the board will want to host WPL 2024 in one state to keep away the logistical issues of holding the tournament across venues within a small window. But with just one big venue in Bengaluru and Delhi, there will be games over 10 successive days at each ground. To date, neither the IPL nor the WPL has had consecutive games at the same venue for more than two days.
DC captain Meg Lanning finished as the tournament's leading run-scorer, amassing 345 runs, while MI's Hayley Mathews won the Purple Cap, having picked 16 wickets in 10 matches. The Board has invited bids from reputed entities for acquiring the rights and obligations to stage the Opening Ceremony for the WPL. The procedure to procure the RFP documents is enlisted in Annexure A of the tender notice. The RFP will be available for purchase till January 29, 2024.