The second edition of the Women's Premier League - WPL 2024 is all set to start on Friday (February 23) with a rematch from last season's final that will see defending champions Mumbai Indians take on runners up Delhi Capitals.
Like the first season of WPL, the second edition will also see five teams battle in double round-robin format in the league stage with the top three teams heading into the playoffs - Eliminator and the Final.

Unlike the IPL, WPL will have a two matches in the playoffs. The table-topper will move directly to the final, while the second and third-placed teams will fight for a summit clash berth in the Eliminator.
The five teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG) and UP Warriorz (UPW) will face each other twice in the league phase which will be held across two venues in two cities this year.
The first phase from February 23 to March 4 will be staged in Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and then the action will shift to Delhi for the second phase from March 5 to 17. Arun Jaitley Stadium will stage the matches, including the playoffs, in Delhi.
As the teams assemble for the start of the season, all teams have announced their squads, captains and head coaches for WPL 2024. All the teams have retained their skippers, while some have done changes to their coaching staff.
RCB and GG made changes to their head coach with Luke Williams and Michael Kling coming in to the respective franchises to replace Ben Sawyer and Rachel Haynes. UPW also have brought in a new fielding coach. Here is a look at the WPL 2024 squads, captains and coaching staff of all 5 teams:
| Team | Captain | Head Coach |
| Delhi Capitals | Meg Lanning | Jonathan Batty |
| Gujarat Giants | Beth Mooney | Michael Klinger |
| UP Warriorz | Alyssa Healy | Jon Lewis |
| Mumbai Indians | Harmanpreet Kaur | Charlotte Edwards |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Smriti Mandhana | Luke Williams |
Delhi Capitals 2024 Women's Squad: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland, Aparna Mondal (wicketkeeper), Ashwani Kumari.
DC WPL 2024 Support Staff: Jonathan Batty (head coach), Hemlata Kala (assistant coach), Lisa Keightley (assistant coach), Biju George (fielding coach).
Gujarat Giants 2024 Women's Squad: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam MD, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu.
GG WPL 2024 Support Staff: Michael Klinger (head coach), Tushar Arothe (batting coach), Nooshin Al Khadeer (bowling coach), Gavan Twining (fielding coach), Mithali Raj (Mentor).
Mumbai Indians 2024 Women's Squad: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, SB Keerthana.
MI WPL 2024 Support Staff: Charlotte Edwards (head coach), Jhulan Goswami (bowling coach/mentor), Devika Palshikar (batting coach), Lydia Greenway (fielding coach), Stacey-Lee Hercules (strength & conditioning coach).
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2024 Women's Squad: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Indrani Roy, Shradda Pokharkar, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux, Nadine de Klerk.
RCB WPL 2024 Support Staff: Luke Williams (head coach), Malolan Rangarajan (assistant head coach & head of scouting), RX Murali (batting coach), VR Vanitha (fielding coach & scout), Sania Mirza (mentor).
UP Warriorz 2024 Women's Squad: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Danni Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Chamari Athapaththu.
UPW WPL 2024 Support Staff: Jon Lewis (head coach), Anju Jain (assistant coach), Ashley Noffke (bowling coach), Lisa Sthalekar (mentor).