WPL 2023 opening ceremony Live: Women’s Premier League 2023 opening ceremony date, time, venue, live streaming

WPL 2023 opening ceremony Live Timing: Women’s Premier League (WPL) is all set to begin with a bang on March 4 with WPL’s grand opening ceremony. As per media reports, Bollywood star Kiara Advani and musician Shankar Mahadevan will perform at the event. DY Patil Stadium will host the WPL opening ceremony before the opening match of the WPL’s inaugural edition between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah recently unveiled WPL’s official tune. Additionally, Shankar Mahadevan is expected to perform and unveil the WPL anthem live at the event. Reportedly, Mahadevan wrote and composed the WPL official anthem, which will be made public before the WPL’s opening ceremony.

WPL opening ceremony date, time and venue

WPL opening ceremony is expected to be held before the opening match of the WPL 2023. The first match of WPL will take place between Gujarat and Mumbai on March 4 at 7:30 PM IST. So, the WPL opening ceremony is expected to start in the evening. The venue of the event is DY Patil Stadium of Navi Mumbai.

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Where to watch WPL opening ceremony LIVE?

Network 18 has purchased the broadcasting rights of WPL 2023 in India while Jio Cinema has purchased all live-streaming rights. So, WPL opening ceremony can be viewed LIVE on Sports 18 channels while the livestream will be available on Jio Cinema app.

Last month, Five WPL teams—Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and UP Warriorz—shelled out big in the inaugural edition of the WPL auction to bring in some of the top players on the national and international circuits.

Smriti Mandhana of India was sold at the highest price to Royal Challengers Bangalore for an astounding INR 3.40 crore. Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of Team India, was auctioned off to the Mumbai Indians for INR 1.80 crore. Ashleigh Gardner of Australia and Natalie Sciver of England attracted the highest bidding among the overseas players and were sold to Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians for INR 3.20 Crore each. Shafali Verma, the captain of the India U19 team and winner of the ICC U19 T20 World Cup, was also amongst the top purchases and was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 Crore.

When the WPL 2023 opening ceremony will take place? - Date

The WPL opening ceremony will take place on March 4.

Where the WPL 2023 opening ceremony will take place? – Venue

The WPL opening ceremony will take place at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

At what time the WPL 2023 opening ceremony will take place?

The WPL 2023 opening ceremony will start in the evening at 5:30 pm.For those who are attending the ceremony in-person, the gates of the venue will open at 4 pm ahead of the event.

Where to watch the WPL 2023 opening ceremony live on TV?

The WPL opening ceremony will be broadcast live on Sports18 Network.

How to watch the WPL 2023 opening ceremony live on mobile?

The WPL opening ceremony will be live-streamed on JioCinema.

Where to buy the tickets for the WPL 2023 opening ceremony?

The tickets for the opening ceremony of the WPL 2023 can be bought on BookMyShow.

Here is the full schedule, and fixture of all WPL 2023 matches including date, time and venue

If you want to download the PDF version of WPL 2023 schedule, click here.

WPL 2023 Live stream: Where to watch WPL 2023 matches live?

Sports 18 network has all the broadcasting rights reserved for WPL 2023. So, WPL 2023 matches will be televised in India on Sports 18 TV channel. On the other hand, the live streaming of the WPL matches will be available on the JIO CINEMA app. Jio users will be able to access the JIO Cinema app for free.

The updated squad of all WPL teams

Delhi Capitals WPL full squad: Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 crore), Meg Lanning (1.1 crore), Shafali Verma (2 crore), Radha Yadav (40 lakh), Shikha Pandey (60 lakh), Marizanne Kapp (1.5 crore), Titas Sadhu (25 lakh), Alice Capsey (75 lakh), Tara Norris (10 lakh), Laura Harris (45 lakh), Jasia Akhter (20 lakh), Minnu Mani (20 lakh), Taniya Bhatia (30 lakh), Poonam Yadav (30 lakh), Jess Jonassen (50 lakh), Sneha Deepthi (30 lakh), Arundhati Reddy (30 lakh), Aparna Mandal (10 lakh)

Delhi Capitals DC WPL remaining purse: Delhi Capitals filled all 18 slots and their remaining purse is INR 35 lakh.

Mumbai Indians WPL full squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (1.8 crore), Nat Sciver (3.2 crore), Amelia Kerr (1 crore), Pooja Vastrakar (1.9 crore), Yastika Bhatia (1.5 crore), Heather Graham (30 lakh), Isabelle Wong (30 lakh), Amanjot Kaur (50 lakh), Dhara Gujjar (10 lakh), Saika Ishaque (10 lakh), Hayley Mathews (40 lakh), Chloe Tryon (30 lakh), Humairaa Kaazi (10 lakh), Priyanka Bala (20 lakh), Sonam Yadav (10 lakh), Jintimani Kalita (10 lakh), Neelam Bisht (10 lakh)

Mumbai Indians MI WPL remaining purse: MI WPL filled 17 slots and their remaining purse is NIL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore RCBWPL full squad: Smriti Mandhana (3.4 crore), Sophie Devine (50 lakh), Ellyse Perry (1.7 crore), Renuka Singh Thakur (1.5 crore), Richa Ghosh (1.9 crore), Erin Burns (30 lakh), Disha Kasat (10 lakh), Indrani Roy (10 lakh), Shreyanka Patil (10 lakh), Kanika Ahuja (35 lakh), Asha Shobana (10 lakh), Heather Knight (40 lakh), Dane van Niekerk (30 lakh), Preeti Bose (30 lakh), Poonam Khemnar (10 lakh), Komal Zanzad (25 lakh), Meghan Schutt (40 lakh), Sahana Pawar (10 lakh)

RCB WPL remaining purse:RCB’s remaining purse is INR 10 lakh and they filled all 18 slots.

UP WarriorzWPL full squad: Sophie Ecclestone (1.8 crore), Deepti Sharma (2.6 crore), Tahlia McGrath (1.4 crore), Shabnim Ismail (1 crore), Alyssa Healy (70 lakh), Anjali Sarvani (55 lakh), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (40 lakh), Parshavi Chopra (10 lakh), Shweta Sehrawat (40 lakh), S Yashasri (10 lakh), Kiran Navgire (30 lakh), Grace Harris (75 lakh), Devika Vaidya (1.4 crore), Lauren Bell (30 lakh), Laxmi Yadav (10 lakh), Simran Shaikh (10 lakh)

UPW WPL remaining purse:UP Warriorz remaining purse is NIL, and they filled a total of 16 slots.

Gujarat GiantsWPL full squad: Ashleigh Gardner (3.2 crore), Beth Mooney (2 crore), Sophie Dunkley (60 lakh), Anna Sutherland (70 lakh), Harleen Deol (40 lakh), Deandra Dottin (60 lakh), Sneh Rana (75 lakh), S Meghana (30 lakh), Georgia Wareham (75 lakh), Mansi Joshi (30 lakh), D Hemalatha (30 lakh), Monica Patel (30 lakh), Tanuja Kanwer (50 lakh), Sushma Verma (60 lakh), Hurley Gala (10 lakh), Ashwani Kumari (35 lakh), Parunika Sisodia (10 lakh), Shabnam Shakil (10 lakh)

Gujarat Giants WPL remaining purse: GG WPL took up 17 players and their remaining purse is INR 5 lakh.