Delhi Women’s T20 League Team
Delhi Women are a franchise women's cricket team that will compete in the Women's T20 League 2023. Team Delhi of the Indian T20 League won the rights to own the team for a sum of ₹810 crores.
England’s Jonathan Batty is the head coach of the team, while Hemlata Kala is the assistant coach and Biju George is the fielding coach. The squad was assembled at the player auction in February 2023.
Can Delhi Women bring the first title for Delhi in T20 cricket? Only time will tell. But let’s take a closer look at the team and its players, which will help us select the right teams for the fantasy cricket matches based on the Women’s T20 League 2023.
Delhi Women’s Team Owners
GMR and JSW Group, the owners of Team Delhi of the Indian T20 League, bought the rights to the Delhi Women franchise through a closed bidding process in January 2023.
Delhi Team Captain: Meg Lanning
Australia's current skipper Meg Lanning will be the captain of Delhi Women for the opening season of the Women’s T20 League. She is the 5-time T20 World Cup winner and 2-time ODI World Cup winner. Lanning is currently 4th in WT20I and 5th in WODI cricket rankings.
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- Matches
- Runs
- Highest Score
- Average
- Strike Rate
- 50s
- 100s
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- 132
- 3405
- 133*
- 36.61
- 116.37
- 15
- 2
Team Delhi Women: Women’s T20 League 2023 Match Schedule
The Delhi Women team will be playing 8 matches in the Indian Women’s T20 League 2023. They will play against Bangalore, UP, Mumbai and Gujarat twice in the group stages.
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- Match No.
- Teams Playing
- Date
- Time
- Location
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- Match 2
- Bangalore vs. Delhi
- Sun, 5th March
- 3:30 PM
- Brabourne
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- Match 5
- Delhi vs. UP
- Tue, 7th March
- 7.30 PM
- DY Patil
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- Match 7
- Delhi vs. Mumbai
- Thu, 9th March
- 7.30 PM
- DY Patil
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- Match 9
- Gujarat vs. Delhi
- Sat, 11th March
- 7:30 PM
- DY Patil
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- Match 11
- Delhi vs. Bangalore
- Mon, 13th March
- 7:30 PM
- DY Patil
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- Match 14
- Delhi vs. Gujarat
- Thu, 16th March
- 7:30 PM
- Brabourne
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- Match 18
- Mumbai vs. Delhi
- Mon, 20th March
- 7.30 PM
- DY Patil
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- Match 20
- UP vs. Delhi
- Tue, 21st March
- 7:30 PM
- Brabourne
Delhi Women Squad 2023: Players Bought in the Auction
In the auction held before the 2023 edition of the Women’s T20 League, Delhi bought 18 players. Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning will be some of the key players for Team Delhi this season.
Here is the list of top players bought by Delhi:
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- Jemimah Rodrigues: ₹2.2 crores
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- Shafali Verma: ₹2 crores
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- Marizanne Kapp (South Africa): ₹1.5 crores
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- Meg Lanning (Australia): ₹1.1 crores
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- Alice Capsey (England): ₹75 lakhs
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- Shikha Pandey: ₹60 lakhs
Delhi Women: Complete Squad for the Women’s T20 League 2023
Here is the complete list of Delhi Women players who will compete in the Women’s T20 League 2023.
Batters: Meg Lanning (Australia) (Captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Jasia Akther, Sneha Deepthi, Aparna Mondal, Laura Harris (Australia)
Wicketkeepers: Taniya Bhatia
All-rounders: Minnu Mani, Alice Capsey (England), Jess Jonassen (Australia), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa)
Bowlers: Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Tara Norris (USA)
Delhi Women Top Players
Current Top Batters
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- Player
- Matches
- Runs
- Highest Score
- 50s
- 100s
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Meg Lanning
- 132
- 3405
- 124*
- 25
- 1
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Jemimah Rodrigues
- 80
- 1704
- 76
- 10
- 0
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Shafali Verma
- 56
- 1333
- 73
- 5
- 0
- Player
- Matches
- Runs
- Highest Score
- 50s
- 100s
- Meg Lanning
- 132
- 3405
- 124*
- 25
- 1
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- 80
- 1704
- 76
- 10
- 0
- Shafali Verma
- 56
- 1333
- 73
- 5
- 0
Current Top Bowlers
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- Player
- Matches
- Wickets
- Best Figures
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Poonam Yadav
- 72
- 98
- 4/9
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Jess Jonassen
- 100
- 91
- 5/12
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Marizanne Kapp
- 94
- 76
- 4/6
- Player
- Matches
- Wickets
- Best Figures
- Poonam Yadav
- 72
- 98
- 4/9
- Jess Jonassen
- 100
- 91
- 5/12
- Marizanne Kapp
- 94
- 76
- 4/6
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Teams Participating in the Indian Women’s T20 League 2023
FAQs: Delhi Women
Delhi will play their first match of the Women’s T20 League 2023 against Bangalore at the Brabourne Stadium, Delhi. The match will start at 3:30 PM IST on Sunday, 5th March 2023.
Australia’s Meg Lanning, Laura Harris and Jess Jonassen, England’s Alice Capsey, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp and the USA's Tara Norris.
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues was bought for ₹2.2 crores and Shafali Verma was bought for ₹2 crores. They are the two of the highest paid players on the team.
