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WPL 2025: Baroda, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Mumbai set to host 3rd edition of league | Cricket News

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The third edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) will expand to 4 cities this year with Baroda, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Mumbai set to play host to the 5 teams, the BCCI announced on Thursday.
The tournament will kick off on February 14 at the newly built BCA Stadium in Baroda where the Gujarat Giants (GG) will square off against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Baroda will host a total of six matches before the action shifts to Bengaluru, where RCB will play their first home game against the Mumbai Indians (MI), champions of the first WPL edition, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on February 21.

4⃣ Cities5⃣ Teams2⃣2⃣ Exciting Matches
Here’s the #TATAWPL 2025 Schedule 🔽
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— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) January 16, 2025
After 3 more matches in Bengaluru where RCB play UP Warriorz (UPW) on February 24, GG on February 27 and Delhi Capitals (DC) on March 1, the matches will then shift to Lucknow, which will make its WPL debut. Here, UPW will playing three matches at their from March 3.
The final leg of the tournament will take place in Mumbai with the iconic Cricket Club of India (CCI) hosting the last two league matches and the two high-stakes Playoff games. Mumbai Indians will conclude the league stage with back-to-back home games against GG and RCB on the March 10 and 11 respectively.

The table-toppers will earn a direct berth in the final on March 15 in Mumbai while the second and third-placed teams will clash in the Eliminator on March 13, also in Mumbai, to book a spot in the summit clash.

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