India's second season of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/wpl-2024-auction-all-five-teams-at-a-glance-annabel-sutherland-kashvee-gautam-23324283" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">women's T20 league</a> will be held in Bengaluru and New Delhi from February 23 to March 17, the cricket board announced on Wednesday. 
"The exciting T20 tournament involving five formidable teams will comprise 20 league matches and two knockout matches, providing fierce competition amidst cricketing excellence", the board said in a statement. 
The first WPL 11 matches will be held in Bengaluru, with the remaining nine league matches and the two playoff matches then held in New Delhi. The action begins with a marquee clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, the runners-up of the first season.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on last year's finalists Delhi Capitals in the opening match of the second edition of the Women's Premier League at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on February 23.
The entire season will be held in Bengaluru and Delhi with the Arun Jaitley Stadium here hosting the Eliminator and final on March 15 and 17 respectively.
A total of 22 matches will be held in the WPL this year with the table-toppers directly making the final. The second and third placed will lock horns in the Eliminator.
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Mumbai Indians, led by India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, had defeated Delhi Capitals by seven wickets to win the inaugural WPL.
The Women's Premier League 2024 will see some exciting talents such as Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh who had a big payday as a total of 165 players went under the hammer for the 30 spots during the WPL mini-auction last month.
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Excitement levels ? for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TATAWPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">#TATAWPL</a> Season 2 ? Which fixture are you looking forward to the most? ? <a href="https://t.co/cM76wDwSte">pic.twitter.com/cM76wDwSte</a>
&mdash; Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) <a href="https://twitter.com/wplt20/status/1750169529156501993?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

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<h3>Women's Premier League 2024: Schedule</h3>
February 23- Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
February 24- Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriors in Bengaluru
February 25- Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru
February 26 - UP Warriors vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
February 27 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants in Bengaluru
February 28 - Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriors in Bengaluru
February 29 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
March 1 - UP Warriors vs Gujarat Giants in Bengaluru
March 2 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru
March 3 - Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
March 4 - UP Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru
March 5 - Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi
March 6 - Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi
March 7 - UP Warriors vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi
March 8 - Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriors in Delhi
March 9 - Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants in Delhi
March 10 - Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi
March 11 - Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriors in Delhi
March 12 - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi
March 13 - Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants in Delhi
March 15 - Eliminator in Delhi
March 17 - Final in Delhi
(With agency inputs)

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