WPL 2025 captains: Know the leading ladies of the Women's Premier League

DC WPL captain - Meg Lanning

A name that needs no introduction, Australia’s Meg Lanning will continue to lead Delhi Capitals in the third edition of WPL having assumed the role in the inaugural season in 2023.

Meg Lanning has won five Women's T20 World Cup titles as well as two Women's ODI World Cup trophies. Six of them have been as captain. She also led Australia to the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal as skipper.

The Orange Cap winner (most runs scored) in the first WPL season, Lanning, who led DC to a runners-up finish in 2023, has amassed 676 runs in 18 matches so far in the tournament.

GG WPL captain - Ashleigh Gardner

Ashleigh Gardner will be Gujarat Giants’ captain in WPL 2025 after Beth Mooney's two-year reign as skipper came to an end.

A three-time Women's T20 World Cup winner, Gardner has been with Gujarat Giants from the inaugural WPL season. The Australian all-rounder has scored 324 runs and taken 17 wickets in 16 WPL matches so far.

Part of Australia’s gold medal-winning Commonwealth Games 2022 team, Gardner was the Player of the Tournament at the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2023 and also won the Women’s Big Bash League twice in 2016-17 and 2017-18 with Sydney Sixers.

MI WPL captain - Harmanpreet Kaur

Captain of the Indian women’s cricket team in all formats, Harmanpreet Kaur will once again be the skipper of Mumbai Indians in WPL 2025.

Harmanpreet has been with MI since the start of the WPL and led them to the inaugural title in 2023.

The first Indian woman to score a century in a T20I, Harmanpreet has amassed 549 runs in 17 WPL matches at an average of 45.75 and strike rate of 137.94.

UPW WPL captain - Deepti Sharma

Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma will take over the captaincy duties of UP Warriorz after Alyssa Healy was ruled out of the WPL 2025 with injury.

Deepti, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, has been with the UP Warriorz from the inaugural season and will become the first player to lead her home franchise in their home stadium in the WPL.

Shen is the team’s second-highest wicket-taker with 19 scalps in 17 games. The first Indian to ever claim a hat-trick in the WPL, the 27-year-old has scored 385 runs for UP Warriorz and was adjudged the league’s MVP last season.

Deepti has previously captained Bengal in domestic cricket, East Zone in the Senior Women's Inter-Zonal One Day Trophy and Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge 2022.

RCB WPL captain - Smriti Mandhana

India’s leading run-scorer in women’s T20Is with 3761 in 142 innings, Smriti Mandhana was appointed as captain for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first edition of the WPL in 2023.

Mandhana became the youngest T20I captain for India when she led the team against England in 2019. The 28-year-old also led the Trailblazers to victory in the Women's T20 Challenge in 2020.

She will continue in her role as captain for the upcoming campaign after leading RCB to the title in 2024. After two seasons, Mandhana has scored 449 runs in 18 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

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