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Meg Lanning will play for UP Warriors for the first time.
Australia’s Meg Lanning has been made the captain of UP Warriors in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Lanning, who took Delhi Capitals to the finals thrice, replaced Deepti Sharma. Who took over the captaincy of Australia last season after Alyssa Healy got injured.
Was sold for Rs 1.90 crore Lanning was bought by UP for Rs 1.90 crore in the last mega auction. He was released by Delhi. Delhi had also bid for him in the auction, but UP won. Under Lanning’s captaincy, Delhi had to face defeat twice in the finals against Mumbai and once against Bengaluru.
Meg Lanning took Delhi Capitals to the finals thrice under her captaincy.
Lanning is close to 1000 WPL runs Meg Lanning scored 952 runs in 27 WPL matches for Delhi. She is the third top scorer of the tournament. UP head coach Abhishek Nair said that Lanning’s experience and calm nature make him the best leader in the world. She understands the game well and knows how to handle pressure situations.
Lanning has made Australia world champion Lanning has retired from international cricket. She has made Australia win the ODI World Cup twice and the T20 World Cup five times. Alyssa Healy replaced her after her retirement in 2024, but the team was eliminated from the T-20 in 2024 and the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup in 2025.
Australia has won 7 World Cups under the captaincy of Meg Lanning.
UP could not win even a single title Alyssa Healy captained UP in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He took the team to the playoffs, but could not take UP to the finals. After Healy got injured in 2025, UP handed over the captaincy to Deepti, but the team could not even make it to the playoffs. Deepti will play from UP in the fourth season also, the team bought her for Rs 3.20 crore.
Mumbai Indians have won WPL at most 2 times.
WPL from 9th January The fourth season of WPL will start from January 9. 22 matches of the tournament will be played in Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. The final will be held in Vadodara on 5th January. Mumbai Indians is the defending champion of the tournament, the team will face 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match.
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