WPL To Have More Teams? DC Owner Parth Jindal Bats For New Additions, Wants Introduction Of Home-Away Format

WPL 2026: Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal sees "one or two new teams" being added to the Women's Premier League in the near future, allowing the BCCI to move to the "ideal" home and away format. However, the upcoming WPL 2026 will be played with the participation of the same five teams.

For the first three seasons and the upcoming fourth one, the BCCI has stuck to the caravan format with the five-team tournament being held in two to four cities. The fourth edition will be held in Navi Mumbai and Vadodara from January 9.

Responding to the possibility of the major change, Jindal said he would love to see a home and away format in the WPL, just like they have it in the established IPL. "We would love to see the WPL home and away as well. This caravan format is okay, but it's not ideal. I'm sure that the BCCI is working on it. The amount of time that they get is very short, and that's why, in order to fit the WPL within this window, but I hope we get a bigger, longer window for the WPL going forward," said Jindal.

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"And it is imminent that either one or two new teams will come in at some point. And that's why I think the cycle is such a short cycle with two WPLs over 14 months.

"So I'm pretty sure that the BCCI is planning on adding a team, and maybe with that addition, we move home and away. That would be ideal for the fans, for the game, and for the growth of the WPL," he added. Jindal feels the recent Women's ODI World Cup win will push the sport's popularity to unprecedented levels. He is pleased that he invested in WPL at the right time.

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WPL have emerged as a huge success, especially in producing talented players through the ranks. In some way or the other, it helped the Indian cricket team reach a new high as the Women in Blue recently lifted their maiden Women's World Cup title. Some of the players in India's WC-winning squad got a big boost in their respective careers through WPL.

"Three years ago, we all owners took a leap of faith into the women's game, and we're so thrilled that we did that. And for us, when the bidding happened, we were very clear that this is a spot that is only going to go from strength to strength. I wrote it in one of my tweets as well that this World Cup win in 2025 is the 1983 movement for women's cricket. The interest in the WPL this season is going to be like it's never been before," Jindal said.

Talking about DC, they have missed out on the title in all three first seasons of the WPL, losing as many finals under Meg Lanning's captaincy. However, they released the legendary Australian cricketer ahead of the WPL 2026 auction and was recently bought by UP Warriorz for a promising price of Rs 1.90 crore.