WPL 2023: Delhi Capitals announce 6-time World Cup winner as captain of WPL team

With the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) season set to commence two days from now, all the 5 teams have announced their captains. While Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bangalore had already announced the names of their skipper after the auction, it was Delhi Capitals who waited till the 11th hour to make the final announcement about their captain. And now finally the Capitals have come up with a name and it is none other than the legendary Australian Captain Meg Lanning. 

While according to experts Meg Lanning was from the start certain to lead the Capitals' side, however, the time the DC franchise took led to the emergence of some doubts. But all the speculations are now over as Delhi capitals have made the final announcement. 

⭐ Introducing 𝓜𝓔𝓖-𝓐-𝓢𝓣𝓐𝓡 - In and As... 𝐃𝐂 𝐖𝐏𝐋 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 💙

A #CapitalsUniverse production 🎬#YehHaiNayiDilli #WPL #MegLanning pic.twitter.com/M8FgDTgVYB

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 2, 2023

Before giving the ultimate update about their captain Delhi Capitals gave a major hint about theircaptain to be.

We asked #ChatGPT who our WPL Captain should be 🧠

Thoughts on our not so Meg-a feedback, Dilli? 😉💙#YehHaiNayiDilli #CapitalsUniverse #WPL #MegLanning pic.twitter.com/GqZ2GzOuqQ

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 2, 2023

WPL 2023 captains of all 5 teams 

With Lanning's announcement, the captaincy aspect of all the teams is clear. Here's the list of all the captains. 

• Meg Lanning- Delhi Capitals
• Beth Mooney- Gujarat Giants
• Alyssa Healy- UP Warriorz
• Harmanpreet Kaur- Mumbai Indians
• Smriti Mandhana- Royal Challengers Bangalore