Women’s Premier League: Team & format guide with Smriti Mandhana & Nat Sciver-Brunt to feature

Coach: Jonathan Batty Captain: Meg Lanning Vice-captain: Jemimah Rodrigues

Meg Lanning has just guided Australia to a fourth T20 World Cup title as captain, but can her strong leadership steer Delhi to the first WPL trophy?

They certainly have aggressive batters in their line-up, including India’s fiery 19-year-old Shafali Verma and England’s explosive 18-year-old Alice Capsey.

At the top of the innings, Jemimah Rodrigues is a classy manipulator of the ball alongside the irrepressible Lanning. The option to have Marizanne Kapp and Laura Harris as finishers creates a solid top six. Plus, Jasia Akhtar is a hard-hitting run-scorer and all-rounder.

Kapp, a Women’s Big Bash and Hundred winner, has dominated across franchise leagues with the new ball and has earned the player of the match award in a number of finals.

India’s Shikha Pandey is a huge threat with her in-swing, while rising talent Titas Sadhu, 18, is an exciting prospect looking to build on her impressive U19 World Cup performances. Pace off from spin trio Jess Jonassen, Poonam Yadav and Radha Yadav complements the seam attack.

Capitals are the only side to have an ICC associate nation player in Tara Norris, which means they can play five overseas players.

The USA left-arm seamer may not be the most experienced overseas signing but is no stranger to franchise competitions having featured in The Hundred and the Kia Super League.