Jemimah Rodrigues will take charge of Delhi Capitals, the franchise made a big announcement before WPL 2026.

Delhi Capitals Set To Appoint New Captain in WPL 2026: Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 is going to start from January 9. A total of 22 matches will be played in this season. All the franchises have prepared their teams. This time Delhi Capitals will get a new captain. Indian team’s star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues is sure to be made the captain of Delhi Capitals. She will replace Australia’s legendary captain Meg Lanning. Who had led Delhi for the last three seasons.

According to Cricbuzz, Jemimah Rodrigues will be seen captaining Delhi Capitals this season. Delhi Capitals franchise will officially announce the appointment of Jemimah Rodrigues as captain today through social media. The franchise has already hinted at a special reveal on social media.

Meg Lanning released before auction

Before the WPL 2026 auction, Delhi team had released Meg Lanning. After that, Delhi Capitals included many strong players in the auction. After the auction, franchise co-owner Parth Jindal said that only an Indian player will captain this season.

Perth Jindal made it clear that Jemima will captain

During the auction, Delhi included South African captain Laura Woolfart. After which it seemed that Delhi would probably give the responsibility of captaincy to Laura Woolfart. But Jindal clearly said that we would like to keep an Indian as captain. Laura will provide leadership in the dressing room, but we want to go with the Indian captain.

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Delhi was the first to include Jemima in the team.

Jemimah Rodrigues has been a key player for DC since the first season of the WPL. She is the team’s third-highest run-scorer, with 507 runs and a strike rate of 139.66. Earlier this year, he scored a match-winning century in the semi-final against Australia, which further increased his stature. DC will be hoping this season that Rodriguez will help the team win the title and break last year’s runner-up hat-trick.

Delhi Capitals team for Women’s Premier League 2026

Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marijan Kapp, Nikki Prasad, Laura Woolfart, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Dia Yadav, Tania Bhatia, Mamta Madiwala, Nandini Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani.