Overview
- The opener begins at 7:30 PM IST at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, with the toss at 7:00 PM IST.
- The tournament runs January 9 to February 5, starting in Navi Mumbai before shifting to Vadodara for the run-in, the eliminator on February 3 and the final on February 5.
- Five teams play a double round-robin; the top finisher advances to the final, with second and third meeting in an eliminator.
- All matches air on Star Sports with live streaming on JioHotstar, with broad international carriage also listed by outlets.
- Mumbai Indians enter as defending champions with two titles and a settled core led by Harmanpreet Kaur, while RCB proceed without Ellyse Perry, whose pre-auction unavailability shaped Smriti Mandhana’s squad planning.