Overview
- The six city franchises are Mumbai Smashers, Hyderabad Royals, Chennai Super Warriors, Capital Warriors Gurgaon, Bengaluru Blasters and Lucknow Leopards.
- World No. 3 Quang Duong joined Mumbai Smashers, Megan Fudge signed with Hyderabad Royals, and India No. 1 Aditya Ruhela was picked by Lucknow Leopards in the marquee selections.
- Teams selected from a three-tier draft structure — Super Stars Pro International, Super Stars Pro Indian and Rising Stars — with 53 athletes going under the hammer.
- Organisers set the Dec. 1–7 schedule in New Delhi, though reports differ on the exact venue, citing either Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium or the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall.
- IPBL named five team ambassadors, including Nikita Porwal (Hyderabad), Vaishnavi Sharma (Gurgaon), Aayushi Dholakia (Lucknow), Akshatha Das (Bengaluru) and Pragnya Ayyagari (Chennai).