Delhi Capitals replace Annabel Sutherland with Alana King for WPL 2026. Check her stats, WBBL experience, and first match details.
Annabel Sutherland, an Australian fast bowler, will not play for the Delhi Capitals (DC), three-time Women’s Premier League (WPL) finalists, in the forthcoming season.
Like Ellyse Perry of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), she has dropped out of the WPL 2026 for personal reasons, and the capital team has named a successor.
Alana King, another Australian, is this player. She has a wealth of experience both in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League and with her national side. Here is a look at DC’s most recent WPL 2026 signing for those who are curious.
WPL 2026: Alana King Takes Sutherland’s Place in Washington
In 79 games in all categories, Alana King has played for Australia.
The bowling all-rounder has taken 13, 72, and 27 wickets in 5 Test matches, 47 Women’s One Day Internationals (WODIs), and 27 Women’s Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).
King has an economy of 6.85 and has taken 138 wickets in 127 innings in the WBBL.
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She has scored 28 runs for Australia in 5 innings with the bat, concentrating just on the shortest format—the WPL. She has scored 696 runs in 77 innings in the WBBL.
The Australian also has 28 wickets in 30 innings in the Women’s 100 league.
Alana King has also participated in the WPL, but only in one match with the UP Warriorz (UPW), where she scored 19 runs while going wicketless in three overs.
What Time Is DC’s First 2026 WPL Match?
On January 10, 2026, the Delhi Capitals will play the Mumbai Indians, against whom they have lost two finals, to begin their WPL 2026 campaign.
This will just be the league’s third game, and it will start at 7:30 PM IST at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Although Annabel Sutherland, a DC regular starter, is being replaced by Alana King, it is unclear if she will make the squad’s starting lineup this season.