Women's IPL dates announced, check the full details here
BCCI is set to launch
the first ever season of women IPL on March 4 this year. After a long waiting
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal today has confirmed that this year's Women IPL will be
played between march 4-26. The final will be played on March 26th.
Teams and franchises
Bidding for different teams had already done on
January 25th and BCCI has generated a total revenue of Rs. 4669.99
cr by selling the different teams to different franchises. Owner of the three
IPL team Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capital
acquired three teams, the rest of the two teams were acquired by Adani group
and Capri Global for Ahmedabad and Lucknow respectively.
Date, Venue, format, time and
auction
Top cricketing body of India today has also revealed
the women's player auction which will take place on 13th February in Mumbai.
BCC I CEO Hemang Amin also confirmed that 1500 players have registered for
the auction and the final list is yet to come. A maximum of 90 players can be
bought in the auction, with each squad having 15-18 players. 22 games will be
played in this year's WPL and to reduce the logistical challenges for players
and coaches traveling from there, BCCI has decided to host the whole tournament
in Mumbai only. Two stadium will be utilized for the tournament namely
Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium. The dates for WPL are set in accordance
to the Women T20 world Cup which is scheduled to be concluded on 26th Feb.
Players to watch for in
auction-
BCCI secretary Jay Shah already said that this
Women IPL will be a historic event not just for its valuation but also for its
unique team auction which has already defeated bidding of men's 2008 men's IPL record
in terms of revenue.
Top Indian women players
for whom the franchises will be fighting with each other are-
·
Smriti Mandhana
·
Harmanpreet Kaur
·
Jemimah Rodrigues
·
Harleen Deol
·
Shafali Verma
·
Deepti Sharma
·
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
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