Women’s IPL: On January 25, BCCI is expected to announce the names of five franchises. They will compete in the first women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) as well as in the cities in which they will be based. On that day, the franchisees’ financial offers, which are now wrapped in envelopes, will be unwrapped.
However, BCCI has said in its tender documentation that it is not required to accept the highest financial offer”. They would rather engage with bidders to improve women’s cricket in the nation.
Women’s IPL will begin on March 3:
The five WIPL franchises will officially begin from March 3 to March 26 after BCCI announced a tender last week asking for bids. A single bidder may compete for more than one city, BCCI has noted in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. In the tender, BCCI has chosen 10 locations and stadiums in total.
The list contains cities with sports venues such as Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 112,560. Kolkata’s Eden Gardens can hold 65,000 spectators. Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, which can hold 50,000, Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, which can hold 42,000, and Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, which can hold 55,000 spectators. There are stadiums at Dharamsala (20,900 people), Guwahati (38,650 capacity), and Indore (26,900 capacity). Lucknow (48,800 capacity), and Mumbai (Wankhede, DY Patil, and Brabourne Stadiums).
Zonal Events:
Despite the fact that Mumbai has three designated stadiums. BCCI has said that just one of the grounds will be utilized due to “availability and other circumstances”. The BCCI did not provide the state organizations of the sport with the 10-city pool proposal at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) the previous year.
At that time, BCCI planned to either select one city in each of the six divisions in India or host the competition in six different places without providing five teams with adequate home bases.
The women’s FTP only has seven Tests planned for the years 2022–2025, therefore there is enough time for white-ball forms.
Many women’s teams have already been practising T20 cricket ahead of the T20 World Cup, which will begin next month.
The inaugural IPL and PSL seasons for women will come next. The WIPL is especially interesting because registrations for teams are presently being accepted. And the player bidding is set for January 26.
The Women’s IPL will take place in India following the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa and include five to six teams. It has been something the Australian all-rounder has been keeping an eye on with enthusiasm.
Jess Jonassen feels 2023 has the potential to be a game-changing year for both herself and female players everywhere. Since she has accomplished all women’s cricket has to offer.
