‘Historic Moment’ – Fans thrilled as five teams for Indian Women’s T20 League are announced
The Indian Cricket Board will earn 4600 crore INR over a ten-year period.
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Jan 25, 2023 6:23 pm
Women’s Indian T20 League (Source: Twitter)
The Women’s Indian T20 League will be held this year. The highest bid for a franchise was made by the Adani Group which made a whopping bid of 1,289 crore INR to bag the Ahmedabad-based team in the Women’s Indian T20 League. The three other bids which were the biggest were Bangalore, Delhi and Capri Global. The five teams will be from Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
At the end of the Women’s Indian T20 League auction, the Indian Cricket Board now has 4600 crore INR in its kitty. It will earn this enormous sum over a period of 10 years.
This is what Indian Cricket Board secretary Jay Shah had to say on the Women’s Indian T20 League auction. “Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men’s IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid.”This marks the beginning of a revolution in women’s cricket and paves the way for a transformative journey ahead not only for our women cricketers but for the entire sports fraternity,” Shah added.
Here are the tweets:
Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men's IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid. This marks the beginning of a revolution in women's cricket and paves the
The Indian Cricket Board had said earlier that the Broadcast rights had gone to Viacom 18 which was worth 951 crore INR which was the winning bid. The bid of 951 crore INR which is an enormous amount comes to 7.09 crore INR per match in the 2023 to 2027 cycle. The revenue-sharing bifurcation is an 80:20 ratio in the initial five-year cycle. This means that 25 crore INR will be the amount in hand that the teams will have.
The tournament in all probability will be played in March 2023. The tournament will comprise of 22 matches in total. Each squad will consist of 18 players, out of which there will be 6 overseas players. In the playing XI not more than five overseas players with one spot being reserved for a player from an associate nation. Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter.
With Women's IPL finally becoming a reality and seeing all the buzz around – it makes me emotional & reminds me of this day back in April 2017.
A record breaking start for the Women's Premier League. Right now, it's more because of the success of the IPL. A title winning campaign in the World Cup will definitely drive it further 🤞🤞🏆🏆🇮🇳🇮🇳#WPL#WIPL#SportsYaari
Today is a historic moment in the history of Indian cricket. Bring it on Women’s IPL #WIPL2023
— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (Modi Ka Parivar) (@doddaganesha) January 25, 2023
Been thinking about the bids for teams in the Women’s IPL. Would love for teams acquired that are focused on driving developmental infrastructure for women’s cricket & mental well-being/support of players given the humongous transition. Not just the highest bidder 🙏🙌❤️
