WPL 2023: BCCI has earmarked the two venues for the Women’s Premier League 2023 (WPL) season. Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and the DY Patil Cricket Academy in Navi Mumbai will host the 22 matches that will comprise the inaugural WPL season. While on February 11 in New Delhi or February 13 in Mumbai, the first WPL player auction is anticipated to take place. The BCCI will make a final choice this week. Follow Women Premier League 2023 with InsideSport.IN
WPL 2023: BCCI earmarks two venues, Inaugural Women’s Premier League 2023 season set to be held at DY Patil and Brabourne Stadium, Follow WPL LIVE
As per ESPNCricinfo, the Indian apex cricketing body has decided to go with Mumbai as the location for WPL.
The Women’s T20 World Cup, which concludes on February 26 in South Africa could result in logistical difficulties for WPL, according to the BCCI. Notably, the League is starting shortly after WC.
Playing at just two locations in the same city will eliminate travel challenges and keep players prepared for the matches that would be played in a limited window with less than a week to fly to India.
WPL Auction
The first Women’s IPL auction has reached a new obstacle. The WPL franchisees has asked for the auction to be postponed from its original date of February 6 to a later time. Four of the five WPL owners have teams in the ILT20, which concludes on February 12. The WPL Auction date and location will now be confirmed by the BCCI within the next 48 hours after taking into account the concerns of owners.
The five founding WPL franchises were acquired by the owners of the three IPL teams—Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capitals—along with Adani Group and Capri Global for a total of INR 4669.99 crore (about USD 572.78 million). This is the largest deal ever made in women’s cricket.
𝐁𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞.
The combined bid valuation is INR 4669.99 Cr
A look at the Five franchises with ownership rights for #WPL pic.twitter.com/ryF7W1BvHH
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2023
Viacom18 purchased the WPL media Rights for Rs 951 Cr.
WPL 2023: BCCI earmarks two venues, Inaugural Women’s Premier League 2023 season set to be held at DY Patil and Brabourne Stadium, Follow WPL LIVE
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