Mumbai : Women’s IPL may start by 2023, said Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Friday. Ganguly also mentioned that four exhibition games this season make a comeback after a gap of one year.
BCCI needs AGM’s nod to kickstart Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) next session.
“It (full women’s IPL) has to be approved by the AGM. We are planning to start it by next year,” BCCI President Sourav Ganguly told reporters after the IPL Governing Council meeting here on Friday.
The board was earlier criticized for not starting the women’s IPL. The board is planning five or six teams in the inaugural edition.
all current 10 men IPL Franchise Women’s IPL teams will be given the first right of refusal to buy.
At least four men’s IPL franchises are reportedly interested to know from the BCCI what is on the table if they want to invest in the WIPL.
IPL president Brijesh Patel also clarified that there will be four matches this season around the men’s IPL play-offs for the three women’s teams.
“There will be four matches with three teams around playoff time,” Patel said after the meeting.
After the second part of the IPL was moved to the UAE due to the pandemic, exhibition games were not held last year. However, he was staged in the UAE in 2020 when the IPL trailblazers won the title.
According to Patel, there will be five or six teams in the women’s IPL but again this will require the approval of the general body.
The most likely location for the Women’s Exhibition Games is Pune.
The IPL begins on Saturday with defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Kolkata Knight Riders at the iconic Wankhede Stadium.
IPL 2022 Media Rights
IPL Media Rights Tender to be held soon The issue of IPL media rights for the 2023-2027 cycle was also discussed by the Governing Council.
A member of the governing council said, “The tender will be out soon.”
Star India paid a heavy price 16,347.5 crore for the 2018-2022 cycle. With the popularity of the league rising and the addition of two new teams, the numbers could be staggering. 40,000 crore for the upcoming five-year cycle.
Companies interested in acquiring rights to Indian cricket’s most popular assets include Reliance-backed Viacom18, current rights holder Disney Star, Sony (which paid off). 8200 for nine years, back in 2009) and streaming giant Amazon which could bid for the digital rights. PTI nrb bs on pds pds
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