With 5 teams, the BCCI is about to start the first season of the Women’s Premier League, for which the five teams were announced by the board on Wednesday itself.
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With the announcement of the franchises of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken steps in a new direction. BCCI auctioned five franchises with a price of Rs 4669.99 crore. Ahmedabad’s franchise was the most expensive, for which a bid of Rs 1289 crore was made. The teams have come to know, now everyone is waiting for the players auction and tournament to start. Both these works will be completed in the next two months.
The franchises of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi and Lucknow won for the Women’s Premier League, which is going to be held for the first time. In this, Adani Sportsline made the highest bid for Ahmedabad, while Capri Global Holdings bagged the Lucknow franchise for Rs 757 crore. This is the cheapest franchise. Apart from these, the franchisees of Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru went to the accounts of the same companies, which have IPL franchises.
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When will the WPL auction happen?
After all this, the eyes are on the auction of the players. BCCI had started the process of registration for the auction of players a few days ago, in which many players from India and abroad had filed their names. Now after the announcement of the franchises, the next step is the auction of the players.
In this regard, ESPNcricinfo has told in its report that the date of the auction has not been decided yet. However, Board Secretary Jai Shah has indicated that this process will be completed in the first week of February.
In fact, the Women’s T20 World Cup is going to start in South Africa from February 10, which will run till February 26. In such a situation, before this tournament, BCCI would like to complete the auction process. Similarly, the dates for organizing the tournament will also be decided.
WPL will start in March
According to the report, the board wants to start the tournament about a week after the end of the T20 World Cup. It is believed that it will start from March 4 and the first season will be played till March 24. The board is trying to start the 16th season of IPL from March 31 or April 1 and in such a situation, it wants to complete the WPL about a week before this tournament. The venue will also be selected on the basis of this, so that due to the one week break available between WPL and IPL, the pitches of that venue remain in better condition.
