The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has determined to start out the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) from subsequent yr.
In its round despatched forward of its annual normal physique assembly to be held in Mumbai on October 18, the BCCI stated that with the rise in reputation of ladies’s cricket within the nation – primarily because of the main performances on the world stage by the Indian senior cricket crew motive. Qualifying for the semi-finals within the 2018 T20 World Cup and the ultimate within the 2020 T20 World Cup and bagging a silver medal within the not too long ago held Commonwealth Games – the board now intends to arrange the ladies’s IPL on the identical strains because the Indian Premier League.
prime within the league stage
received the semifinals#AsiaCup2022 remaining, right here we come#teamindia pic.twitter.com/o9dSUjCsdQ
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) 13 October 2022
The Indian crew put up a stellar efficiency within the remaining of the current Commonwealth Games T20 event, beating England and drawing your entire home at Edgbaston. They finally misplaced to Australia, however remained probably the most widespread groups within the competitors together with Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and quick bowler Renuka Singh, drawing a crowd for the crew.
The Board felt that different elements that helped the recognition of ladies’s cricket had been the three profitable editions of the Women’s T20 Challenge by the BCCI and the participation of Indian gamers in WBBL and The Hundred.
In a round accessed by The Indian Express, the Indian board has determined 5 groups for this WIPL.
“In order to have an excellent stability of home and worldwide gamers and for the aggressive groups, 5 groups for WIPL have been tentatively determined. Each crew can include as much as eighteen gamers the place no crew can have greater than six international gamers. In addition, not more than 5 abroad gamers – 4 from among the many full members of the ICC and one from the affiliate members of the ICC – might not be a part of every crew’s enjoying XI,” the discover reads.
Non IPL venue an choice
BCCI has saved two choices open to promote the crew in WIPL.
“Non IPL Venues: Unlike IPL where teams represent a particular city, teams in WIPL can be sold zone wise and matches can take place at non-IPL venues,” the round reads.
BCCI has saved 5 zones in non-IPL venues. Answer: Dharamsala/Jammu, West: Pune/Rajkot. Central: Indore / Raipur / Nagpur. Ex: Ranchi / Cuttack. South: Kochi/Vizag and North-East: Guwahati.
The different choice is to arrange matches on the venues of the IPL together with Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.
The discover additional stated, “Each crew has to play the opposite twice throughout the season. After the top of the league matches, the crew that tops the desk will go straight to the ultimate, whereas the second and third positioned groups shall be common. Will play with the Eliminator after the top of the season. The winner of the Eliminator will qualify for the ultimate.”
The WIPL shall be performed in 22 video games, together with 20 league video games, with an eliminator adopted by a remaining.
BCCI is eyeing the March window publish ICC Women’s T20 World 2023 which is scheduled to be held in South Africa from February 9-26.
“Like in IPL, playing away format in WIPL will be a challenge as it is not possible to have one match every day with five to six teams. It is suggested that the tournament may be played in a caravan style where after finishing ten matches at one venue the next ten matches will be played at the next. Therefore, ten matches are to be played at two venues in the 2023 WIPL season, 10-ten in the next two venues in the 2024 season and ten matches for the 2025 season, the remaining ten matches at one venue and the remaining ten matches at any one venue from the 2023 season. ,” the round ends.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
