The board plans to have five or six teams in the inaugural edition of the Women’s IPL, but will need AGM approval first
The board plans to have five or six teams in the inaugural edition. All ten existing men’s IPL franchises will have first right of refusal to purchase the women’s IPL teams.
It is learned that at least four male IPL franchises are interested in knowing from BCCI what is on the table in case they want to invest in WIPL.
“This [the full-fledged women’s IPL] must be approved by the general meeting. We plan to start it by next year hopefully,” Ganguly told reporters after the IPL board meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
According to Patel, there would be five or six teams in the women’s IPL, but again that would require approval from the general body.
“It’s fantastic for women’s cricket,” Tryon said on Saturday. “If you saw how successful the Big Bash was and the Hundred just got back to it, we want things like this to happen. We want leagues from all over the world. We want to show off our skills And it’s fantastic to see that there are six teams now, so I think a lot of people, not just me, are really looking forward to wanting to play there.
“We know what it’s like to play in India. We know how the crowds are. It’s really good. So I’m really excited to see how it goes. I hope I want to play; we’ll see how it’s happening . But it’s really exciting for women’s cricket. And as you can see this World Cup is getting a lot of attention and I’m just grateful that they (BCCI) are looking at it and putting women’s cricket on the platform. So it’s really exciting.”
With the second half of the IPL being moved to the UAE due to the pandemic, the Women’s T20 Challenge did not take place last year. However, it was held in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 when Trailblazers won the title.
The Men’s IPL begins on Saturday with defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium.
* 0645 GMT: Story updated after Shafali Verma and Chloe Tyyon spoke in Christchurch.
