Currently, the biggest discussion in the entire cricket world is about different T20 leagues. The IPL’s media rights deal has already grabbed its attention and now the South Africa T20 League and the UAE League are in the mix. Amidst all this, once again the Women’s IPL (Indian Women’s Cricket Team) The enthusiasm is increasing and it is believed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) A window has been fixed for next year as well. A report by cricket website ESPN-Cricinfo claims that the Indian board has marked March 2023 as the right time for the maiden season of the Women’s IPL. According to the report, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly (Sourav Ganguly) It has been said that the organization of women’s IPL for the first time in March 2023 is almost certain and the board has also started preparations for this.
A sign of changes in the domestic calendar
The report claims that this may be the reason why the BCCI has also decided to start the women’s tournament a month earlier in the domestic calendar, so as to have time to organize the tournament in March and then not clash with the men’s IPL. The BCCI announced the new domestic season just last week, with the women’s tournament starting in October, which will run until February 2023.
Women’s IPL back in discussion after CWG 2022
The Indian women’s cricket team lost to Australia by 9 runs in the final of the cricket tournament played at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 last week. After this the discussion started again that Indian women cricketers need a tournament like IPL, so that they can prepare themselves for such situations.
Even before this, there has been constant pressure on the Indian board to start the women’s IPL, on which the BCCI initially took a lax stance, but a few months ago board president Ganguly announced that the women’s IPL could start from 2023. Board Secretary Jai Shah said after the meeting of the IPL Governing Council in May itself that the excitement about the women’s IPL is increasing. He indicated that the tournament will be started with 5 or 6 teams initially.
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