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In what comes as a watershed moment for the sport, BCCI on Wednesday informed the rights of the five franchises for the upcoming Women's Premier League (WPL) had been sold for a combined valuation of $572 million (Rs 4669.99 crore), breaking the record set during the inaugural edition of the men's IPL. 𝐁𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞. The combined bid valuation is INR 4669.99 Cr A look at the Five franchises with ownership rights for BCCI Secretary, Jay Shah saidthe bidding wars for the WPL broke the record set by the inaugural men's IPL in 2008.

Position Teams Status 1 Delhi Capitals Women Qualified 2 Mumbai Indians Women Qualified 3 UP Warriorz Qualified 4 Gujarat Giants Disqualified 5 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Disqualified WPL 2023 Playoffs Schedule Though the teams to qualify for the WPL 2023 playoff will announce post the league matches, the schedule for the WPL 2023 playoffs will be announced earlier. Following are the details of the WPL 2023 playoffs and finals: Date Match Time Venue March 24 Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz 7:30 PM DY Patil Stadium March 26 Delhi Capitals Women vs Mumbai Indians Women 7:30 PM Brabourne – CCI WPL 2023 Playoffs Stadium The playoffs of the WPL will feature one eliminator and 1 final match to decide the winner of the tournament. Date Teams Playoffs Stadium March 24 Mumbai Indians Women vs UP Warriorz Eliminator Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai March 26 Delhi Capitals Women vs Mumbai Indians Women Final Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai WPL 2023 Playoffs Date WPL 2023 Playoffs will begin to post the WPL 2023 league match completion. Following are the dates of the WPL 2023 Playoffs: • Eliminator –March 24 , 2023 • Final –March 26, 2023 WPL 2023 Format WPL 2023 Format: WPL 2023 will follow the Round Robin format with Group System and Playoffs format. Following are the details of the WPL 2023 Format: • All participating(5) teams will play against each other twice which will mark a total of 20 league matches. • The topper of the WPL 2023 Points Table will directly qualify for t...

WPL auction 2023 full squads:The auction for the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League 2023 (WPL) was held on Monday, February 13 in Mumbai. A total of 449 players went under the hammer to fill 90 slots in all 5 WPL teams. Each team franchise had a budget of INR 12 crore to build their teams. The first player in the history of the competition to be auctioned off was Harmanpreet Kaur. The Indian skipper was sold for INR 1.80 crore to join the Mumbai Indians. Smriti Mandhana created history in the Women's Premier League's auction history to be auctioned off for a whopping INR 3.4 crore. She was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore. With a bid of INR 3.2 crore, Ashleigh Gardner and Natalie Sciver received the second-highest bidding price. Here, details about the complete updated squad of all WPL teams, including Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz, are given along with the remaining purse of each team. The updated squad of all WPL teams Delhi Capitals WPL full squad: Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 crore), Meg Lanning (1.1 crore), Shafali Verma (2 crore), Radha Yadav (40 lakh), Shikha Pandey (60 lakh), Marizanne Kapp (1.5 crore), Titas Sadhu (25 lakh), Alice Capsey (75 lakh), Tara Norris (10 lakh), Laura Harris (45 lakh), Jasia Akhter (20 lakh), Minnu Mani (20 lakh), Taniya Bhatia (30 lakh), Poonam Yadav (30 lakh), Jess Jonassen (50 lakh), Sneha Deepthi (30 lakh), Arundhati Reddy (30 lakh), Aparna Mandal (10 lakh) Mumbai Ind...

• Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians in a power-packed contest to kick off the WPL • WPL - the start of something unusually usual for women's cricket in India • WPL: Sania Mirza joins Royal Challengers Bangalore as team mentor • Parth Jindal: 'People spent a lot on marquee players, didn't have much money for others' • Mandhana gets the biggest bid at WPL auction, goes to RCB for INR 3.4 crore Strengths: Warriorz seem to have a balanced squad, well stocked with allrounders in Deepti, Devika Vaidya, Parshavi Chopra, Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris, who can change the momentum of the game with the bat and ball. With Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti forming the core spin trio, the inclusion of Shabnim Ismail and Anjali Sarvani lend the perfect balance in the pace department. They also have a solid top order in Healy, the Under-19 India opener Shweta Sehrawat and McGrath. No. of players bought: 18, including 6 overseas Money spent: INR 11.65 crore Key players:: In Meg Lanning, they have a multiple World Cup-winning captain from Australia. Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and Marizanne Kapp's form, and experience, will also be key for the team's campaign in the inaugural edition.

The inaugural edition of the Mumbai Indians facing Gujarat Giants in the tournament opener on Saturday, March 4. A total of five teams will compete in the league, and the play will go on till March 26, when any two teams will lock horns in the summit clash for the championship. The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) have left no stone unturned in making the first-ever edition of the WPL a success and worked relentlessly with an aim to bring revolution in women’s cricket. Apart from the Indian board, the owners of the teams have also played a great part in making the tournament a hit by showing faith in women athletes and acquiring ownership of their respective teams. Notably, in the team auction of WPL held in Mumbai, BCCI fetched a record sum of INR 4669.99 crore (USD 572.78 million approx). On that note, let’s have a look at the owners of all five teams. Gujarat Giants – Gautam Adani Gautam Adani (Image Source: Twitter) Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani owns Gujarat Giants. The Indian business tycoon bagged the Gujarat-based franchise for whopping INR 1289 crores. The team have recently announced Australia star Beth Mooney as their captain, while former India skipper Mithali Raj has been roped in as the side’s mentor. Apart from Mooney, Gujarat Giants in the players’ auction also grabbed the services of players like Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Dunkley, and Harleen Deol. Mumbai Indians – Mukesh Ambani Mukesh Ambani (Image Source: Twitter) The chairman of Reliance Ind...

Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt could be one of the stars of the new Women’s Premier League starting in India this March. Photograph: Jeremy Ng/CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt could be one of the stars of the new Women’s Premier League starting in India this March. Photograph: Jeremy Ng/CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images When and where will the WPL be held? The WPL is pencilled in for a tight 21-day window – March 4 to 24 – starting six days after the Women’s T20 World Cup ends in South Africa and ending about a week before the Indian Premier League (IPL), the most lucrative cricket league globally, gets underway. The inaugural WPL, per the BCCI’s recent communication to the franchises, is likely to be staged at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The two venues hosted the five-T20I series between India and Australia last month which the visitors won 4-1, with a 47,000-strong record domestic crowd turning up at the second T20I in Navi Mumbai. How many teams are involved? Five, with one each in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow. But the BCCI is understood to have kept the option to add two teams for the fourth and fifth editions of the WPL, slated to take place in 2026 and 2027. Who owns the franchises? Of the seven owners of the existing 10 The two other franchises went to newcomers with Adani Sportsline, the sports wing of Indian billionaire industrialist Gautan Adani’s Adani Group...

The 22-match league will have five off days, the first one being on March 17 and again two days later, the second break, on March 19. The next two are after the completion of the league stage, on March 22 and 23. The Eliminator is on March 24 at CCI and with the final on March 26 at DY Patil Stadium after the fifth and final off day on March 25. As expected the entire WPL 2023 will be played at two venues in Mumbai – CCI and DY Patil Stadium. WPL Teams and Captains 2023 WPL Teams and Captains 2023: BCCI has received INR 4669.99 crores in the Team Name Owner City Captain Amount Adani Group Ahmedabad Beth Mooney INR 1289 Cr Reliance Industries Mumbai Harmanpreet Kaur INR 912.99 Cr Diageo Bengaluru Smriti Mandhana INR 901 Cr Delhi Meg Lanning INR 810 Cr Capri Global Lucknow Alyssa Healy INR 757 Cr WPL 2023 Venues The WPL 2023 will be played across 2 different venues in Mumbai namely: • CCI • DY Patil Stadium WPL 2023 Format WPL 2023 Format: WPL 2023 will follow the Round Robin format with Group System and Playoffs format. Following are the details of the WPL 2023 Format: • All participating(5) teams will play against each other twice which will mark a total of 20 league matches. • The topper of the WPL 2023 Points Table will directly qualify for the final. • The eliminator match will be played between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams. • The winner of the eliminator will qualify as the second finalist for the WPL 2023 final match. The BCCI has also said March will remain the windo...

Table of Contents • • • WPL Teams And Owners: The first edition of the Women’s Premier League will be played between 5 teams and is likely to be held in March 2023 entirely in Mumbai. WPL Teams And Owners WPL Teams And Owners: As for men’s IPL, Women’s Premier League too follow the auction format to bag the players from the auction pool. Chennai Super Kings have decided not to participate in the WPL. Women’s Premier League becomes the 2nd most expensive Cricket league after Men’s IPL. Out of 10 men’s IPL teams, 8 franchise have shown their interest in owing a team in the inaugural WPL. The franchise that are going to submit bids for the Women’s Premier League teams are Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans Notably, Manchester United owners have also shown interest in the WPL team. WPL to have 5 teams from these 10 cities: Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Lucknow and Indore. The highest Bid will get the first choice to select the city so on. Following are the details of the WPL Teams And Owners: Team Name Owner City Captain Amount Adani Group Ahmedabad Beth Mooney INR 1289 Cr Reliance Industries Mumbai Harmanpreet Kaur INR 912.99 Cr Diageo Bengaluru Smriti Mandhana INR 901 Cr JSW–GMR Delhi Meg Lanning INR 810 Cr Capri Global Lucknow Alyssa Healy INR 757 Cr WPL 2023 Broadcasting Rights Viacom 18, had acquired the global media r...