The recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 garnered a fair share of success despite the Covid-19 scare which put the cash-rich league in limbo for a while. In the backdrop of the Men's IPL popularity, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to host Women's IPL as they are in search for a window to host the Women's T20 league next year.
On the sidelines of IPL, BCCI officials had discussion with the stakeholders regarding this tournament. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay shah have already made it clear that from next year there will be full-fledged Women's IPL where six teams will participate.
A source in the know of development told Sports Tak that there was meeting on the sidelines of IPL final.
"As of now what can I tell you is that there are two windows which need to get green signal first is March/April and second one is September/October. BCCI will also get in touch with ICC to seek separate window. Apart from this, BCCI might start Men's IPL tournament in May next year," the source said.
In spite of demands to begin over the last couple of years, in view of the data sources got from former players and different partners, the BCCI has been hoping to begin the new competition in 2023.
As of late, the BCCI directed the Women’s T20 Challenge in Pune, where the matches got impressive arena participation as Supernovas clinched the title after defeating Velocity by 4 runs in the summit clash.
In spite of the city facilitating IPL matches, that almost 8,621 turned up for the final among Supernovas and Velocity was an obvious sign of how far the game has developed.
Ganguly and Jay Shah referenced that a full-fledged competition would start one year from now, things have begun to move.
Furthermore, over the course of the last week, the BCCI is perceived to have had conversations with Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board partners and is probably going to ask the International Cricket Council (ICC) to make a different window for its new league in the period of March.
With the Caribbean Premier League, The Hundred, and The Women’s Big Bash running between July-November, the BCCI is viewing March as a window on the grounds that the likes of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa players will have international responsibilities between December-February.
