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Women's IPL Will Be Hugely Successful

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First publised on 2023-01-05 08:14:59

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With the BCCI inviting bids to own teams in the inaugural Women's IPL (WIPL), scheduled to be held in March, women's cricket in India will get a huge boost. The inaugural event will have five teams. Already, five of the existing IPL franchisees - Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC) and Punjab Kings (PK) - have shown an interest in owning teams in the WIPL. At least one - CSK - has said that it has already initiated the process to pick up the bid documents. This bodes well for both the game and the WIPL. The existing IPL franchisees have experience in running teams in a mega event like the IPL and owning WIPL teams will give them synergy. For the BCCI too it will be advantageous to work with those who know the way things work. It will also be better for cricket as IPL franchisees will promote the teams better, get the maximum mileage and give the players the best deals.

Since this is going to be the first edition of WIPL, the BCCI has rightly not set a base price for any of the teams. This will work in favour of the bidders as although women's cricket has gained a lot of popularity of late, the amount of money the WIPL will be able to rake in will only be clear after one edition is gone through. Hence, the bidders will be cautious now and will place their bids conservatively. But that is expected in any business deal. After all owners do not want to lose money although they will bear the losses for a couple of years to popularize the event. But given the fact that women cricketers have amassed a huge fan base, the success of the WIPL is not in doubt. In fact the BCCI has delayed the WIPL. The Women's Big Bash (WBB) in Australia began in 2014-15. Indian players have been successfully playing in WBB regularly. Hence there was no reason why the WIPL could not have been started at least 4 or 5 years earlier. 

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