Published: Jan 25, 2023, 04:51 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 25, 2023, 04:51 PM (IST)
New Delhi: Jay Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced today the bidding for the inaugural season of the Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
Surprisingly, the bid garnered Rs. 4669.98 crore in total, surpassing the inaugural bid of the first edition of the men’s IPL in 2008. The gigantic amount of money involved made the Women’s IPL the world’s second-biggest franchise cricket league.
Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men’s IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid. This marks the beginning of a revolution in women’s cricket and paves the
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 25, 2023
The Women’s IPL trailed many major franchise cricket leagues around the world, including Australia’s Big Bash League, the Caribbean Premier League, and the Pakistan Super League, and is now second only to the Men’s IPL.
The BCCI announced the five successful bidders for the Women’s IPL ownership rights via their official Twitter handle.
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 #WPL pic.twitter.com/ryF7W1BvHH
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2023
BCCI recently sold the media rights of the Women’s IPL, which were bagged by Viacom 18, which committed INR 951 crores that will make up the per-match value of INR 7.09 crores for the next 5 years (2023–27).
Congratulations @viacom18 for winning the Women’s @IPL media rights. Thank you for your faith in @BCCI and @BCCIWomen. Viacom has committed INR 951 crores which means per match value of INR 7.09 crores for next 5 years (2023-27). This is massive for Women’s Cricket 🙏🇮🇳
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 16, 2023
Arun Dhumal, the chairman of the IPL, said that the auction of the women’s IPL is a plan in process, details of which are yet to be released.
