Five IPL Franchises Keen to buy Women's League Teams

Women’s IPL(Indian Premier League) 2023, a league organized by the BCCI in India. Also known by the name Women’s Twenty20 cricket league tournament has a total of 5 teams and is scheduled to begin by March, 2023.

This year, 5 out of 10 IPL franchise teams are eager to buy a team in the WIPL 2023.

The opening season of Women’s IPL is most probably going to be played from the first week of March, 2023 and a total of 22 matches are going to take place throughout the league.

What IPL Franchises are interested in buying Women’s League Teams?

The IPL franchise teams interested in buying Women’s league teams are: 

• Chennai Super Kings

• Rajasthan Royals

• Delhi Capitals

• Kolkata Knight Riders

• Punjab Kings

The CSK or Chennai Super Kings, has already started the process of  buying the ITT document. 

The CEO of CSK, Kashi Viswanathan said,

“We’ve applied to buy the bid document. Now we’ll have to find out about the economics of it. We are interested. If CSK doesn’t have a women’s team, it may not look good. We’d like to promote women’s cricket.”

Ranjit Barthakur, Rajasthan Royals Chairman:

“We are picking the bid document.”

A day later when the BCCI invited bids to own & operate IPL teams in the inaugural of five-team WIPL(Women’s Indian Premier League). 

From the total of 10 franchise teams in IPL, 5 are willing to invest in a team of WIPL.

Base Price to Buy WIPL

The base price for the Women’s IPL teams is not finalized yet. 

A source said:

“It seems BCCI has not kept a base price to buy a team in WIPL, which is a wise decision. If you keep a very high base price, you will score off potential investors.”

Another source informed:

“I think everyone is smart enough not to want to lose money. They may not mind some loss, but not heavy losses. If the Base price is, say Rs.400 Crores, teams would lose Rs.50-80 Crores per year, and I can’t imagine anyone having the appetite for that.”

The reason for this Interest of the IPL Franchises to Become Investors in WIPL

After the massive turnout for the December India-Australia T20I series in Mumbai, the IPL Franchises became interested in investing in the WIPL. A record 47 thousand fans appeared in the DY Patil stadium of Navi Mumbai to watch the match. 

The ICC Women’s Under-19 world cup is going to be inaugurated on January 14th, 2023. After this the Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled by February of the same year. So a quality women’s cricket can be enjoyed during this time and also the T20 World cup teams will get more talented women cricket players to select for their teams.

The Venue of Women’s IPL

The entire tournament of Women’s IPL is expected to be played in three world-class stadiums of Mumbai, these are:

Wankhede Stadium,

Brabourne Stadium,

DY Patil Stadium.

These are not confirmed yet, but the chances are higher.