Tags: Girls’s Premier League
Printed on: Jan 26, 2023
The Girls’s Premier League (WPL) groups had been offered on Monday, January 25 forward of the inaugural version of the league, which is more likely to be held in March. Adani Sportsline Pvt Ltd, the sports activities arm of Gautam Adani, made the largest bid for a group and bought Ahmedabad for Rs 1289 crore.
The 4 others groups had been bought by Indiawin Sports activities Pvt. Ltd (Mumbai for Rs 912.99 crore), Royal Challengers Sports activities Pvt. Ltd (Bengaluru for 901 crore), JSW GMR Cricket Pvt. Ltd (Delhi for Rs 810 crore) and Capri International Holdings Pvt. Ltd (Lucknow for Rs 757 crore). The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) knowledgeable that the collective bid for the 5 groups amounted to Rs 4669.99 crore.
Earlier, the BCCI had offered the media rights of WPL to Viacom 18 for Rs 951 crore for 5 years – Rs 7.09 crore per match for the 2023-27 interval. With the mixed sale of the franchises and media rights, WPL is now turns into the second largest cricket league on the earth, subsequent solely to the IPL. Additionally it is turns into one of many richest ladies’s leagues on the earth after WNBA and Girls’s Tremendous League.
369 Slingshot Sports activities Enterprise Ltd, Amrit Lila Enterprise Pvt Ltd, APL Sports activities Pvt Ltd, KPL Dream Cricket Pvt Ltd, Knight Riders Sports activities Pvt Ltd, Oam Industries Ltd (Haldiram), Solar TV Community Ltd and Yadu Worldwide Ltd. had been a number of the different bidders for WPL groups who didn’t win a franchise.
After successful the Mumbai franchise, Mumbai Indians proprietor Nita Ambani commented, “I am positive our Girls’s MI group will take the Mumbai Indians model of fearless and entertaining cricket to a brand new degree altogether. My heartiest congratulations to the BCCI on this landmark announcement! It should pave the way in which for increasingly more younger ladies to take up skilled sport. At Reliance, we stay dedicated to the fantastic rise of ladies not simply in cricket, however sport typically.”
Reacting to the sale of the groups, an elated BCCI Secretary Jay Shah mentioned, “It’s a historic day for girls’s cricket. I welcome Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd, Indiawin Sports activities Pvt. Ltd, Royal Challengers Sports activities Pvt. Ltd, JSW GMR Cricket Pvt. Ltd and Capri International Holdings Pvt. Ltd to Girls’s Premier League. The collective bid of INR 4669.99 crore reveals that our stakeholders completely consider within the idea and place confidence in BCCI’s imaginative and prescient and plans for the league.
“I thank all of the members for his or her overwhelming response. I consider that with a report Media Rights valuation earlier and now with these excessive bids, the league will likely be commercially unbiased and self-sustaining property,” he added.
As per experiences, the inaugural version is more likely to be held from March 4 to 26. Additionally, 5 abroad gamers will likely be allowed within the taking part in XI (4 foreigners and one Affiliate nation cricketer). The occasion could possibly be held in Mumbai, however there are additionally probabilities that it could possibly be a two-city occasion.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
