Virat Kohli “thrilled” after his IPL franchise RCB wins a bid for Girls’s IPL Workforce (WPL): A few hours in the past, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) scripted historical past because it noticed a windfall of a whopping INR 4669.99 Crores from the Girls’s Premier League – the official identify coined by the cricket board for Girls’s IPL. 5 Indian cities will now have their WPL franchise, one among which is with Bengaluru and Virat Kohli, who performs for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) is “thrilled” by the win of his T20 franchise.
Virat Kohli took to his social media handles to have a good time his franchise’s win within the Girls’s Premier League (WPL). The celebrated cricketer wrote, “Properly performed, RCB! So thrilled that my workforce has received the bid for the Bengaluru Girls’s Premier League workforce. Can’t wait to cheer for our ladies in Crimson and Gold.”
Royal Challengers Bangalore Sports activities Personal Restricted is among the many 5 entities which have been awarded the WPL franchises. RCB shelled out INR 901 Crores, the third highest bid, to win the Bangaluru-based WPL franchise.
“Breaking obstacles, making historical past, and taking part in daring! Royal Challengers Bangalore are the proud house owners of the Bengaluru Girls’s Premier League Workforce,” wrote RCB whereas attaching a picture of the brand new brand that includes a pictogram of the feminine gender signal.
In the meantime, esteemed businessman Gautam Adani’s sports activities wing Adani Sportsline Personal Restricted made the most important bid of the public sale because it splurged INR 1289 Crore to bag the Ahmedabad-based Girls’s Premier League (WPL) franchise. Curiously, the Adani Group had narrowly missed out on the Ahmedabad-based franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL), someday again.
The opposite three entities are Indiawin Sports activities Personal Restricted, a sports activities wing of Mukesh Ambani, spend INR 912.99 Crores to get the Mumbai-based WPL franchise. JSW GMR Cricket Personal Restricted (Delhi Capitals) paid a sum of INR 810 Crores for Delhi primarily based franchise and Capri International Holdings Personal Restricted could have the Lucknow-based WPL workforce after it spent INR 757 Crores.
Notably, the media rights of the WPL have been earlier offered to Viacom18 by the BCCI for INR 951 Crores in a five-year contract. The deal will fetch BCCI INR 7.09 Crores per match throughout the interval of 2023-2027.
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