January 25th, 2023 is what seems to be one of the historical days for women’s cricket as the BCCI announced the Women’s, Premier League. Five teams to participate in the inaugural edition include Mumbai Indians, the most successful IPL franchise.
Final team biddings for the 5 teams were conducted by BCCI today and the following five groups have won the bid:
◆ Adani Group (1289 cr) – Team Ahmedabad
◆ Mumbai Indians (912 cr) – Team Mumbai
◆ Royal Challengers Bangalore (901 cr) – Team Bangalore
◆ Delhi Capitals (810 cr) – Team Delhi
◆ Capri Global (757 cr) – Team Lucknow
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
Existing Men’s IPL team franchises from Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Delhi have won the bid for the women’s teams as well.
Breaking barriers, making history, and playing bold!
Royal Challengers Bangalore are the proud owners of the Bengaluru Women's Premier League Team 🙌#PlayBold #ItsHerGameToo #WomensIPL pic.twitter.com/swO4EvhZQc
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 25, 2023
