WPL, A Revolution in Women's Cricket!

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Women Premier League, A Revolution in Women’s Cricket!

 

It’s been 15 years since IPL had started and today the league have reached at a highest level. We are knowing this as the biggest cricketing league around the world. And moreover it has changed Indian cricket completely in a positive way. Our player pool have increased a lot as, we can field 3 different teams for different formats at same point of time. This is the biggest outcome from this mega domestic league for us. And also player participating in it are getting exposure of International star’s companion, which helping them to handle pressure in a better way.


Now, “The Women Premier League (WPL)”, will do the same thing for Women’s cricket. Cricketing world or specially Women Cricketers have been waiting for this moment for long time. And finally, they are having it. There are some other leagues like BBL & The Hundred are also happening for Women’s Cricket, but we all know what WPL can do. It will not just help players to grow financially but also the standard of cricket here will be of next level. And another important factor is that, the crowd here will be absolutely large and the atmosphere will be electric.


This was much needed for our cricket, as the Indian Women cricketers will also get the proper platform to show their skills and utility. The pressure here will be of international standard and that will help the players to raise their ability of handling pressure in International games. At the same time our player pool will be become larger just like Men’s team and the domestic as well as the junior players will get enough opportunities. With the 1st ever U19WC for women just concluded and India becoming the winner, 1st season of WPL just after the T20WC 2023 will be icing on the cake.



Pre-Season Preparation:-

Bids for Teams

Before starting a big league like WPL, a lot of works had to be done. And BCCI have planned it accordingly. First of all BCCI asked interested franchises to submit their bids for team formation. And lots of companies and franchises were interested for it, out of which 5 were chosen. A total of 4670 Cr bid had been made combined by 5 teams.


Let us first see the 5 franchises:-

  1. Ahmedabad based Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd at price 1289Cr
  2.  Mumbai based Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd at price 912.99Cr
  3. Bengaluru based Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd at price 901Cr 
  4. Delhi based JSW GMR Cricket Pvt. Ltd at price 810Cr 
  5. Lucknow based Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd at price 757Cr

 

Media Rights

The Media Rights for the inaugural edition of WPL bagged by Viacom 18 at a huge price of 951Cr, which is 7.09 per match. This is huge for Women’s Cricket. And now, we can watch IPL & WPL both in Jio Cinema for free, which is great for viewers.



Teams

Now it was time for the announcement of names of all the 5 franchises. As 3 of the 5 teams are of existing IPL Owners, they named their women team as same as their men’s team. Those are-

 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCBW)

Mumbai Indians (MIW)

Delhi Capitals (DCW)

 

The remaining two teams are of new franchises Ahmedabad & Lucknow.

UP Warriorz (UPW)

Gujarat Giants (GGT)

 

 1st ever WPL Auction:-

After all the arrangements had been made, the most important player auction happened on 13th February in Mumbai at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai. And we got to know which player sold to where and how the teams have formed. Before the auction total 1525 players registered for it, out of which 409 shortlisted, 246 were Indian, 163 were Overseas while 8 were from Associate Nations. Again 202 were capped while 199 were uncapped. And around 40 more added before the auction. So overall around 450 players went under the hammer on 13th.



The conditions for the teams while picking the squad were- every team have to pick minimum 15 and maximum 18 players in the squad. And the overseas limit will be 6. So, the total no. of players will be 90 from which 30 will be overseas. After the auction, a total no. of 87 players were sold including 30 overseas. The highest best price on which players had registered was 50L and India’s best batter Smriti Mandhana got the highest bid of 3.40Cr made by RCB. The franchises spent almost 99% of the total cap and formed their squads.

 

So, let us see all the squads first-

1-Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (RCBW)

 


Smriti Mandhana (3.40Cr)                

Disha Kasat (10L)

Richa Ghosh (1.90Cr)                      

Indrani Roy (10L)

Sophie Devine*(50L)/NZ                    

Ellyse Perry*(1.70Cr)/AUS

Shreyanka Patil (10L)                        

Erin Burns*(30L)/AUS

Kanika Ahuja (35L)                            

Renuka Thakur Singh (1.50Cr)

Heather Knight*(40L)/ENG               

Dane Van Nicker*(30L)/SA

Poonam Khemnar (10L)                     

Asha Shobana (10L)

Preeti Bose (30L)                               

Megan Schutt*(40L)/AUS

Komal Zanzad (25L)                           

Sahana Pawar (10L)


2-Mumbai Indians Women (MIW)

 






Harmanpreet Kaur (1.80Cr)              

Yastika Bhatia (1.50Cr)

Dhara Gujjar (10L)                            

Amelia Kerr*(1Cr) NZ

Pooja Vastrakar (1.90Cr)                  

Nat Sciver Brunt*(3.20Cr)/ENG       

Heather Graham*(30L)/AUS             

Issy Wong*(30L)/ENG

Amanjot Kaur (50L)                           

Saika Ishaque (10L)

Priyanka Bala (20L)                           

Hayley Matthews*(40L)/WI

Jintimani Kalita (10L)                       

Humairaa Kaazi (10L)

Chloe Tryon*(30L)/SA                       

Neelam Bisht (10L)

Sonam Yadav (10L)

 

3-Delhi Capitals Women (DCW)

 








Meg Lanning*(1.10Cr)/AUS              

Jemimah Rodrigues (2.20Cr)

Shafali Verma (2Cr)                           

Laura Harris*(45L)/AUS

Jasiah  Akhtar (20L)                          

Marizanne Kapp*(1.50Cr)/SA

Shikha Pandey (60L)                          

Radha Yadav (40L)

Minnu Mani (30L)                              

Alice Capsey*(75L)/ENG

Tara Norris*(10L)/USA                     

Titas Sadhu (25L)

Sneha Deepthi (30L)                          

Taniya Bhatia (30L)

Aparna Mondal (10L)                        

Jess Jonassen*(50L)/AUS

Arundhati Reddy (30L)                       

Poonam Yadav (30L)

 

4-UP Warriorz (UPW)

 






Deepti Sharma (2.60Cr)                     

Shweta Sehrawat (40L)

Kiran Navgire (30L)                           

Alyssa Healy*(70L)/AUS

Laxmi Yadav (10L)                             

Sophie Ecclestone*(1.80Cr)/ENG

Tahlia McGrath*(1.40Cr)/AUS         

Parshavi Chopra (10L)

Grace Harris*(75L)/AUS                   

Devika Vaidya (1.40Cr)

Soppadhandi Yashasri (10L)              

Shabnim Ismail*(1Cr)/SA

Anjali Sarvani (55L)                          

Rajeshwari Gayakwad (40L)

Lauren Bell*(30L)/ENG                     

Simran Shaikh (10L)

 

 

5-Gujarat Giants (GGT)

 






Beth Mooney*(2Cr)/AUS                   

Sophia Dunkley*(60L)/ENG

Sabbhineni Meghana (30L)                

Ashleigh Gardner*(3.20Cr)/AUS

Harleen Deol (40L)                            

Deandra Dottin*(60L)/WI

Sneh Rana(75L)                                  

Annabel Sutherland*(70L)/AUS

Georgia Wareham*(75L)/AUS           

Mansi Joshi (30L)

Dayalan Hemalatha (30L)                 

Tanuja Kanwar (50L)

Monica Patel (30L)                            

Sushma Verma (60L)

Hurley Gala (10L)                              

Ashwani Kumari (35L)

Shabnam Md Shakil (10L)                  

Parunika Sisodia (10L) 

 

Here is the full Schedule of WPL 2023

 

SL. NO.

Match

Day

Date

Time

Venue

1

GGT vs MI

Saturday

04/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

2

RCB vs DC

Sunday

05/03/2023

3.30PM

CCI

3

UPW vs GGT

Sunday

05/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

4

MI vs RCB

Monday

06/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

5

DC vs UPW

Tuesday

07/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

6

GGT vs RCB

Wednesday

08/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

7

DC vs MI

Thursday

09/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

8

RCB vs UPW

Friday

10/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

9

GGT vs DC

Saturday

11/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

10

UPW vs MI

Sunday

12/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

11

DC vs RCB

Monday

13/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

12

MI vs GGT

Tuesday

14/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

13

UPW vs RCB

Wednesday

15/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

14

DC vs GGT

Thursday

16/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

15

MI vs UPW

Saturday

18/03/2023

3.30PM

DY Patil

16

RCB vs GGT

Saturday

18/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

17

GGT vs UPW

Monday

20/03/2023

3.30PM

CCI

18

MI vs DC

Monday

20/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

19

RCB vs MI

Tuesday

21/03/2023

3.30PM

DY Patil

20

UPW vs DC

Tuesday

21/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

21

Eliminator

Friday

24/03/2023

7.30PM

DY Patil

22

Final

Sunday

26/03/2023

7.30PM

CCI

 

 

 

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