The BCCI wants AGM’s approval to kickstart the Women’s Indian Premiere League (IPL) subsequent season.

“It (the full-fledged women’s IPL) has to be approved by the AGM. We plan to start it by next year hopefully,” BCCI president Sourav Ganguly instructed reporters after the IPL Governing Council assembly right here on Friday.

The board had earlier been criticised for not beginning the Women’s IPL. The Board is planning to have 5 – 6 groups within the inaugural version.

All the prevailing 10 males’s IPL franchises shall be given the primary proper of refusal to purchase the Women’s IPL groups.

Reportedly no less than 4 males’s IPL franchises are all for realizing from the BCCI what’s on the desk in case they need to spend money on WIPL.

IPL chairman Brijesh Patel additionally made it clear that this season there shall be 4 matches for the three ladies groups round males’s IPL play-offs.

“There will be four matches involving three teams around the time of the playoffs,” Patel stated after the assembly.

With the second half of the IPL being shifted to the UAE as a result of pandemic, the exhibitions video games weren’t held final 12 months. However, they had been staged within the UAE in 2020 when IPL Trailblazers received the title.

According to Patel, there can be 5 – 6 groups within the Women’s IPL however once more that would wish approval of the General Body.

The most probably venue for the ladies’s exhibitions video games is Pune.

The IPL begins on Saturday with defending champions Chennai Super Kings up towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the iconic Wankhede stadium.

IPL 2022 Media Rights

IPL media rights tender to be out quickly. The subject of IPL media rights for the 2023-2027 cycle was additionally mentioned by the Governing Council.

“The tender will be out soon,” stated a Governing Council member.

Star India had paid a whopping ₹16,347.5 crore for the 2018-2022 cycle. With the league’s recognition hovering and the addition of two new groups, that quantity might contact a staggering ₹40,000 crore for the upcoming five-year cycle.

Companies all for securing the rights to India cricket’s hottest property embody Reliance backed Viacom 18, present proper holders Disney Star, Sony (which had paid ₹8200 for 9 years, again in 2009) and streaming large Amazon which might bid for the digital rights. PTI NRB BS AT PDS PDS