The inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) participant auction is likely to happen on February 11 in New Delhi or February 13 in Mumbai. A closing determination will probably be made by the BCCI this week.
(*11*), the BCCI was taking a look at holding the gamers’ auction on February 6 in Mumbai, which might have allowed the 5 newly minted franchises just below a month to prepare for the inaugural WPL season, which is predicted to happen between March 4 and 24. However, the BCCI was pressured to vary that plan for 2 causes.
One, the vast majority of the homeowners of the 5 WPL franchises additionally personal groups in the ILT20 in the UAE and the SA20 in South Africa, with the finals of those tournaments scheduled to happen on February 11 and 12, respectively.
While Adani Sportsline, the sports activities arm of the Adani Group, bagged the Ahmedabad franchise, Capri Global, a non-banking finance firm, picked Lucknow as its house base. The three IPL groups – Mumbai, Capitals and Royal Challengers – caught to the identical cities that function as their hubs in the IPL – Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
Four of the WPL franchises personal groups in the ILT20: MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants (Adani), and Sharjah Warriors (Capri). The homeowners of Mumbai and Capitals function groups in the SA20: MI Cape Town and Pretoria Capitals.
The second cause is that the franchises have had restricted time to assemble their teaching workers, which might be a key issue whereas choosing gamers on the auction. Accordingly, it’s understood that the franchises collectively requested the BCCI to postpone the auction from February 6 to a later date.
WPL first season likely to happen in Mumbai
The BCCI has earmarked two venues in Mumbai – Brabourne Stadium and the DY Patil Cricket Academy in Navi Mumbai – to host the 22 matches that can comprise the inaugural WPL season.
The key cause for limiting the event to 1 metropolis is the potential logistical challenges the BCCI fears it might face as a result of WPL beginning shut on the heels of the Women’s T20 World Cup, which ends in South Africa on February 26. With lower than every week obtainable to fly to India, enjoying at simply two venues in the identical metropolis would take away journey obstacles and preserve gamers prepared for the matches that will probably be performed in a decent window.
Jhulan Goswami to affix Mumbai as bowling coach and mentor
Former India quick bowler Jhulan Goswami has been roped in by Mumbai as bowling coach and mentor. While Mumbai haven’t made the news public, the event was disclosed by former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who has re-joined Capitals as workforce director after serving as BCCI president from 2019 to October 2022.
Goswami, who’s 40, retired from worldwide cricket final yr. Ganguly stated the Capitals had additionally been eager on roping in Goswami, who took 355 worldwide wickets throughout codecs, essentially the most by any bowler in girls’s cricket. “Jhulan has gone to Mumbai,” Ganguly instructed media at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. “We had given her an offer, but she is going to Mumbai.”
Additional reporting by Sreshth