On Wednesday January 25, 2023 the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced all five franchises of the ‘Women’s Premier League'. Among the winners of the team bids are Adani Sportsline, Royal Challengers, and JSW.
“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,” the BCCI wrote on Twitter.
𝐁𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞.
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2023
The combined bid valuation is INR 4669.99 Cr
A look at the Five franchises with ownership rights for #WPL pic.twitter.com/ryF7W1BvHH
Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Lucknow will be the five cities that will be featured in the opening edition of the Women's Premier League. India’s leading business conglomerate Adani Group acquired the Ahmedabad franchise, through its sports venture Adani Sportsline Pvt Ltd. The Ahmedabad team also attracted the highest bid with INR 1289 crore.
Part of the Reliance Group, Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd which also owns Mumbai Indians in the men's Indian Premier League, bought the Mumbai franchise for a whopping INR 912.99 crores. Likewise, the Royal Challengers group that owns the men's team in Bengaluru also won the bid for the city in the women's edition of the T20 league, spending INR 901 crores.
JSW group, owners of the Capitals team in the men's tournament, won the bid for INR 810 crore. The Lucknow franchise was acquired by the new entrants Capri Global who spent INR 757 crores.
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In a series of tweets, BCCI secretary Jay Shah revealed that the bids for the WPL broke the records set by its men's counterpart in 2008.
“Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men's IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid,” Shah tweeted.
Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men's IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid. This marks the beginning of a revolution in women's cricket and paves the
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 25, 2023
way for a transformative journey ahead not only for our women cricketers but for the entire sports fraternity. The #WPL would bring necessary reforms in women's cricket and would ensure an all-encompassing ecosystem that benefits each and every stakeholder.
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 25, 2023
“The @BCCI has named the league - Women's Premier League (WPL). Let the journey begin....” tweeted Shah.
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