The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 is all set to kick start with its inaugural session, find out all the details for the upcoming tournament including start date, auction, auction purse format, and more
As of now, the Adani Group made the biggest bid with a whopping INR 1289 Crore for the Ahmedabad franchise.
Women’s Premier League cricket (WPL) 2023 auction date, purse, rules, players and live streaming
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The second-highest bid came at INR 912.99 crore came for the Mumbai team, followed by bids of INR 901 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 810 crore for the Delhi team, and INR 757 crore by Capri Global, for the Lucknow team.
Women’s Premier League (WPL) start date
According to various sources, the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 will likely start from March 4 to 24. Arun Dhumal, the chairman of IPL stated:
With regard to [the venues for the] first season, we are still talking. That is work in progress. We will have to see logistical challenges involved in case it [WPL] has to be multi-city value or single-city value.
The WPL will be using some of the men’s IPL grounds, as such, the BCCI has planned for a week’s gap between the WPL final and the start of the men’s IPL.
Women’s Premier League WPL 2023 auction date
As of now the WPL 2023 auction date has not been fixed. However, the event will likely take place in the first few weeks of February.
Auction purse
This year, the WPL team owners will have an auction purse of INR 12 crore each.
WPL 2023 squad limit
BCCI have stated a minimum limit of 15 players and a maximum limit of 18 players for each squad. Each team will have a maximum of 6 overseas players can.
Starting XI overseas players cap
The WPL rules state that there will be an overseas cap stating a maximum of five non-Indian players (4 overseas and 1 from Associate nation) in the starting XI.
Streaming:
| India | Sports18, Jio Cinema |
| United Kingdom |
Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event
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| United States | Willow TV |
| Australia |
Fox Sports, Yupp TV
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| Middle East | Willow TV |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Pakistan |
Geo Super (TBC)
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| New Zealand |
Sky Sport NZ (Sky Sport 2)
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| Caribbean |
Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2)
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| Canada | Willow TV |
| Bangladesh | Channel 9 |
| Afghanistan |
Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)
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| Nepal |
Yupp TV, Net TV Nepal, SimTV Nepal
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| Sri Lanka |
Yupp TV, SLRC, Dialog TV, PeoTV
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| Maldives |
Yupp TV, Medianet
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| Singapore |
StarHub TV+
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*Details will be updated here right after the official announcement
WPL teams
As of now, the owners of the WPL teams haven’t announced the official team names. Given below are list of the WPL teams owners and the cities:
|
Owner |
City |
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Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd |
Lucknow
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Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd |
Mumbai |
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Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd |
Bengaluru |
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JSW GMR Cricket Pvt.Ltd |
Delhi |
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Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd |
Ahmedabad
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WPL 2023 format
The BCCI has announced that the first edition of the WPL will be a 5-team tournament. Each team will play against the other team twice, which means that the league stage will feature 20 matches. Once the league phase ends, the top ranked team will directly qualify for the final. The other finalists will be decided via eliminator rounds between the second and third-placed sides.
Schedule
As of now, the BCCI haven’t announced the final schedule for the WPL 2023.