The sales of the Indian Women's League surpassed the IPL

The sales of the Indian Women's League surpassed the IPL

Five teams of the Indian Women's League were sold for a record amount of Rs 4,670 crore.

In the world of cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has set new angles and trends and made cricket an industry.

 Its volume is increasing day by day and big companies are now looking to invest in this evergreen crop.

The Indian Cricket Board BCCI is launching the first Women's Premier Cricket League from March. As per the format of this league, five teams are to be auctioned and bids were invited from interested parties.

Cricket officials were taken by surprise when the bids for the India Women's League auction were opened on Wednesday, as no base price was set for the league and interested parties were allowed to make their bids. .

The BCCI had announced five teams for the women's league and bids for the team of their choice were to be made to the aspirants.

When the auction was held for the teams, all the five teams were sold for a record amount of Rs 4,670 crore.

This is much more than the auction in the inaugural year of the IPL. Six IPL teams were sold for $72.3 million in 2008.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted that 'Today is a historic day. The women's league has broken the record of the men's IPL.

What will be the name of this league?

Majority believed that the name of this women's league will be IPL Women, but Jay Shah has announced that it will be called Women's Premier League (WPL).

This means it will not be a mirror of IPL but a parallel league.

Who was the successful buyer?

BCCI has formed teams of five cities named after Bangalore, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Lucknow.

All ten IPL franchises tried to buy these teams. Apart from this, well-known business houses and some banks also submitted offers.

Interestingly, Haldi Ram, a well-known manufacturer of sweets and snacks, also participated in this auction but failed.

The most expensive women's league team was Ahmedabad, which was bought by India's richest conglomerate Adani Group for Rs 1289 crore.

Reliance Group's Mumbai Indians have acquired the Mumbai team for Rs 919 crore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore is not far behind and has bought Bangalore for 900 crores.

GMR Group, the owner of Delhi Capitals, has bought Delhi for 810 crores.

Lucknow Giants owner Capri Holdings has bought Lucknow for 757 crores.

Other franchises, including Shah Rukh Khan's Calcutta Knight Riders and Preity Zinta's Punjab Super Kings, failed despite many attempts to buy women's league teams.

What will be the format of the league?

22 matches will be played in this women's league. According to the simplest points, the top two teams in the table will play the final.

The players of all the five teams will be auctioned in February and each team will be given a wallet of Rs 12 crore which will be able to buy a maximum of 18 players.

Each team must buy at least 15 players. A price for each player will be fixed by the board while each franchise can also buy up to five overseas players.

The players will be selected through a live auction while the gross profits of the WPL will be shared among the five teams.

The fashionability of women's justice in India is on the rise

Last December, the men's cricketers were surprised by a packed ground at the Patil Stadium in Mumbai for the women's match between India and Australia.

45,000 people were watching the women's match in the stadium that day, which is a record in its place.

In women's cricket, Indian players have a monopoly in Asia. She has won the World Cup and Asia Cup multiple times and the rapid rise in popularity of the women's team has attracted the interest of major corporations.

The TV rights of the Women's Premier League have already been sold to Viacom for five years for Rs 951 crore.

The women's league will be held in March. This is a new experience and a new game war, in which only women players will be watching but the whole country will be watching.

It is also an honor for Indian cricket and also the creation of a new society, where women can show their full potential.