New Delhi, Jan 25: Most ambitious Women’s Premier League has now got five official teams. The owners of men’s IPL teams Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, as well as the Adani Group and Capri Global, have won bids to own the five women’s IPL teams at the auction ahead of the inaugural edition to be played in March this year.
The teams will be based in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow respectively.
The winners were identified after opening sealed bids in Mumbai on Wednesday, with the BCCI fetching a record sum of INR 4669.99 crore. The Ahmedabad team was sold for the highest price: INR 1289 crore, followed by Mumbai (INR 912.99 crore), Bengaluru (INR 901 crore), Delhi (INR 810 crore) and Lucknow (INR 757 crore).
Arun Dhumal, the chairman of the IPL, said that finalising the schedule and itinerary for the first season of the WPL was “a work in progress”. A player auction is also to be held, details of which are yet to be released.
The BCCI recently earned a big sum from the sale of the women’s IPL media rights, which were bagged by Viacom 18 for INR 951 crore (USD 116.7 million approx.) for a five-year period between 2023 and 2027.
A total of 16 entities took part in the bidding process on Wednesday after 17 entities were understood to have submitted their bids.
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