Evolution of Women’s Cricket
A women’s Twenty20 cricket franchise league is called the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is its owner and operator. The first season began in March 2023, and Mumbai Indians won the inaugural championship. There were games between five franchises in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The Women’s T20 Challenge was India’s first significant women’s Twenty20 tournament. This competition began as a one-match event in 2018 and was increased to a three-team, three-match event in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
The Women’s T20 Challenge would be replaced with a women’s version of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the country’s main Twenty20 franchise cricket competition, according to BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s announcement in February 2022. Plans were farther along by August, and the BCCI declared in October that they were thinking of holding a five-team tournament in March 2023. The Women’s Premier League, which the BCCI later renamed, was formally known as the Women’s Indian Premier League.
The BCCI issued a request for proposals on January 28, 2023, for the league’s title sponsorship rights through 2027. The winning bidder, Tata Group, paid an undisclosed sum. The tournament’s first champion, Mumbai Indians, defeated Delhi Capitals in the championship game.
