The much-awaited inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2023) is set to be played in Mumbai from March 4, 2023 to March 26, 2023.
The Brabourne Stadium and the DY Patil Stadium will host all the matches with the tournament opener expected to be played between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians-owned franchise.
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With the five teams fetching Rs 4669.99 crore and the BCCI selling the media rights for Rs 951 crore, the WPL is the second biggest T20 League in the world behind the Indian Premier League.
Apart from three IPL team owners — Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals — Capri Global Holdings (Lucknow) and the Adani Sportsline have bought the five franchises.
A total of 1525 players registered for the inaugural Women’s Premier League Player Auction (WPL 2023 Auction) and the final list was pruned to 409 players.
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A total of 22 games will be played in the inaugural season with the top-ranked team in the league stage qualifying directly for the final. The second and third-placed teams will battle out for a place in the title clash.
