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The BCCI Set To Start Five-Team Tournament Women’s IPL in March 2023

Sangeeta Viswas
2 years ago

The BCCI is Set To Start Five-Team Tournament Women’s IPL in March 2023, with the long-awaited women’s IPL, set to become a reality next year.

The Five-team tournament held in March 2023:-

In which the BCCI is planning to organize a five-team tournament in March 2023, soon after the Women’s T20 World Cup culminating in South Africa on February 26.

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The BCCI’s proposed plan includes a total of 22 matches in the league, with 18 players in each team.

Out of which maximum six are from abroad. A playing XI cannot consist of more than five foreign players, with four from full member countries and one from an associate nation.

The BCCI Set To Start Five-Team Tournament Women’s IPL in March 2023

The BCCI sent state associations on Thursday:-

As per the plan, which the BCCI sent to the state associations on Thursday and spotted by ESPNcricnfo, each team will play the other twice (20 matches), with the league topper going straight to the final.

The second finalist will be decided through an eliminator competition between the second and third-placed teams in the league stage.

The BCCI is yet to finalize the length of the WIPL, but it will be wrapped up before the start of the men’s IPL, which is likely to take place at the end of March 2023.

BCCI set to launch five-team women's IPL in March 2023
The BCCI Set To Start Five-Team Tournament Women’s IPL in March 2023

The tournament can be Played in caravan style:-

“Playing WIPL in home and away format will be a challenge. As it is not possible to have one match every day. With five to six teams,” BCCI said in its paper on WIPL.

The State is part of the broader agenda of the Annual General Meeting. Of the Board to be holding in Mumbai on 18 October. “It is suggesting that the tournament may be playing in a caravan style. Where after finishing ten matches at one venue. The next ten matches are to be playing at the next.

Women's Indian Premier League 2023 (WIPL 2023) Likely To Be a 5-Team  Affair, Will Be Played in 2 Venues: Report
The BCCI Set To Start Five-Team Tournament Women’s IPL in March 2023

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Therefore, ten matches are to be playing at two venues in the 2023 WIPL season. Ten matches each at the next two venues in the 2024 season. And ten matches at one venue for the 2025 season. And the remaining ten at one of the 2023 season venues. In.”