The Girls’s Premier League (WPL) is about to be held between February 7 and March 2, BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla has revealed.
Shukla introduced that WPL 2025 will likely be hosted throughout 4 venues: Baroda, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Lucknow. The precise variety of video games at every venue stays undecided, because the WPL schedule for the season is but to be launched.
This association ensures that 4 of the 5 WPL groups may have the benefit of enjoying in entrance of their dwelling crowd, whereas the two-time finalists, Delhi Capitals, will play all their matches at away venues. The precise distribution of matches throughout the venues is but to be decided.
The inaugural season, held in March 2023, featured 5 franchises and the matches had been hosted in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The second season, held from February 23–March 17, 2024 was performed in Bengaluru and Delhi.
In January 2023, Viacom18 secured the media rights for the match’s TV and digital broadcasts underneath a five-year contract valued at Rs 951 crore. With 22 matches per season throughout the primary three years, the per-match worth is Rs 7.09 crore. There could possibly be a potential improve to 34 matches from 2026 when the BCCI, primarily based on the efficiency of the ladies’s IPL, may have a look at including a sixth franchise.
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