Women’s Premier League 2024 To Be Played In February Only At One Venue: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah | Cricket News

BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated on Saturday that the second version of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will likely be performed solely in a single metropolis, prefer it was the case within the inaugural season. Shah, who can be the WPL committee’s convenor, stated the league will begin within the second or third week of February, 2024. There have been talks of subsequent yr’s WPL being performed in a number of cities just like the IPL. “It is decided that we will have the tournament in February, most probably we will start in the second or third week.

“As far because the venue is anxious, will probably be held in a single state solely in order that it’s higher logistically – what if we don’t get two venues in a single metropolis, that’s,” Shah told reporters here on the sidelines of the WPL auction.

“Logistics are essential for us this time, subsequent time we are able to determine it out,” he said.

Going deeper into the selection of the WPL venue, Shah said the BCCI has multiple options in front of it.

“We can do it both in Bangalore or in Uttar Pradesh. We have so many venues, even in Gujarat, the place we now have Ahmedabad, Rajkot and after a couple of years later Baroda can construct their very own stadium,” he said.

Shah said the governing body will soon have a sit-in with WPL franchises to finalise the venue.

“Basically, it’s a joint name between the franchises and the BCCI. We will sit collectively and determine. But will probably be in a single state, that’s positive.” The BCCI secretary noted that venue selection will have to be done carefully in order not to clash with the domestic matches.

“We should see the place the venue is out there. There are (home) matches occurring in Gujarat, Chandigarh, Ranchi…it’s not that we wish to organise (WPL) matches in Mumbai solely,” he said.

Shah exuded confidence that the WPL will be an even bigger success next year.

“It will likely be extra profitable this time. The greatest factor that you just noticed right now (within the public sale) was that two uncapped gamers bought such massive quantities, particularly Indian gamers.

“The franchises have shown a lot of interest towards the Indian players which is a big thing,” he added.

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