Australia’s cricketing superstars are set to reap main rewards after greater than $800 million was spent to purchase 5 franchises for the first-ever girls’s Premier League T20 event in India.
The huge determine was greater than the sum spent to launch the lads’s IPL 15 years in the past and was lauded as an “historic day in cricket”.
Australian vice-captain Alyssa Healy stated the WPL would “change women’s cricket for the better” whereas quick bowler Megan Schutt stated gamers have been “nervous” about what’s to come back.
On Wednesday, the BCCI introduced the sale of 5 franchises for the WPL, which can be performed in March, with the house owners of IPL’s Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore franchises splashing the large quantity to get entangled.
The highest bid was roughly $223m to purchase the Ahmedabad franchise, with the BCCI having already bought the event‘s media rights for the next five years for $165m.
“Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural WPL broke the records of the inaugural men’s IPL in 2008,” tweeted BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
“This marks the start of a revolution in girls‘s cricket and paves the way for a transformative journey ahead, not only for our women cricketers but for the entire sports fraternity.”
Australian stars including captain Meg Lanning, vice-captain Alyssa Healy and the number-one T20 batter in the world, Tahlia McGrath, will be among those set to cash in on the new league, with a player auction to be held – details of which are yet to be released.
Each team is set to have a salary cap of at least $2 million, which is more than the men’s BBL groups and will see gamers earn as much as $300,000 only for the event.
Arun Dhumal, the chairman of the IPL, stated finalising the schedule and itinerary for the primary season of the WPL was “a work in progress”.
Healy, the Australian vice-captain, stated the WPL was going to “change women’s cricket for the better”.
“It’s probably going to put a lot of pressure on other global organisations, or countries around the world, to lift – that’s probably the best way that I’ll put it,” she instructed ESPN cricinfo.
“The most exciting thing about it is that it’s happening and that there’s some buzz around it. It’s just going to be great for the game over here in India.”
Schutt stated the joy about probably taking part in was blended with a tinge of nerves in regards to the unknowns of an public sale.
“We’ve all talked about whether we’d put our names in there or not … we’re all a bit nervous to be honest,” Schutt stated after the primary T20 towards Pakistan in Sydney on Tuesday.
“No one wants to be that kid like at high school where your name doesn’t get called out and no one picks you, so it’s a bit nerve-racking.
“It’s an exciting opportunity … I hope that pretty much every cricketer in Australia puts their name in the hat, to be honest.
“I expect them to. Again, there’s only (limited) international slots, so it’s going to be pretty tough.”
England batter Danni Wyatt additionally took to Twitter to explain the beginning of the brand new event as ”superb”.
Originally revealed as Five new groups created for first ever Women’s Premier League in India
