(UTV | NEW DELHI) – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has informed the state units that the Board plans to start Women’s IPL early next year.
In an email to state units, which Sportstar has seen, Ganguly has written, “The BCCI is currently working in the much-awaited women’s IPL. We are expecting to start the first season early next year.”
The Board has already earmarked the February-March window for next year’s WIPL and a formal go-ahead is expected after the Annual General Meeting next month.
In an interview to this publication in June, Ganguly had said that from 2023, the men’s IPL will go back to the home and away format with 10 teams playing at their designated venues. In his letter to the state units, Ganguly echoed similar sentiments. “The next season of men’s IPL will also go back to the home and away format with all the 10 teams playing their home matches at their designated venues,” Ganguly wrote.
The Indian women’s team will also host World Champion Australia for a five-match T20I series in December this year, however, the fixtures are yet to be revealed. “The Indian men’s senior team will be playing against Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the home international series. The Indian women’s senior team will be playing against Australia,” Ganguly wrote in his letter.