Women IPL will start in March. With the tournament so near, all the preparation is going fast. This is the 2nd season for Women’s IPL.
So, there are a lot of things to be done. Among those things, there are players auction that may happen on 11 or 13 February. The team’s auction has already happened. There are 5 teams in the maiden IPL tournament for women.
People are also calling it the Women’s Premier League. In this article, we will talk about the team’s list for WIPL. Right now, there are a lot of details that these franchises still have to reveal. We will tell you all of that as things become more clear. So stay with us.
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Women’s IPL Teams list
Women’s IPL 2024 will have 5 teams. The rights for all the teams are sold out. This was an expensive business.
The next section will discuss how much the teams cost their owners. In this section, we will talk about the teams’ list and their owners. You refer to the following table for the team’s list.
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Team | Owner |
Gujrat Giants | Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd |
Mumbai | India win Sports Pvt. Ltd |
Bengaluru | Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd |
Delhi | JSW GMR Cricket Pvt.Ltd |
Lucknow Warriors | Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd |
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Team owners and prices
This auction was an expensive business. They spend more than 500 Million dollars on the team rights alone. Just imagine how much they will spend on the players. With this move, women’s cricket will go in a good direction. Let’s see how much each team costs the franchise owners.
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Team | Cost (Million dollars) |
Gujrat Giants | 158 |
Mumbai | 112 |
Bengaluru | 110.4 |
Delhi | 99.3 |
Lucknow Warriors | 92.7 |
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Gautam Adani is the world’s second-richest businessman. This much money is peanuts to him. But oh boy, is that some crazy money. With this, Gujrat Giants becomes the most expensive franchise in WIPL.
Home grounds list
Each team is to be named after a city, and they must declare a stadium from that city as a home ground. Let’s see the home grounds for these teams.
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Teams | Home grounds |
Gujrat Giants | Narendra Modi Stadium |
Mumbai | Brabourne Stadium |
Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
Lucknow Warriors | Ekana Stadium |
Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
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Possible venues
This year’s WIPL will be played in Mumbai. Two stadiums are being named for this. These two stadiums are as follows.
- Brabourne Stadium
- DY Patil Cricket Academy
They named these two venues in the same city to avoid wastage time traveling. The first WIPL is crunched between the Women’s t20 world cup and the men’s IPL. Hence, they are using Mumbai for the entire tournament.
Conclusion
This is a great step for women’s cricket. The franchises have spent a lot of money on the teams. They will spend some more on the auction as well. Regardless, women’s cricket needed something like this. With a huge sum of money thrown at it, women’s cricket will flourish.