Women’s Premier League Auction 2023: Date, Teams, Purse, Top Players to participate in WPL

The
Board
of
Control
for
Cricket
in
India
(BCCI)
is
busy
preparing
for
the
players’ auction
ahead
of
the
inaugural
edition
of
the
most
sought-after
tournaments
in
the
world.

Last
month,
the
BCCI
hit
another
jackpot
with
the
sale
of
five
teams
for
the
WPL
as
the
board
got
richer
by
4669.99
crore.

Adani
Sports
Line
Pvt.
Ltd.
bought
the
Ahmedabad
franchise
for
a
whopping
bid
of
Rs
1289
crore.
The
team
will
be
called
Gujarat
Giants
and
have
Mithali
Raj
as
its
mentor.

Women’s
Premier
League:
RCB,
MI,
DC,
GG
–
What
will
the
five
WPL
franchises
be
called?

Capri
Global
Holdings
Pvt.
Ltd.
bought
the
rights
for
the
Lucknow-based
franchise
for
Rs
757
crore
and
named
it
Lucknow
Warriors.

Indiawin
Sports
Pvt.
Ltd.
–
who
own
the
IPL
franchise
Mumbai
Indians
–
bought
the
Mumbai
franchise
for
WPL
with
a
bid
of
Rs
912.99
crore.

Royal
Challengers
Sports
Pvt.
Ltd.
–
who
are
the
owners
of
IPL
side
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
–
bought
the
Bengaluru-WPL
franchise
for
Rs
901
crore.

Owners
of
Delhi
Capitals
i.e.
JSW-GMR
Cricket
Pvt.
Ltd.
placed
a
bid
of
Rs
810
crore
to
bag
the
Delhi
women’s
franchise
as
well.

When
will
WPL
2023
Auctions
be
held?

The
auction
for
the
first
season
of
the
Women’s
Premier
League
(WPL)
will
be
held
either
on
February
11
or
13.

As
per
a
Cricbuzz
report,
a
representative
of
one
of
the
teams
informed
the
website
that
four
of
the
WPL
franchisees
own
a
team
in
the
ongoing
ILT20
and
have
urged
the
BCCI
to
host
the
WPL
Auction
after
the
tournament
ends
on
February
12.

The
Cricbuzz
report
quoted
the
representative
as
saying,
“The
BCCI
is
discussing
the
dates
but
February
11
(Saturday)
and
13
(Monday)
have
been
shortlisted.
February
13
will
be
a
convenient
date
for
most
franchises.”

Venue
for
WPL
2023
Auction?

As
per
reports,
either
Delhi
or
Mumbai
would
be
the
possible
venue
for
hosting
the
WPL
2023
Auction.

What
will
be
the
team’s
purse
for
WPL
2023
Auction?

Every
franchise
will
have
a
purse
of
Rs
12
crore
to
buy
players
at
the
auction.

How
many
players
one
franchise
can
buy
at
WPL
2023
Auction?

A
WPL
franchise
is
supposed
to
have
a
minimum
of
15
players
on
the
side
and
a
maximum
of
18
players.

How
many
overseas
players
a
franchise
can
buy?

The
BCCI
has
allowed
the
WPL
teams
to
include
five
foreign
players
in
the
playing
eleven
in
every
game.
Therefore,
every
franchise
should
look
to
buy
a
minimum
of
five
overseas
players
but
they’ll
look
to
buy
six
to
seven
teams.