Women’s IPL likely in March 2023

THE Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has set aside a window in March 2023 for the first-ever edition of women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and the process to get the show on the road is underway, as per board president Sourav Ganguly.

As per ESPNCricinfo, the board has made changes to its women’s domestic cricket calendar to make way for women’s IPL. The women’s season that generally goes on from November to April has been advanced by a month, with the season set to begin on October 11 with T20 competition and end in February 2023 with an inter-zonal ODI competition. Since 2018, BCCI has been organizing the Women’s T20 Challenge. What started as a one-off exhibition match between two teams in the first season is now a three-team competition. Many players from outside India also joined the competition.