Following the success of the inaugural Women’s Premier League, the second version of the WPL is more likely to comply with a multi-city home-away format just like the IPL.
All the matches of the inaugural WPL had been performed out on the DY Patil Stadium and the Brabourne Stadium. But, as per the brand new plan, the matches for the second season could also be performed throughout Mumbai and Bengaluru.
“The final decision (about venues) might come on December 9 (the day of the WPL auction) but it is highly likely that this year it (WPL) will follow the multi-city format with Mumbai and Bengaluru being the front-runners at this moment,” a BCCI official instructed PTI.
“The WPL was received well by the fans in the opening year, and it is the right time to take it to different cities. Bengaluru always has a good audience for women’s cricket, and it has now grown because of the RCB women’s team.”
One of the most important causes behind the choice was to beat the powerful timelines that gamers face with respect to worldwide cricket as effectively.
Mumbai and Karnataka cricket affiliation officers too expressed readiness to host the matches, if certainly they arrive their method.
Royal Challengers Bangalore girls’s group captain Smriti Mandhana too share her ideas on the choice and backed the multi-city format for the WPL.
“It would be great to have WPL in multi-city format. That might be the next step and I am sure people right here would look into it and make it happen. As an RCB fan, I would love to play in Chinnaswamy where people are chanting RCB, RCB’ and just to be in that environment,” Mandhana acknowledged.
“That is something which is one step ahead for us that it (multi-city format) can reach to places where women’s cricket hasn’t reached and to get a new audience going into women’s cricket,” Mandhana added.
The public sale for the second version of the WPL is ready to happen on December 9 in Mumbai.
(with inputs from companies)
