Women’s IPL Maximum Five Overseas Players In Playing XI

The first edition of Women’s IPL’2023 is set to take place in March 2023. The tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice.    

The much-awaited inaugural edition of Women’s IPL’2023 will have five teams and is set to take place in March 2023 before the start of men’s IPL. 

As per a BCCI note accessed by PTI, the tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice. The table toppers will get a direct entry into the final, while the second and third place teams will battle out in the Eliminator.

Each team can have no more than five overseas cricketers in the playing eleven.

To have a well balance of domestic & international players and to have competitive teams, it has been tentatively decided to have five teams for WIPL. Each team can comprise maximum of eighteen players where no team can have more than six overseas players.

. “Women’s cricket has been on the up since a few years and the recently concluded bilateral series against Australia is a great testament to how popular women’s cricket has become in India,” BCCI president Roger Binny said in a release issued by the board.  

Huge congratulations to Viacom18 and @BCCI, @JayShah for a historic day in women’s cricket. Today marks a new era where our women cricketers will get the platform they deserve to thrive, excel and develop on the global stage. I’m sure you’ll be mesmerized by the talent we have!” Harmanpreet tweeted.

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