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BCCI earned Rs 377.49 cr revenue from WPL | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) earned a revenue of Rs 377.49 crores revenue from the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL), which was held from March 4-26, 2023 in Mumbai at two venues.As per the BCCI treasurer Ashish Shelar's report for the financial year 2022-23, presented during the Annual General Meeting of the cricket body in Goa on Monday, the Board earned a revenue of Rs 377.49 crores from the WPL, which included five teams. An income analysis done in Shelar's report shows that surplus from the WPL accounted for 6% of the BCCI's total income for the 2022-23 financial year. 37% of the share of the BCCI's income in this period came from the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Board earned 38% of its income from the sale of media rights, and 10%...

14Sep

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Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur on TIME100 NEXT 2023 list of emerging leaders – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Three notable Indians, including cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, have earned a spot on TIME magazine's prestigious "2023 TIME100 Next: the Emerging Leaders Shaping the World" list. The list also featured Nandita Venkatesan and Vinu Daniel. It also featured Indian-origin Nabarun Dasgupta.TIME magazine celebrated Harmanpreet's enduring competitive spirit and her profound impact on the world of women's cricket. They credited her with transforming women's cricket from a peripheral interest to one of the most valuable sporting assets globally.At the age of 34, Harmanpreet continues to make headlines and impress cricket enthusiasts.Harmanpreet attained legendary status in 2017 when she scored an incredible 171 not out off just 115 balls in a World Cup match against Australia, leaving f...

15Aug

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Harmanpreet Kaur says audience liked WPL more than IPL | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Women's Premier League turned out to be a huge success as it helped give a much-needed boost to women's cricket in India. And if Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is to be believed, the audience showed more interest than IPL."WPL was a game changer for us. That tournament was so good. Everyone loved it back home. The response we got, trust me, some of the audience was more interested in women's IPL than men's because it was something new to watch," Harmanpreet said on Daggers & Lyds podcast.Organised by the BCCI, the franchise T20 cricket league took place from March 4 to March 26 this year. The tournament featured five teams and a total of 22 matches, all held at Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.The franchise-based T20 cricket leagu...

15Aug

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Harmanpreet Kaur says some of the audience liked WPL more than IPL | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Women's Premier League turned out to be a huge success as it helped give a much-needed boost to women's cricket in India. And if Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is to be believed, the audience showed more interest in WPL than IPL."WPL was a game changer for us. That tournament was so good. Everyone loved it back home. The response we got, trust me, some of the audience was more interested in women's IPL than men's because it was something new to watch," Harmanpreet said on Daggers & Lyds podcast.Organised by the BCCI, the franchise T20 cricket league took place from March 4 to March 26 this year. The tournament featured five teams and a total of 22 matches, all held at Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.The franchise-based T20 cricke...

11Aug

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‘Match-winning fifty against Pakistan was one of the most special innings’, says Jemimah Rodrigues | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star India batter Jemimah Rodrigues fondly reminisced about her match-winning performance against Pakistan during this year's Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.She described this innings as one of the most special moments in her career, where her focus was solely on finding ways to lead her team to victory in this highly-anticipated clash.The crucial game took place at Newlands in Cape Town, and Jemimah played a pivotal role in India's successful chase of 150 runs against Pakistan. Her unbeaten 53 runs off just 38 balls, which included eight boundaries, showcased her prowess at the crease, delivering a strike rate of 139.47.In a significant partnership, Jemimah teamed up with Richa Ghosh (31 not out off 20 balls) to form an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 58 runs, ultimat...

14Apr

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Mulling possibility of scheduling WPL in Diwali window: Jay Shah | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Friday said that the board is mulling the possibility of scheduling the next edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) in the Diwali window. Shah also added that WPL will be played in the home and away format from the next season onwards with a bigger window.The inaugural edition of the tournament was held from March 4-26 across two venues in Mumbai."We are mulling the possibility of scheduling the WPL, in the home and away format, in the Diwali window; not two seasons in a year but just a different time window," Shah said during an interaction with mediapersons."Women's cricket now has a dedicated audience base and this number will only keep growing as we expect an encouraging turnout at the next WPL," Shah said.Seeking feedback on Asia Cup v...

14Apr

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WPL to be held in February with bigger window, home and away format

Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur along with teammates and team staff pose for a photo with the Womens Premier League 2023 trophy after winning the Final match by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals, at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI The Women’s Premier League will be played in the home-away format from the next edition onwards with a bigger window, most likely in February, a source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed on April 14.The inaugural edition of the tournament was held here from March 4-26 across two venues in Mumbai.Earlier this month, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had told PTI that WPL will remain a five-team tournament for the next three seasons and it will be staged in the home and away format as that was "important for building a ...

14Apr

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Women’s Premier League to be held in February with bigger window, home and away format | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The Women's Premier League will be played in the home-away format from the next edition onwards with a bigger window, most likely in February, a source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed on Friday.The inaugural edition of the tournament was held here from March 4-26 across two venues in Mumbai.Earlier this month, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had told PTI that WPL will remain a five-team tournament for the next three seasons and it will be staged in the home and away format as that was "important for building a fan base".The BCCI source however said it would be tough to take the league to tier-2 cities such as Indore, which doesn't have a WPL franchise named after it.The source added that the ongoing discussions also include postponing the WPL to later in th...

6Apr

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From travelling in unreserved train compartments to getting mobbed: How the treatment of women cricketers has changed

Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur along with her teammates, team staff and team owner Nita Ambani with the Women’s Premier League 2023 trophy at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI I came across a group of young women — a French translator, a make-up artist and a home-maker — at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai shortly after the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) last month. They were happy: their team, Mumbai Indians, had just won the inaugural edition of the WPL. Though they follow cricket, it was the first time that they were watching women’s cricket. They aren’t alone. The WPL has created a fan base of millions for women’s cricket in India, going by the eyeballs that the WPL attracted for over three weeks in March.Not that women’s cricket wasn’t ...

4Apr

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WPL to remain 5-team affair in coming three seasons; home and away format likely from season 2, says IPL chairman Arun Dhumal | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Women's Premier League (WPL) to remain five-team affair for the coming three seasons despite turning out to be a huge success in the inaugural edition itself while BCCI is planning to introduce the home and away format from the next season to increase the fan base for the franchises, said IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Tuesday.Dhumal feels the home and away games will help teams immensely in building a fan base and the board wants to take that step without wasting any further time."Well begun is half done. It has been a great beginning for WPL and going forward it is going to be much better than what we have seen so far. We have started with five teams but going forward there is scope for an additional team given the pool of the players that is going to come in the years to ...

27Mar

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‘I was waiting for such a moment for a long time’: Harmanpreet Kaur

Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur kisses the Womens Premier League 2023 trophy in celebration as Mumbai Indians won the Final match by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals, at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI It was a bit like the Lionel Messi moment. Harmanpreet Kaur looked happily at the shining trophy beside her.She was smiling most of the time as she addressed the media after finally winning a major trophy -- the WPL. “I was waiting for such a moment for a long time,” she said a little after leading Mumbai Indians to the title in the inaugural edition of the WPL. “As a captain I am winning something which is so important for women’s cricket.” What did she feel when Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav staged that stunning rearguard act for Delhi Capitals with th...

27Mar

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Winning crucial moments key to Mumbai Indians’ success in WPL, says captain Harmanpreet Kaur

Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates with teammates their win in the Women’s Premier League Twenty20 cricket final match against Delhi Capitals in Mumbai on March 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur feels that focussing on winning crucial moments of matches and not the ultimate prize worked well for her side, as they lifted the inaugural Women’s Premier League trophy after a seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the final here. MI chased down the target of 132 with three balls to spare in the low-scoring but tense summit clash at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, with England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt playing sheet-anchor with an unbeaten 60. "(Right from start) we were talking about winning the moments. We were not looking for the tro...

26Mar

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Watch: Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar attend Mumbai Indians’ WPL final vs Delhi Capitals

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and India captain Rohit Sharma were at the Brabourne Stadium to cheer for the Mumbai Indians women’s team as it took on the Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League final on Sunday. Other players from the men’s team of the Mumbai Indians like Ishan Kishan were also in the stands to root for the home side. Mumbai beat Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in the final to become the first-ever WPL winners. Batting first, Delhi scored 131 runs with skipper Meg Lanning top scoring with 35 before she was run out, and Shikha Pandey scoring an unbeaten 27. Issy Wong and Hayley Matthews had both claimed three wickets each while Amelia Kerr chipped in with two more. The legendary @sachin_rt in the house for the #Final 😃🙌🏻 Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/N0U4w...

26Mar

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Women’S Premier League: DC vs MI Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals to win inaugural WPL title | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians won the inaugural Women's Premier League title on Sunday, after registering a thrilling seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in the summit clash at the Brabourne stadium.All-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt played a gritty knock of 60 not out, off 55 balls, to take Mumbai home in a tight low-scoring final against Delhi.As it happened: WPL 2023 FinalAfter restricting Delhi to a below par 131 for 9, Mumbai chased down the target with three balls to spare in front of a partisan crowd. Sciver-Brunt and skipper Harmanpreet, who scored 37 off 39 balls, added a match-winning 72 runs for the third wicket as they reached 134 for 3 in 19.3 overs. 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 #𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗪𝗣𝗟!CONGRATULATIONS @mipaltan 👏👏#TATAWPL | #DCvMI | #Final https://t....

26Mar

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WPL final | Delhi Capitals wins toss, opts to bat against Mumbai Indians

DC captain Meg Lanning and MI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur at the toss during the Women’s Premier League final Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at Brabourne Stadium on March 26, 2023 in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat first against Mumbai Indians in the final of the Women's Premier League here on Sunday. While MI decided to go with the same playing XI, DC brought in Minnu Mani for Poonam Yadav. DC had qualified directly for the final after topping the league stage points table, while MI made it to the summit clash after beating UP Warriorz in the eliminator on Friday.Playing XIs: Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (w), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Melie Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot...

25Mar

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Saika Ishaque: From Kolkata’s city slum to becoming WPL star

Saika Ishaque, the left-arm spinner from Bengal, has emerged as one of the stars of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) by scalping 15 wickets in nine matches for Mumbai Indians Women. She is the second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament after another left-arm spinner — UP Warriorz’s Sophie Ecclestone. On Sunday, when Mumbai face Delhi Capitals Women in the final at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Saika will be one of the players to watch out for. It has been a turnaround for the cricketer who wanted to quit the game following a shoulder injury and was not able to find a place in the Bengal team for nearly three years. The break in women’s cricket because of the pandemic only made matters worse for her. Saika Ishaque and Amelia Kerr have been unplayable tonight 🫡 Yeh raha p...

25Mar

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Players did not put boundary ropes, says Harmanpreet Kaur on short WPL boundary limits | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: India and Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday declined to comment on the issue of short boundary in the Women's Premier League (WPL), saying that administrators and not players should be deciding on such limits.The inaugural WPL began earlier this month on the directive from the BCCI that the boundary limits should be brought in, five metres lesser than last month's T20 World Cup to a maximum 60 metres.The decision was to facilitate more high-scoring games and entertainment for crowds in the stadiums and watching elsewhere in terms of more boundaries and sixes.However, both the venues of WPL 2023 -- the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and the Brabourne Stadium -- witnessed boundaries being brought in as close as 42-44 metres, with plenty of batters making most of...

25Mar

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WPL 2023 – ‘It’s all a bit surreal’: Isabelle Wong on hat-trick vs UP Warriorz | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: England pacer Isabelle Wong claimed the first hat-trick of the Women's Premier League to help Mumbai Indians enter the final. After Mumbai Indians won the Eliminator against UP Warriorz by 72 runs, hat-trick star Wong called it "a bit surreal".Wong returned with incredible figures of 4-0-15-4 to bundle out UPW for 110 in their chase of a stiff 183-run target."It's all a bit surreal, it's been a bit of a whirlwind for the last couple of weeks. Put in a bit of hard yards for the last couple of years in the gym and rewarding to enjoy all of that," the 20-year-old Wong said after the match."Under lights, it swung. The square allows you to keep the swing going even in the later stages of the innings. We knew if we look after the ball, then we can get it to swing."𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙏-𝙏𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙀...

24Mar

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It’s all a bit surreal: Issy Wong on hat-trick

England pacer Isabelle Wong called it “a bit surreal” after recording the first hat-trick of the Women’s Premier League to fire Mumbai Indians into the final with a crushing 72-run win over UP Warriorz here on Friday. Wong returned with incredible figures of 4-0-15-4 to bundle out UPW for 110 in their chase of a stiff 183-run target. “It’s all a bit surreal, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind for the last couple of weeks. Put in a bit of hard yards for the last couple of years in the gym and rewarding to enjoy all of that,” the 20-year-old Wong said after the match. WWW – 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐓-𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 IN THE #WPL! 🔥#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #MIvUPWpic.twitter.com/JxJ0kecQ6S — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 24, 2023 “Under lights, it swung. The square allows you to keep the swing ...

24Mar

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Women’s Premier League: Mumbai turns UP’s eliminator

It was an evening where Mumbai Indians could not put a foot wrong. After a slight hiccup towards the end of the league phase where they ended up losing two matches on the trot and failed to make the final directly, on Friday, they rediscovered their title credentials. Playing UP Warriorz in the Eliminator at the DY Patil Stadium in blistering home support, Mumbai Indians won by 72 runs and set up a final with Delhi Capitals. Ensuring Mumbai’s place in the final were two English cricketers, who have lit up the inaugural Women’s Premier League. If Nat Sciver-Brunt’s power-packed innings of 72 off just 38 deliveries, floored Warriorz in the first half of the match, then seamer Issy Wong’s four wickets – including a hat-trick – buried them in the second half. For UP, while the margin of def...