Viacom18 secured the Women’s IPL media rights for a interval of 5 years (2023-27) at an public sale in Mumbai on Monday. Viacom has dedicated Rs 951 crore, which interprets to a per match worth of Rs 7.09 crore. Viacom outbid Disney Star, Sony and Zee. The Network 18-owned media home additionally has the digital rights for the boys’s IPL and the continued SA20 League in South Africa. A 3-team Women’s T20 Challenge had been staged alongside the boys’s IPL since 2018.
“After pay equity, today’s bidding for media rights for Women’s IPL marks another historic mandate,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated. “It’s a big and decisive step for empowerment of women’s cricket in India, which will ensure participation of women from all ages. A new dawn indeed!”
The base worth for the inaugural public sale forward of the WIPL has been divided into 5 classes from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh. The deadline for registration for the public sale is January 26.
According to the “guidance notes” for the public sale registration system shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with the state associations, the reserve costs a feminine cricketer can select are specified.
While capped gamers – those that have performed for India or presently have a central contract – can select both Rs. 30 lakh, Rs. 40 lakh or Rs. 50 lakh as their base worth, the uncapped cricketers have been given two choices (Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh).
The BCCI will unveil the 5 WIPL franchises on January 25.