Charu Sharma: IPL took 15 years to set up WPL, PKL facing commercial challenge for women’s league
1 year, 2 months ago

Charu Sharma: IPL took 15 years to set up WPL, PKL facing commercial challenge for women’s league

The Hindu  

With the next season of the Pro Kabaddi League on the horizon, the anticipation continues to grow as the league gears up for its 10th edition. Managed by Mashal Sports, the entity behind PKL’s organisation, this edition is set to reintroduce the league’s original multi-city caravan-style format, aiming to recapture the enthusiasm surrounding the second-most watched sporting league in India. Yes, I agree that we took much longer than we should have, but despite the massive amount of money this one sport has, it took them 15 years to establish a women’s league. So you can imagine with that level of funding and those commercial circles, if it took 15 years to get it going, I just hope everyone is a little patient with us because I don’t think there’s a shortage of players, but we first need to beat the commercial challenge before we can get away with lead going forward. Looking back, do you think the decision to increase to 12 teams was made prematurely, especially given that the league hasn’t experienced growth on par with its earlier phases?

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Pro Kabaddi League - A decade of deliverance, but what’s next for PKL?
1 month ago

Pro Kabaddi League - A decade of deliverance, but what’s next for PKL?

The Hindu  

In 2010, young men in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, particularly those inclined towards sports, had two main career paths before them: joining the Armed Forces or the Police. For E. Prasad Rao, PKL’s technical director, seeing players like Chaudhari, Aslam Inamdar, Siddharth Desai, and many others benefit financially from the league was one of two primary objectives. Players are now able …

PKL Commissioner Anupam Goswami: Kabaddi is a Strong Contender for the Olympics
1 month, 4 weeks ago

PKL Commissioner Anupam Goswami: Kabaddi is a Strong Contender for the Olympics

The Hindu  

Pro Kabaddi League commissioner Anupam Goswami is confident that kabaddi will be part of the Olympics given the kind of patronage and popularity the PKL, which is successfully entering the second decade, receives. All these teams come from very significant sports consumption geographies, meaning a lot for the league and kabaddi fans in those geographies. PKL will not only be …

Pro Kabaddi League season 11 to begin on October 18
4 months ago

Pro Kabaddi League season 11 to begin on October 18

Hindustan Times  

Season 11 of the Pro Kabaddi League will begin on October 18 this year, announced the organisers on Wednesday. After successfully completing ten seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League earlier this year, the world’s biggest kabaddi league will embark on a new phase in October. Pro Kabaddi League season 11 to begin on October 18 In season 11, the Pro …

Pro Women’s Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro Women’s Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2

Associated Press  

Stan Kasten never promised the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League would go off without a few hitches. “But even then, I couldn’t have imagined how the year would play out.” The six-team PWHL is riding high following a season in which it averaged 5,448 fans per game, including a women’s hockey record of 21,105 to Montreal’s Bell …

A-League Women players urge APL to create full-time competition amid Women's World Cup boom
10 months ago

A-League Women players urge APL to create full-time competition amid Women's World Cup boom

ABC  

In short: A-League Women players have sounded an urgent call for a full-time competition as part of the World Cup legacy. A-League Women players have sounded an urgent call for a full-time competition as part of the World Cup legacy. Players will work with their union to push league administrators to make faster changes The A-League Women becoming a full-time …

Women’s Premier League: The new season promises to be bigger and better
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Women’s Premier League: The new season promises to be bigger and better

Live Mint  

It wasn’t the blue jersey Harmanpreet Kaur would have envisioned lifting a trophy in, but the India captain conceded it felt “like a dream”. In the opening season itself, the WPL set a new benchmark in women’s cricket as three players were signed on for over ₹3 crore each: Smriti Mandhana to RCB for ₹3.4 crore, Ashleigh Gardner to Gujarat …

New innings: Can the women’s IPL help ease gender disparities in cricket?
1 year, 6 months ago

New innings: Can the women’s IPL help ease gender disparities in cricket?

Hindustan Times  

In March, 15 years after the Indian Premier League transformed the fortunes of male cricketers, India finally inaugurated a Women’s Premier League. “The Women’s Premier League is a game-changer,” says BCCI secretary Jay Shah. “By establishing a professional league exclusively for women’s cricket, BCCI has created more opportunities for female players to compete at a higher level, gain exposure, and …

A busy season: The Hindu Editorial on cricket at the WPL, the IPL and ICC events
1 year, 9 months ago

A busy season: The Hindu Editorial on cricket at the WPL, the IPL and ICC events

The Hindu  

It is the season of Twenty20 and just as the inaugural Women’s Premier League concluded at Mumbai, it is time for the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League. With Friday night’s clash between defending champion Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the IPL’s annual summer tryst is back in vogue. And when …

WPL 2023 is here! Women’s cricket comes of age with inaugural Women’s Premier League
1 year, 10 months ago

WPL 2023 is here! Women’s cricket comes of age with inaugural Women’s Premier League

The Hindu  

Around this time last year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India revealed its plans to host an IPL-style tournament for women by 2023. “The idea is to make the biggest platform for women cricketers and for them to come and perform in the most competitive tournament that women’s cricket is ever going to see,” Arun Dhumal, the chairman …

PKL organiser aims to launch Women’s Kabaddi League
1 year, 10 months ago

PKL organiser aims to launch Women’s Kabaddi League

The Hindu  

Riding on the success of the men’s league, Mashal Sports, the organiser of the Pro Kabaddi League, which is now in its 10th season, has aimed to launch the women’s league. “Our plans for a professional women’s kabaddi league are based on the success we have seen in the men’s league and our commitment to grow kabaddi as a modern …

First Women’s IPL gets off the mark with ₹4,700-cr
1 year, 11 months ago

First Women’s IPL gets off the mark with ₹4,700-cr

Hindustan Times  

The Women’s Premier League got a massive ₹4,669.99 crore boost at the franchise ownership auction on Wednesday, with Adani Sportline making its entry into top-flight Indian cricket by picking up the Ahmedabad team, the owners of the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals picking up their city teams in the women's tournament as well, and the non-banking financial …

Women's IPL 2023: Big update on team composition | READ
1 year, 11 months ago

Women's IPL 2023: Big update on team composition | READ

India TV News  

Women's IPL 2023: The Women's IPL is set to be kicked off with its first season in 2023 as Indian Women's cricket is set to witness greater heights. According to a report by Cricbuzz, the BCCI is set to allow up to five foreign players in the Playing XI for the Women's IPL. Image Source : IPLT20.COMHarmanpreet Kaur in action …

Women’s IPL will bridge gap between international and domestic cricket: Harmanpreet Kaur
2 years, 1 month ago

Women’s IPL will bridge gap between international and domestic cricket: Harmanpreet Kaur

The Hindu  

Stars such as Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana feel the women’s IPL could help newcomers in making a seamless transition from domestic to international cricket. The inaugural women’s IPL is set to be held in March and some of the country’s top players, from national team captain Harmanpreet to senior opener Mandhana, are looking forward to the event that will …

Women\'s IPL will bridge gap between international and domestic cricket: Harmanpreet
2 years, 1 month ago

Women\'s IPL will bridge gap between international and domestic cricket: Harmanpreet

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Stars such as Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana feel the women's IPL could help newcomers in making a seamless transition from domestic to international cricket. The inaugural women's IPL is set to be held in March and some of the country's top players, from national team captain Harmanpreet to senior opener Mandhana, are looking forward to the event …

The time is perfect for the launch of Women’s Indian Premier League
2 years, 2 months ago

The time is perfect for the launch of Women’s Indian Premier League

The Hindu  

On the day the BCCI finally decided to conduct the Women’s IPL at its annual general meeting in Mumbai, S. Sajana was playing a T20 game in the same city. In the past, whenever the topic of the Women’s IPL had come up, questions used to be asked about India’s depth in women’s cricket. The superstars in women’s cricket have …

India to debut women\'s IPL next year: Reports
2 years, 2 months ago

India to debut women\'s IPL next year: Reports

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: India is set to inaugurate a five-team women's edition of the Indian Premier League next year to run ahead of the money-spinning Twenty20 tournament, media reports said. It is tentatively set for March to fit between the next T20 Women's World Cup in South Africa and the start of the next IPL season. "We intend to conduct the …

Women’s IPL hits the stands in March 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

Women’s IPL hits the stands in March 2023

Hindustan Times  

From an experimental match in 2018, followed by a four-match symbolic exercise called the Women’s T20 Challenge from 2019 onwards, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is finally ready to launch a comprehensive T20 league for women amid rising demands. HT Image Buoyed by the growing market for women’s cricket in India and the national team’s improving performance …

Women's IPL set to be launched with five teams in 2023 I Reports
2 years, 2 months ago

Women's IPL set to be launched with five teams in 2023 I Reports

India TV News  

Women's IPL: In a much-awaited development in the cricket world, the first edition of the women's IPL is set to be held in 2023, sources have revealed. In terms of the naming of teams in Women's IPL, it is being said the BCCI is yet to decide between zone-wise or the team-wise format, which is used in Men's IPL, and …

BCCI set to organise Women's IPL with 5 teams in March 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

BCCI set to organise Women's IPL with 5 teams in March 2023

India Today  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to launch the long-awaited women's Indian Premier League as a five-team tournament in March 2023. As per the note sent by BCCI to state associations, the news agency Press Trust of India reported that the women's IPL will feature 20 league games with teams playing each other twice. "Further, …

Pakistan Cricket Board announces inaugural women's league to run alongside PSL
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan Cricket Board announces inaugural women's league to run alongside PSL

India Today  

Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced that it will launch the inaugural women's league, which will run alongside PSL, will begin in March 2023. The league will feature present and past trailblazers in women’s cricket in what promises to be an exciting 13-match event," PCB chief Ramiz Raja said in a statement. Pakistan Cricket Board had earlier this season offered …

Inaugural edition of Women's IPL to be held in March 2023
2 years, 4 months ago

Inaugural edition of Women's IPL to be held in March 2023

The Hindu  

The much-awaited Women's IPL will be starting from March 2023 to be held in a one-month window and in all likelihood with five teams, a senior BCCI official confirmed the development on Friday. The T20 World Cup in South Africa is from February 9 to 26 and immediately after that we plan to hold the WIPL," a senior BCCI official …

Women’s IPL: BCCI exploring late February-March 2023 window for the T20 tournament
2 years, 4 months ago

Women’s IPL: BCCI exploring late February-March 2023 window for the T20 tournament

The Hindu  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is looking at a late February-March window for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Indian Premier League in 2023. Several sources in the Board have confirmed to Sportstar that the tournament is likely to be played soon after the Women’s T20 World Cup ends in February and is likely to continue until …

PCB planning to introduce women's PSL early next year
2 years, 9 months ago

PCB planning to introduce women's PSL early next year

The Hindu  

Alarmed by the poor showing of the national team in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja said on Tuesday that the PCB is planning to introduce a proper domestic set-up for them, which includes a T20 franchise-based league to begin early next year to unearth new talent. We have a base and we are …

We're Committed to PKL and Kabaddi, Says League's Commissioner Anupam Goswami
2 years, 10 months ago

We're Committed to PKL and Kabaddi, Says League's Commissioner Anupam Goswami

News 18  

Elated with the successful organisation of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League amid the COVID-19 pandemic, PKL Commissioner Anupam Goswami said the resumption of the eighth edition of the event after a year’s hiatus is a testament to their commitment towards the development of the sport. We ourselves have not been able to conduct the event in 2020,” Goswami, who is …

Eighth edition of Pro Kabaddi League to begin from 22 December; Bengaluru to host entire season
3 years, 1 month ago

Eighth edition of Pro Kabaddi League to begin from 22 December; Bengaluru to host entire season

Firstpost  

Bengaluru: Mashal Sports, organisers of Pro Kabaddi League, have announced the schedule of the first half for Season 8 that will begin from 22 December, 2021. As a special format for PKL Season 8, Mashal has scheduled ‘Triple Headers’ on the first four days to ensure that kabaddi fans across the country get to watch each of their favourite teams …

If we had women's IPL, players would get chance to compete under pressure, says Harmanpreet Kaur
3 years, 3 months ago

If we had women's IPL, players would get chance to compete under pressure, says Harmanpreet Kaur

Firstpost  

There are as many as eight Indian players featuring in the Women’s Big Bash this season and the leading stars also feature in the Hundred in the UK. Gold Coast: India’s T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur stressed on the need for a women’s IPL after her team failed to close out a tight game against Australia in the second match of …

PKL 2021: Pro Kabaddi League season eight likely to begin in July
3 years, 9 months ago

PKL 2021: Pro Kabaddi League season eight likely to begin in July

The Hindu  

The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, India’s second most-watched sporting league, is likely to commence in July, says the league’s commissioner Anupam Goswami. RELATED | He continued that the format of the PKL won't change and that a decision regarding the venues would be taken in consultation with the incoming media partners closer to the tournament. The PKL's …

Women's IPL will not just boost popularity but improve depth of Team India: Smriti Mandhana
4 years, 2 months ago

Women's IPL will not just boost popularity but improve depth of Team India: Smriti Mandhana

India Today  

India women's team vice-captain and star batter Smirit Mandha said she is delighted than a core group of close to 30 players from the country are getting to feature in next month's Women's T20 Challenge after the enforced break due to the pandemic. "The kind of response women's cricket is getting, the kind of numbers, last year we played a …

Women's cricket being well looked after by BCCI, can start full-fledged IPL with 6 teams: Mithali Raj
4 years, 3 months ago

Women's cricket being well looked after by BCCI, can start full-fledged IPL with 6 teams: Mithali Raj

India Today  

Batting great and India women's ODI team captain Mithali Raj has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India treats women's cricket as a priority and it shows with the way the cricket board was able to schedule the Women's T20 Challenge in the UAE and the proposed Sri Lanka tour. Mithali Raj lauded the BCCI for making …

Women's IPL: Mithali Raj disagrees with Alyssa Healy's comments on WBBL-T20 Challenge dates clash
4 years, 5 months ago

Women's IPL: Mithali Raj disagrees with Alyssa Healy's comments on WBBL-T20 Challenge dates clash

India Today  

Australia women’s cricket team star Alyssa Healy has expressed her reservation at the Board of Control for Cricket in India plans to host the Women’s T20 Challenge in November, saying a clash in dates with Women’s Big Bash League is not ideal. Responding to a post from Boria Majumdar, Consulting Editor Sports, India Today Group on social media, Alyssa Healy …

Sophie Devine bats for 'full-fledged' women's IPL
4 years, 6 months ago

Sophie Devine bats for 'full-fledged' women's IPL

The Hindu  

New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls last week after declaring it had no active coronavirus cases. In a conversation with Sportstar, Devine, a true ambassador of women’s game, also added that a full-fledged Women's IPL with more teams and multi-venue fixtures will “take the game” to another level. Knowing the huge positive impact the men's …

Mithali Raj: BCCI should start women's IPL by next year
4 years, 9 months ago

Mithali Raj: BCCI should start women's IPL by next year

The Hindu  

BCCI should not “wait forever” to start the women’s IPL, said India women’s ODI captain Mithali Raj, urging the board to make it happen next year on a smaller scale before gradually developing it. “I personally feel they should start a women’s IPL by next year, even if it’s on a slightly smaller scale and with some changes in rules, …

Pro Kabaddi League to ISL: The decade of financial avenues
4 years, 11 months ago

Pro Kabaddi League to ISL: The decade of financial avenues

The Hindu  

It has been a wonderful decade for Indian sports. As a result the quality too improved and the youth could look forward to a “good life” from a career in sport. “I saw my father end his career with little earning from hockey but the government job kept the family going.” READ|Women's league matches on Facebook Sportsmen, other than cricketers, …

Harmanpreet Kaur: Learned a lot from Women’s T20 League
5 years, 7 months ago

Harmanpreet Kaur: Learned a lot from Women’s T20 League

The Hindu  

In the subsequent editions, the Women’s T20 Challenge needs to have more teams and matches, Supernovas captain Harmanpreet Kaur said after clinching the title here on Saturday night. Harmanpreet, who scored a vital 51 in Supernovas’ last-ball win over Velocity, said: “Firstly it was great tournament for me, I learnt a lot from it and the same goes for other …

Overseas players keen on Women's IPL
5 years, 8 months ago

Overseas players keen on Women's IPL

The Hindu  

India's win over Pakistan in the final of the first-ever World Twenty20 in 2007 drew not only worldwide attention towards T20 cricket but also led to creation of the Indian Premier League by the BCCI a year later. IPL 2019: Full coverage Down Under, Cricket Australia moved a step further and staged Women's Big Bash League alongside the Big Bash …

We have to look for heroes in sports, make them icons: PKL’s Anupam Goswami
5 years, 8 months ago

We have to look for heroes in sports, make them icons: PKL’s Anupam Goswami

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Last year, Monu Goyat became the most expensive participant in the Pro Kabaddi League’s brief history when Haryana Steelers purchased him for ₹1.51 crore at the player auction. Though viewership dipped in 2018, the 12 teams of the league spent more than ₹50 crore in this year’s auctions for Season 7, buying 200 players. “We would need a relentless …

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Post-Balakot PR failure, Ayodhya row, unemployment crisis; today's must-read stories
5 years, 10 months ago

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Post-Balakot PR failure, Ayodhya row, unemployment crisis; today's must-read stories

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s PR victory over India post Balakot is primarily due to two concurrent reasons: The effectiveness of Pakistan’s and the dismal nature of India’s communication strategy Between Doka La standoff and Balakot strikes, here’s how India lost the plot in its communication strategy Pakistan’s PR victory over India post Balakot is primarily due to two concurrent reasons: The effectiveness of …

International Women's Day: Even as India's female athletes shine on world stage, standalone leagues for them are sadly few
5 years, 10 months ago

International Women's Day: Even as India's female athletes shine on world stage, standalone leagues for them are sadly few

Firstpost  

Since 2016 Rio Olympics, women athletes are among the biggest flagbearers in their respective sports. Experiments with women’s events But when it comes to other team-based sports, the Hockey India League and the Indian Super League have no rivals of the same stature in the women’s event. While PKL held the Women’s Kabaddi Challenge for one season in 2016, the …

Time for some maiden' power
5 years, 10 months ago

Time for some maiden' power

Deccan Chronicle  

We’ve ardently supported our men for 10 years now, but how about rooting for our ‘maidens’ as they bowl us over? Team India’s former skipper Jhulan Goswami recently stated that if at least four IPL franchises were open to starting a women’s team of their own, then we should start a ladies’ IPL. Reacting to Jhulan’s statement, Karnataka cricketer Akanksha …

Heather Knight: 'The IPL has the potential to help women’s cricket go to the next level'
5 years, 10 months ago

Heather Knight: 'The IPL has the potential to help women’s cricket go to the next level'

The Hindu  

The house gets divided every time there is a discussion on whether India should come up with an Indian Premier League -style league for women. England captain, Heather Knight, believes that such a league could be the way forward for women’s cricket. “The IPL has the potential to help women’s cricket go to the next level. You have seen the …

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