The inaugural season of the Women’s IPL will function 5 franchises and the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) ended up incomes $572.5 million for his or her gross sales. Adani Sportsline grew to become the very best bidder for the Ahmedabad franchise with $158 million whereas the opposite groups shall be from Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Bengaluru. According to the cricket governing physique, the quantity paid for the 5 groups eclipsed that which was paid for the groups within the first version of the Indian Premier League.

“Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men’s IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we garnered Rs.4669.99 Cr in total bid. This marks the beginning of a revolution in women’s cricket and paves the way for a transformative journey ahead not only for our women cricketers but for the entire sports fraternity,” Shah wrote.

The price of the opposite 4 groups had been – $112 million for Mumbai, $110.4 million for Bengaluru, $99.3 million for Delhi and $92.7 million for Lucknow.

Here’s a take a look at how a lot the franchises went for forward of IPL 2008 –

Mumbai Indians – The franchise was purchased by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance India Limited for $111.9 million making them the most expensive aspect in 2008.

Chennai Super Kings – The Chennai-based franchise attracted quite a lot of consideration from numerous high corporations however was in the end purchased by India Cements at a price of $91 million.

Royal Challengers Bangalore – The second-highest bid for any franchise got here for RCB with Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries group shelling out an enormous $111.6 million.

Delhi Daredevils – The GMR Group picked up the Delhi-based franchise for $84 million.

Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – The staff which is now generally known as Sunrisers Hyderabad began its journey as Deccan Chargers with Deccan Chronicle paying $107 million for the franchise.

Kolkata Knight Riders – Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment paid $75.09 crore for the Kolkata-based franchise.

Rajasthan Royals – The Jaipur-based staff was purchased by a consortium led by Emerging Media for a worth of USD 67 million.

Kings XI Punjab– Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, and Dabur’s Mohit Burman got here collectively to amass the franchise now generally known as Punjab Kings for $76 million.

NOTE: The above figures weren’t adjusted for inflation.

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