MUMBAI: Women’s T20 exhibition matches featuring players from India, Australia, and England are likely to be held during the play-off stage of the 2018 edition of the Indian Premier league (IPL).
According to a report in The Times of India, Committee of Administrators (CoA) chairman Vinod Rai has hinted that BCCI is dedicated to conducting women’s IPL in due course. Rai said: “If we find that we can host a few exhibition matches then BCCI would like to do it this year. The women cricketers deserve to play IPL.”
The IPL governing council did discuss a possibility of women’s league last October. Diana Edulji said: “The IPL GC may discuss it for sure. If it’s feasible we will do it. I am all for women’s IPL. But it’s too late this year to come up with a full-fledged event because of time constraint. We need a different window and, therefore, we can’t rush into it. It needs a lot of planning,”
These exhibition matches could see players from Australia and England participate with both nations touring India in the next few months.
