The Cricket Affiliation of Bengal [CAB] has introduced the launch of the Bengal Professional T20 event, with a males’s occasion and a women’s occasion, in June this yr.
If and when it will get off the bottom, the women’s occasion would be the first full-fledged women’s franchise T20 event in India to be run by an affiliation. There may be the BCCI’s Ladies’s Premier League [WPL], after all, and there have been women’s exhibition T20 matches slotted across the males’s T20 leagues in Karnataka and Maharashtra, however not one thing alongside the strains of the numerous males’s tournaments within the nation.
“All of the eight groups can be franchises-owned, which can be a first [in India for a state association-run tournament]. We’ve got nonetheless not finalised the franchises, which can be introduced at a later date,” Ganguly mentioned. “The groups can be utterly owned by franchises and all gamers can be paid as per the wage cap. CAB is not going to incur any expense for the league.”
PTI reported that CAB has been in talks with Kolkata Knight Riders, the group that owns Lucknow Tremendous Giants, Bandhan Financial institution, Shrachi Group, and Rashmi Cement, amongst others to personal the groups.
“For lengthy, there had been criticism that Bengal cricketers weren’t getting alternatives like those from Tamil Nadu or Karnataka,” Ganguly mentioned. “This would be the reply to it. Bengal has numerous expertise however they didn’t have a correct platform until now. This can be an ideal launch pad for them.”
It’s understood that the Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation [TNCA] has additionally been planning a women’s T20 league alongside the strains of their males’s Tamil Nadu Premier League, however it’s understood that it’s going to not get off the bottom this yr.
