Plan to introduce home and away format in WPL from season 2: IPL chairman Arun Dhumal

Buoyed by the success of the inaugural Women’s Premier League, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Tuesday talked about that they plan to introduce the home and away format from season two nevertheless the number of teams will keep 5 for the following three years.

The first ever WPL turned out to be a hit amongst followers and players nevertheless as a result of the match was staged inside sturdy timelines and correct after the Women’s T20 World Cup, the BCCI decided to organise the entire video video games all through two venues in Mumbai.

Terming web internet hosting of WPL the biggest drawback of his tenure, Dhumal talked about having home and away video video games immensely help teams in establishing a fan base and the board must take that route as early as subsequent season.

“Well begun is half carried out. It has been an incredible beginning for WPL and going forward it’s going to be considerably higher than what we have got seen up to now. We have started with 5 teams nevertheless going forward there could also be scope for further crew given the pool of the players that is going to return inside the years to adjust to.

“We are hoping improve inside the number of teams nevertheless for the approaching three seasons will keep 5. We are completely home and away format, we’re going to see which interval slot is accessible considering India’s worldwide dedication and take a reputation.

“From a fan engagement point of view it is very important that we go for home and away format,” Dhumal instructed PTI.

Fans turned up in sizeable numbers to look at the video video games at Brabourne and DY Patil Stadium. The event had garnered large consideration even sooner than the first ball was bowled with the teams rights fetching BCCI close to Rs 4700 crore and media rights Rs 951 crore.

“It has been an excellent journey up to now and pretty a tough one given the time slot we wanted to start the WPL. We are pleased with one of the best ways points have progressed, we did not have quite a lot of window as a result of the World Cup was there and the ladies had practically each week to comeback and start.

“Everything (media rights, team rights, player auction) happened one after the other but the way tournament was received, it was phenomenal,” Dhumal talked about.

One trigger for not introducing a sixth crew instantly could very nicely be the scarcity of top of the range native experience. The world’s most interesting displayed their exemplary talents inside the rivals nevertheless leaving aside Saika Ishaque, Kanika Ahuja and Shreyanka Patil, not many uncapped Indian players have been ready to flip heads on.

“Our national team has done very well over the last couple of years. U-19 girls won the World Cup. Given how the WPL was received, we are very hopeful that we will have a bigger pool of players and their fitness and fielding standard will improve immensely going forward.” Three out of 5 teams are owned by legacy IPL franchisees, who’ve seen the price of the boys’s league attain astronomical proportions.

When can the WPL franchisees break even?

“As far breaking even is concerned, those who have invested their money, they have plans in place. Our plan is to generate money and plough it back into the game and get a bigger and better pool of players for India.” Dhumal talked about it was moreover important to supply players from affiliate nations a risk inside the WPL. USA’s Tara Norris carried out inside the inaugural model.

Teams can determine as many 5 overseas players inside the collaborating in eleven nevertheless the fifth one must be from an affiliate nation.

“This is a global event. It is not India centric. We have given one slot to associate countries which will help the game grow globally. And their players did well too.” IPL: TV stays associated nevertheless be further takers for digital medium

The two-month prolonged IPL began last week following a file media rights deal that fetched the board a staggering Rs 48,390 crore. The board supplied TV and digital rights individually for the first time and that proved to be a masterstroke.

TV rights holder Star and digital rights proprietor Viacom are jostling to supply an improved viewing experience to the followers.

“The recreation has to innovate for everyone. Everything regarding the recreation has to revolve throughout the followers. The thought was to make it further enriching for the followers. We had a definite set of auctions (for media rights), we have got two excellent companions.

“A lot of market needs to be captured as far as the global audience is concerned. We will reach out to the fans globally,” talked about Dhumal.

Considering the digital revolution taking place in India and world huge, will TV keep associated?

“Digital is changing the landscape so there will be more takers for digital but given the depth and reach of the television it still has a great market in India,” he added.
Introduction of Impact participant

Dhumal added that the introduction of Impact participant inside the IPL and teams being picked after toss was carried out to mitigate the toss profit.

“We have seen dew play a major role. Winning the toss is seen as an advantage and to mitigate that we thought to introduce ‘Impact Player’ and give the teams chance to pick teams post toss so they can pick the right eleven,”