WPL 2024: Women’s Premier League will start from February 23, the final of the tournament will be played on March 17.
The much-awaited second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is set to begin on February 23. The first match of the tournament will be played between the two finalists of the inaugural edition. Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on last year’s runners-up Delhi Capitals at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This match will start at 7.30 pm (IST). According to the schedule prepared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Royal Challengers Bangalore will face UP Warriors in the second match. After the eliminator on March 15, the summit clash will be played on March 17. Both the matches will be held in Delhi. A total of 24 matches will be played in WPL 2024 A total of 22 matches will be played in WPL 2024 and all of them will start at 7:30 PM. Like the last season in 2023, there will be no home-away format, something that fans are used to seeing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The first season was held on three grounds in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Meanwhile, the upcoming season will be held in Delhi and Bengaluru. The format of WPL 2024 will be the same as the last season. After the completion of the round-robin stage, the top three teams will advance to the playoffs. The team that tops the points table after the league stage will get direct entry into the finals. The second and third placed teams will face off in the eliminator on March 15. Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians won the title last season by defeating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Meg Lanning, who captained the Capitals, was the top run-scorer in the tournament with 345 runs in nine matches at an average of 49.29 and strike rate of 139.11. Hayley Mathews, representing Mumbai Indians, won the Purple Cap by taking 16 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 12.62 and an economy rate of 5.94. Also read: Kevin Pietersen came out in support of Virat Kohli after his withdrawal from the first two Test matches against England.
Five players who do not represent their IPL-owned franchises in the SA20 league
There are many players who participate in both IPL and SA20. David Miller (Pic Source-Twitter) In today’s time, many people are big fans of franchise league cricket. The Franchise League tournament is being highly praised all over the world. Talking about India, the Indian Premier League is counted among the best franchise league tournaments in the world. The Indian Premier League started in 2008 and till now many powerful matches have been played in this great tournament. In view of the Indian Premier League, South Africa started the SA20 league in 2022 in which some IPL franchises bought the team and bid on many great players. There are many players who participate in both IPL and SA20. There are some players among them who are playing with their IPL franchise in SA20. However, there are some cricketers who are not associated with their IPL franchise in SA20. Today we tell you about five such players who are not playing for their IPL franchise in the SA20 league. 5- Heinrich Clasen Heinrich Klaasen (Pic Source-Twitter) South African wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen is counted among the explosive batsmen of the world. He was included in the Durban Super Giants squad for the upcoming edition of the SA20. However, in the Indian Premier League 2023 auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for Rs 5.25 crore. Heinrich Klaasen was the fourth highest run-scorer in the SA20 2022–23 season. He scored 363 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate above 164. Not only this, he scored 448 runs in 12 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2023, which also included a century. In the last edition, the explosive batsman was the highest run-scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Women’s Hundred: England and Wales Cricket Board took this big step to make the league famous
ECB has increased the salaries of every team. Women’s Hundred (Image Credit- Twitter X) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is going to invest 8 lakh euros in the Women’s The Hundred tournament to attract the best players from around the world. After this decision of ECB, the disparity in gender pay in the league will now reduce. While men’s salaries are going to be capped for the third consecutive season. According to ESPN Cricinfo, the salary of each team in the Women’s The Hundred tournament can be increased by up to 40 percent. Currently, every team is getting 2.50 lakh Euros for the salary of women players, but now after the investment by ECB, every team is going to get 3.50 lakh Euros. After this, the top 2 players who used to earn 31,250 Euros last season will now be seen earning 50,000 Euros. Also, let us tell you that there was a huge difference in the salary of Women’s The Hundred and the Women’s Premier League to be held in India. But now after ECB’s investment this gap seems to be filling. It is worth noting that in the WPL, Smriti Mandhana of Royal Challengers Bangalore gets the highest payment of Rs 3.4 crore (3.20 lakh Euros), which is much more than the 31,250 Euros per player in Women’s The Hundred. Apart from this, Australia’s Tahila Magrath and Ashley Gardner also get a good amount of money in WPL. After this decision of the ECB, the salaries of the players are going to remain the same in the third season of The Hundred. No change will be seen in this. Last season, the highest cricketer was paid 1.25 lakh euros. Earlier, the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) had recommended to the ECB to increase the salaries of players in the men’s and women’s The Hundred tournaments by 2025, because there was a huge difference in the salaries of both. But before the upcoming season, the board has taken steps towards reducing this gap. Also read- Know who is the Caribbean pacer Shamar Joseph who created a sensation in international cricket by taking the wicket of Smith on the first ball. 5 Australian players who scored the fastest 4 thousand test runs These 5 Indian players will be out of T20 World Cup 2024 IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant returns, know how the playing XI of Delhi Capitals will be. 5 Indian players who have scored the most centuries in Test cricket against England Top 4 players who have scored most consecutive half centuries in T20 cricket 5 players who have taken the most catches in T20i cricket 4 players who have bowled the most dot balls in cricket (all-format and active players) 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in their career in first class cricket Top 5 batsmen who scored double century in first class cricket IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma will give chance to these 11 players, see playing XI
Young players are giving more importance to franchise league cricket, Brian Lara expressed displeasure
In recent times, it has also been seen that many West Indies players are giving importance to franchise league cricket instead of playing for the national team. Brian Lara. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has agreed that the atmosphere of cricket has made it difficult to understand the importance of playing for the national team. However he also said that players cannot be blamed for choosing money over their desire to play for the country. Let us tell you, there are many players around the world who have rejected their team’s national contract to play franchise league cricket. Talking about West Indies team, there was a time when it was very difficult to defeat them. No matter what the format, no team was able to register a win against the West Indies. In recent times, it has also been seen that many West Indies players are giving importance to franchise league cricket instead of playing for the national team. Now the West Indies team has to play a Test series against Australia at their home. Brian Lara has joined the West Indies team as a mentor in the Test series against Australia. Brian Lara on SEN Sportsday said, ‘We have to accept this. Franchise cricket is being played all over the world and the West Indies Board is facing a lot of problems because the players do not want to play for the national team and are giving more importance to franchise league cricket. I think the first thing we have to do is retain the young players. It is wrong to tell 18 or 19 year old boys that I am going to play in the IPL and I don’t care about West Indies cricket. I think we have not brought West Indies cricket to us as Caribbean people and why should you play for the West Indies?’ I want more and more talented players to get a chance to play for the national team: Brian Lara The former West Indies captain further said, ‘I want to see more and more talented players playing for the national team. We also have very talented players. Our players can perform well even at the big level. We all know how strong the Australian team is and they will not give us a chance. They have won three Test matches this summer and will now look to the upcoming Test series. Top 4 players who have scored most consecutive half centuries in T20 cricket 5 players who have taken the most catches in T20i cricket 4 players who have bowled the most dot balls in cricket (all-format and active players) 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in their career in first class cricket Top 5 batsmen who scored double century in first class cricket IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma will give chance to these 11 players, see playing XI Not only Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have also traded these players 5 batsmen who have scored more than 3 thousand runs in…