Coping up with the rising demands for taking up the cause of Women’s IPL, BCCI has announced a decision that will make the fans happy. Many former Women cricketers were already voicing their opinions to start the league in order to promote the cause of women’s cricket. Australia has taken the lead already and they do host the annual Women’s big bash.

According to Indian Express reports, The BCCI is set to organize a T20 exhibition match for women cricketers on May 22, before the first playoff at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The match will adhere to IPL playing conditions. Each team will thus include four foreign players in each team, and this match is seen as an experimental for the women’s IPL in the future. The match will start at 2.30pm and will be broadcast live on Star Sports.

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Indian women cricket achieved the unheralded viewership in their World Cup campaign. Playing the final at Lord’s against the hosts, Indian women team was cruising to the target. The English bowlers then took quick wickets and the Indian team crashed to a loss. Yet, the success was well appreciated. This prompted the BCCI to promote women’s cricket in the country.

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CoA chief Vinod Rai confirmed the same and told Indian Express, “This is being staged as a well-deserved exhibition to showcase the tremendous depth and capability that women’s cricket in India has achieved. We see it build into a women’s IPL tournament in a couple of years.”

Another CoA member Diana Edulji added that the exhibition match will be similar to IPL’s format.

“It will be on the lines of the IPL. Totally there will be 10 foreign players and 20 Indian players across both teams. The Indian players will be picked by the national selection committee and the game, which will start at 2.30 pm, will be shown live,” she said.

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It is also learned that names of the foreign players will be revealed soon, as the BCCI is touch with cricket boards in England, Australia, and South Africa.

“The idea was to promote women’s cricket and keep the momentum going. This is just to start and show that we can have a women’s IPL from next season. It’s just a thought. The IPL GC have sanctioned this exhibition game and now at least we will come to know the mood around women’s cricket,” she concluded.