After BCCI’s USD 1.7 billion windfall, Alyssa Healy hoping for women’s IPL

Indian
business
tycoon
Sanjiv
Goenka
of
RPG
group
and
international
private
equity
investment
firm
Irelia
Company
Pte
Limited
(CVC
Capital)
shelled
out
a
combined
Rs
12,715
crore
(approx
USD
1.7
billion)
to
win
the
bids
for
two
new
IPL
teams,
a
windfall
that
far
exceeded
BCCI’s
expectations
on
Monday
(October
25).

Aware
of
the
this
development,
Healy
told
‘The
Australian’ on
Thursday
(October
28),
“They
(BCCI)
have
made
all
those
moves
and
there’s
still
no
word
on
whether
they
are
even
going
to
play
the
postponed
exhibition
games.

“They
just
got
a
USD
2
billion
payday
and
hopefully
some
of
that
will
go
back
into
women’s
cricket
and
maybe
a
women’s
IPL
in
the
near
future.

“…
We
want
to
see
it
happen,
we
want
to
see
world
cricket
really
strong
and
that’s
the
next
step,
for
India
to
put
on
a
showcase
of
an
event
and
show
the
world
how
good
these
young
Indian
players
are.”

Harmanpreet
joins
chorus
for
women’s
IPL

The
men’s
equivalent
of
the
IPL,
the
three-team
Women’s
T20
Challenge,
hasn’t
taken
place
since
the
2020
edition
in
the
UAE.
This
year’s
edition
of
the
event
didn’t
take
place,
even
as
the
second
half
of
the
IPL
was
moved
to
the
UAE
owing
to
COVID-19
cases
in
the
bio-bubbles
in
India.

“I
feel
like
I
have
made
some
thoughts
known
in
the
past
about
the
way
that
has
unfolded.

“From
a
personal
perspective
it
was
disappointing
they
postponed
the
women’s
exhibition
games.
They
did
everything
they
possibly
could
to
put
the
back
end
of
the
IPL
on
(after
it
was
abandoned
in
April)
leading
into
a
World
Cup
and
then
within
a
week
of
that
starting
they
have
two
new
men’s
IPL
teams,”
Healy
said.

Healy
is
currently
playing
in
the
seventh
edition
of
the
women’s
Big
Bash
League,
representing
Sydney
Sixers,
which
also
has
Indian
cricketers
Shafali
Verma
and
Radha
Yadav.

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Besides
Shafali
and
Radha,
Poonam
Yadav
(Adelaide
Strikers),
Smriti
Mandhana
and
Deepti
Sharma
(Sydney
Thunder),
Richa
Ghosh
(Hobart
Hurricanes),
Jemimah
Rodrigues
and
Harmanpreet
Kaur
(Melbourne
Renegades)
form
the
rest
of
the
Indian
contingent
in
the
WBBL.

“Hopefully,
it
might
start
the
conversation
back
in
India
about
the
women’s
IPL.
I
know
they
would
be
really
excited
to
see
more
of
those
exhibition
games.

“A
women’s
IPL
would
be
ideal,
but
just
to
showcase
the
talent
they
have
got.
I
would
just
love
to
see
them
get
as
much
opportunity
as
possible,”
Healy
said.

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