The first season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) or Women’s IPL is going to start in March. 9 cricketers from Bangladesh have got a place in the auction of the franchise tournament. The auction will be held on February 13. The first edition of Women’s IPL will run from March 4 to 26. A total of 1,525 Pramila cricketers registered to participate in the player draft. Among them, 409 people have made it to the final list. 90 will be sold at auction from here. A maximum of 30 people will get a chance in foreign quota. Out of 409 people who made it to the final list, 246 are from India.

The remaining 163 cricketers are foreigners. The 9 finalists from Bangladesh are Salma Khatun, Swarna Akhtar, Jahanara Alam, Rumana Ahmed, Nahida Akhtar, Lata Mondal, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Moshtari, and Nigar Sultana. Among them, Salma and Rumana have the highest base price of Rs 40 lakh. Apart from this, the base price of Swarna Akter is Rs. 20 lakhs. The base price of the remaining 6 cricketers is 30 lakh rupees. Five franchises ie Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat, Bangalore, and Lucknow. Players will be in the running to be bought at the auction to be held in Mumbai. There will be a total of 22 matches in the Women’s Premier League to be held for the first time. These matches will be held at Brabourne and DY Patil stadiums in Mumbai.