I am pretty sure that England, Newzealand, India, and Australia will qualify for the Semifinals. There is no way other teams can replace them as they are all way ahead in RR. As of now, I think England & Newzealand are the favorites to qualify for the finals. Yeah, the format is pretty confusing, not sure why ICC decided to implement this format.

@Sithara007 while Australia currently has the edge, but once WIPL start's then we shall see the Indian team become more competitive too because they’ll play more on a regular basis. Lastly I felt that Pakistan team could have scored few more runs, but they made many mistakes and hopefully they can learn from this defeat and work on improving their performances.

Pakistani women cricket team is not being able to perform
They are always losing matches - on the other hand - Indias are performing far better than Pakistani team. Was that Omaina Sohail or Ayesha Malik who hitted 3 sixes?

Adani & Haldiram are planning to buy teams in the WIPL. They both have submitted technical bids to BCCI. CSK, GT & LSG have pull out from the bid. Other franchise are still in the biding game. Glazer family who also own Manchester United have also expressed interest in buying a team. There many more big names but only 5 teams will be announced today. WIPL is going to be a profitable venture for BCCI after IPL.

I have a feeling that a lot of people are underestimating the potential of WIPL. I am not going to say that it will overtake IPL in the future, but it has the potential to become one of the top-5 franchise T20 leagues in the world. Back in 2008, Rajasthan Royals was sold for just $67 million to Raj Kundra (currently in jail for producing porn films, an illegal business in India). Now the same franchise is valued at $1 billion, which represents a 1,500% ROI in just 14 years. Now the base price for WIPL franchises is a bit high and eventually they may get sold for $15 to $20 million each. But in the next 10 to 15 years, I am sure that these franchises will have a ROI of 15 to 20 times.

BTW, I believe that the number of WIPL franchises will get increased with time. Now they are starting with 5 teams, but after two or three successful seasons, the BCCI may increase the number of franchises to 8, or even 10. Therefore I believe that there is a solid reason for some of the franchises to splurge big money for today's auction. BTW, I am impatiently waiting for the tweet from Jay Shah. Should come out sometime in the next 1-2 hours, right?

I am not sure whether U19 players will get picked up by the WIPL franchises. In men's IPL we rarely see anyone from the U19 squad. Notable exceptions are Dewald Brevis and Kamlesh Nagarkoti. And we have just 5 franchises for the WIPL, and there are slots for 70 to 90 players in total. How many U19 players will get picked up? I am not expecting anything more than 1-2. BTW, I am still waiting for the announcement from BCCI regarding WIPL franchises since today morning. I guess the bidding is taking a lot of time and some of the corporates are ready to spend crazy amounts.

Guys.. the BCCI has reaped yet another windfall from the WIPL auctions. 5 franchises are as follows:

Adani Group - Ahmedabad: ₹1,289 crore
Mumbai Indians: ₹913 crore
Delhi Capitals: ₹810 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹902 crore
Capri Global - Lucknow: ₹757 crore

The auctions fetched a record sum of ₹4,670 crore ($573 million) for the BCCI, which is around 7 times higher than the estimates made by various media analysts.

Generally, the under 19 players have to prove themselves a lot more to get themselves into the IPL. Unless they are a really rare category that is in demand. Like if there is a very good Batman or a very good leg spin bowler who is doing really well, he is supposed to get a chance. And he/she will have to be very good. Personally, I do not think any under 19 players are going to get a chance in the women's IPL.



I was actually a little surprised to see the performance of the Bangladesh women's team. I did not think that I am going to see this type of performance from Bangladesh under 19 women. At the same time, this shows how much the team can do well if they are nurtured properly.



This is certainly a very good sign for the women's IPL. It also feels like India is giving good importance to the women's IPL. This is obviously going to be good for the future of Indian women's cricket. And I also feel like the popularity of women's cricket is going to increase especially after this IPL. Obviously, it is not going to be as good as men's IPL, but it is what it is.

This is a huge step for promoting women cricket in Asia specially and bringing them to level with men cricket.  Good achievement by BCCI,  business in India has always been very promising and this huge amount is the proof of that Indians can make possible anything with use of power and money.

Bangladesh U-19 Women's Cricket put on a brilliant performance. Although they failed to make the semi-finals (due to a lower net run rate), they claimed third place in their tournament. A World Cup trophy was lifted by our U-19 Men's team three years ago. Bangladeshi fans were hopeful for the young Tigresses after a promising start! It is safe to predict a bright future for Bangladesh Women's Cricket.