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India, England, Australia To Launch Women's Champions League; Tournament Might Kickstart Soon

image-lk283snhMumbai Indians were the inaugural champions of WPL (Twitter)

Women's cricket has seen a steady upward rise in the last few years and we have seen plenty of Women's T20 Leagues joining the act. The launch of Women's Premier League in 2023 has been a huge success and with popularity of women's game gaining ground gradually, the big three of world cricket are now in talks to make women's cricket a bigger global entity.

The Women's Champions League - a tournament that will be modelled on the basis of  Men's Champions League T20 that was played between 2008 to 2014 is envisaged by the boards of Australia, England and India. If the tournament does happen, then we will see top franchise leagues from Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), Women's Premier League (WPL), The Hundred (Women) as of now. However, we can expect franchise teams from other countries to join the act too as the discussions go further ahead.

According to 'The Age' report, the Cricket Australian chief executive and chair Nick Holey and Mike Baird have been discussing the idea of Women's Champions League with ECB and BCCI counterparts for sometime now. The recent talks took place during ICC's annual conference in South Africa and the idea has been mooted as a serious possibility now. 

If everything does go well, we might see the tournament starting next year itself (2024) which will be a big step forward in promotion of women's cricket. The location of the tournament will be rotated and match revenue from tickets and corporate hospitality will be retained by the host nation.

The rise of women's franchise leagues have seen a drastic improvement in the quality of women's cricket with plenty of promising talents coming up the ladder. Recently, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) committee also rooted for the development of women's cricket and the times ahead are surely quite exciting and interesting for women's cricket.