Will Be Able To Host Women's IPL Once Player Pool Goes Up: Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly has said that Women's IPL will happen when the player pool goes up.

The level of women's cricket in India has gone up each and every year. Many of the leading women cricketers have represented different T20 Leagues in the world and have done brilliantly. 

However, the BCCI still hasn't been able to put a proper women's IPL in place. The board began the Women's T20 Challenge, which is a three-team round-robin format tournament held side by side IPL. 

It is an exhibition tournament established in 2018. It was last played in 2020 during the IPL 2020 playoffs. 

BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly, one being asked about the plan of hosting a proper women's IPL said, "The Women’s T20 Challenge will again be back this year in the month of May. Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to host a bigger women’s IPL once the number of women players goes up. But this year, the Women’s T20 Challenge will happen during the IPL playoffs." 

Ganguly however confirmed that the domestic season of women's cricket will resume in a month once the number of cases go down. It'll happen along with Cooch Behar Trophy. 

"We have time for the Cooch Behar Trophy. Let this COVID settle down a bit, we can hold it because it is just at the knockout stage and only a few matches are pending. We can do it in April-May. Similarly, with the women’s tournament, we will do it as well. We are presuming that in another month, the number of cases will go down and we can host it," Ganguly said on Sportstar.