Indian cricket opened a new chapter with the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) beginning in Mumbai on March 4. The matches will be played at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium and Cricket Club of India (CCI) Churchgate’s Brabourne Stadium, with the final in SoBo on March 26. 

Five franchises snapped up players in a recent, lights, camera, action, auction, with some media research firms stating that the league is the world’s second highest league behind the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the USA.