that were playing in the men s ipl, the large number of them wanted to feel the women s team, you have ten teams can at least half of wanted to. but itjust did not get under way until right now, and the only reason that seems plausible to me is because the pakistanis say we are going to do it, and that league has been delayed, but it s under way. the response from the media and the franchise team and the player action and shows you how much interest there was and what is a very large market waiting for this kind of an event. i market waiting for this kind of an event. ., w ., ., event. i love the fact that india said no, event. i love the fact that india said no. no. event. i love the fact that india said no, no, no event. i love the fact that india said no, no, no we event. i love the fact that india said no, no, no we are - event. i love the fact that india said no, no, no we are going . event. i love the fact that india | said no, no, no we are going to event. i love the fact t
that has set the benchmark for how women s cricket should be paid and marketed as well. and i think literally the indians, because we have taken so long it will take a some amount of time to catch up. to be very honest, everyone in cricket says that if india gets its act together, we are all in trouble. but that comes to men s franchise cricket, women s franchise cricket. the australians in england are very much seen as, wpl is the last women s franchise tournament that has been started by a major cricketing country. you can look at it and it s there in england, australia, south africa has one. this is what we are seeing. and i think the australians have set the benchmark. at the indians come very close in terms of the amount of depth of talent that they have. they turn up at these were the events and they are constantly there or thereabouts, but they haven t been able to push themselves over the line because they have not got the kind of backing and structures that
he said that releasing them in this way gives a partial biased account to suit an anti lockdown agenda. the inaugural match of the women s premier league cricket tournament took place in india on saturday with experts billing it as a game changing moment for women s sport. the wpl generated hundreds of millions of dollars and that s before the first ball was bowled. some players are expected to earn more for the three week tournament than they normally would in an entire year. the league will see five city teams competing across 22 days. a three week tournament. joining me now is sharda ugra a independent sports writer based in india. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what is your reaction to today? the first game?
the pakistanis says, we are going to do it. and because the pakistani league has been delayed but it is under way, and i think the response and the media rights and the franchise, team rights and the player option, showed you how much interest there was in what they think is a very large market waiting for this kind of an event. i love the fact that india said, no, no, no, we re going to do it first. that s fantastic! thank you for that. australian women, actually dominate the game, how strongly do they feature in the wpl? they are very much part of the wpl. they re captains of the teams, one of the teams that played today had an australian captain, this is the gujarat 6iants, and very much they re seen as the country that has set the benchmark for how women s cricket should be played and marketed as well. and i think literally the indians, because we ve taken so long, it will take us some amount of time to catch up. to be very honest, everyone in cricket says that if india gets its ac