WPL full form in cricket: What is the full form of WPL in India?

Dixit Bhargav | 04/03/2023
WPL full form in cricket: What is the full form of WPL in India?

March 4, 2023, has been etched in the history of cricket for this date will potentially be remembered for changing the landscape of Women’s cricket not just in India but across the globe.

The historic day will witness Gujarat Giants Women and Mumbai Indians Women facing each other in the first-ever match of WPL 2023. Although the organizers of the tournament took their time with respect to green-lighting the tournament, the possibility of such a tournament happening in India has left one and all in absolute awe of it.

Considering the heart-warming reactions which the tournament has received before its start, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that there haven’t been many days in the past when everyone expressed joyousness of this extent at the same time regarding any development in Indian cricket.

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A star-studded enthralling opening ceremony consisted of actors Kiara Advani and Kriti Sanon and singer AP Dhillon joining hands to put on display a entertaining spectacle at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy.

Power-packed performances by the above mentioned trio was followed by all the top BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) office-bearers joining them on-stage.

All the five captains namely Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals Women), Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants Women), Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women), Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore Women) and Alyssa Healy (UP Warriorz Women) were also welcomed on the stage to unveil the trophy for the first season of the WPL.

WPL full form in cricket

For the unversed, WPL stands for Women’s Premier League. The full form describes the women’s version of the Indian Premier League. With the Men’s IPL achieving unprecedented success over the last one-and-a-half-decade, it wouldn’t be astonishing if Women’s Premier League is also able to achieve the same in the years to come.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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