Kolkata: The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said the Women’s T20 Challenge is ‘very much on’. It has been announced that the men’s IPL will be held in UAE between September 19 and November 8 or 10 due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in India. The women’s T20 matches will also be fit into the schedule, according to Ganguly.
Glad to know that @BCCI & Dada have taken such important decisions for the development & upliftment of women’s cricket. Can’t wait to get back on the field. 👍🏼 @SGanguly99 @BCCIWomen @mandhana_smriti @ImHarmanpreet @M_Raj03 @IPL
Special thanks to @BoriaMajumdar da from my side. https://t.co/a3DjEZrzZt
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10) August 2, 2020
“I can confirm to you that the women’s IPL is very much on and we do have a plan in place for the national team also,” Ganguly told PTI. The BCCI president, who is awaiting a Supreme Court verdict on waiver of the cooling-off period to continue in the position, did not divulge details but another senior official privy to the development said that the women’s T20 matches will be held during the last phase of IPL, like last year.
This is excellent news . Our ODI World Cup campaign to finally kick start . A big thank you to @SGanguly99 @BCCI @JayShah and thank you @BoriaMajumdar for your support to women’s cricket . https://t.co/JpJSMGapzV
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) August 2, 2020
“The women’s Challenger series is likely to be held between November 1 and 10 and there could be a camp before that,” the source said. Ganguly also said that the centrally-contracted women players will have a camp that has been delayed due to the prevailing situation in the country.
“We couldn’t have exposed any of our cricketers – be it male or female to health risk. It would have been dangerous,” Ganguly said. “The NCA also remained shut because of COVID-19. But we have a plan in place and we will have a camp for women, I can tell you that.”
So during the WBBL…. cool https://t.co/w5aNhN9FTw
— Alyssa Healy (@ahealy77) August 2, 2020
The BCCI’s cricket operations team is chalking up a schedule where India are likely to have two full-fledged white-ball series against South Africa and West Indies before playing the ODI World Cup in New Zealand next year.
With the WBBL scheduled to run between October 17 and November 29 in Australia, it remains to be seen how the authorities will manage the participation of several Indian and foreign players.
