Women's T20 Challenge

Indian uncapped player Simran Shaikh was the most expensive player, with a final bid of Rs 1.90 crore from Gujarat Giants, while Deandra Dottin was the most expensive overseas player

The auction was dominated by uncapped players, with 15 of 19 open slots secured by them, while only four capped players were bought by teams on Sunday

Indian star batter Smriti Mandhana holds the record for being the most expensive player in WPL history after RCB's record bid on her in 2023

With 19 slots and varying budgets, the WPL 2025 auction promises intense bidding wars as teams strategise to secure top talent on December 15

After facing a defeat in the season opener against Supernovas, Trailblazers captain Smriti Mandhana said that her team need to work on the batting line-up

Supernovas skipper Harmanpreet Kaur praised her teammate Pooja Vastrakar for her match-winning performance against Trailblazers in the opening match of the Women's T20 Challenge

Women's T20 Challenge 2022: Here is your guide to the three-team and four-match long tournament hosted for women cricketers by BCCI as part of promoting women's cricket in the country through the IPL

Australia beat India by 14 runs in the third and final T20 Women's International on Sunday to seal the multi-format series by 11-5 points.

Opener Danni Wyatt smashed an unbeaten 89 off only 56 balls to overshadow an elegant 70 by Smriti Mandhana as England claimed an easy eight-wicket victory over India Women

Barring Trailblazers Smriti Mandhana (68 off 49), the batswomen from either side struggled to get going

Mithali, who is leading the Velocity team in the Women's T20 Challenge on Thursday admitted the difficulty of play back-to-back matches with less than 12 hours of recovery time in sultry conditions

Quarantine requirements have put a question mark over their preparedness for the three-team competition.

Australian star player Alyssa Healy questioned the timing of the exhibition games as it is clashing with the WBBL

BCCI Apex Council member and former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy on Monday said the board's decision to organise Women's T20 Challenge during the IPL shows that it remains committed to the game. She hoped it would lead to a full-fledged Women's IPL in the near future. The BCCI had received criticism for withdrawing the Indian women's team from a tri-series in England in September at a time when it was gearing up for the IPL, scheduled from September 19-November 10 in the UAE. The India players have not played since the T20 World Cup final in March. "Those who were predicting doomsday for women's cricket, I want to say to them BCCI is interested in promoting women's cricket and I would like to thank Brijesh Patel (IPL Chairman), president (Sourav Ganguly) and secretary (Jay Shah) for making this possible in these tough times," Shantha told PTI. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BCCI had announced that the Women's T20 Challenge will have four teams, one more than

The IPL 2020 was earlier shifted to the UAE due to rising coronavirus cases in India and the BCCI is now planning to squeeze in a short women's tournament as well

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, says BCCI president Ganguly

Opting to to bat, Sri Lanka were restricted to a modest 113 for nine in their final Group A match with left-arm spinner Radha (4/23) running through the rivals' batting line-up

India's best cricketers and future stars will be joined by international players from England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a four-match tri-series.