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The second season of the Women’s Premier League 2024 in cricket just ended. The exciting competition proved again how valid the decision to establish this competition was. Make your bets on your favorite teams in women’s cricket together with Pin Up Betting India and get an opportunity to watch the results of your favorite teams online. How did the second season of the Women’s Premier League 2024 go, and who became the main hero — read the article to find out.
Tournament’s result and format
The first idea to create the Women’s Premier League 2024 in India emerged in February 2022. Then, it was offered to reform the Women’s T20 Challenge. During the year, the work of the start of the new season was underway. In the first season, these five teams participated in the tournament: Mumbai Indians, Dehli Capitals, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Titans, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
UP Warriorz is the only club created specifically for the Premier League. All other teams were created based on the men’s clubs in the Premier League. The first and second seasons had five teams. The latest cricket news in Tamil report that the League will be broadened.
Five teams play in the circuit system: at home and outside. After that, the team that took the first place gets to the finals. Teams from the second and third lines get to the semi-final and fight for the right to play in the finals with the winner of the circuit stage.
Last Season
In the debut season of 2023, the victory was taken by Mumbai Indians. In the finals, they triumphed over the Delhi Capitals. The best player of the series was Hayley Matthews from the Delhi Capitals.
To attract the audience, the access to the matches of the first season was completely free. Also, video replays, like in the men’s Premier League, were used to make the referee’s mistakes less likely.
Current season
In season 2024, the quantity of the players didn’t change. Teams also played in two stages: a circuit system and then playoffs that determined the champion of the regular season. Before the season, the tournament talisman, Shakti, was introduced — tigris in the light-blue cricket uniform. An important indicator of the increased interest in the tournament is the cricket broadcast rights in India.
The opening match happened on February 23 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Teams Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals opened the season.
Special attention was drawn to the auction before the season. In general, 30 players received contracts, and 9 of them were from abroad.
All matches occurred at two stadiums — M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi.
In the first stage, Delhi Capitals became the best team and received the automatic ticket to the finals. After them, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore followed closely.
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians met on the playoffs stage. The team from Bangalore took victory after defeating the other team by 5 runs.
The finals happened on March 17 at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi. Incredible performance from both teams resulted in the victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets and matched with Mumbai Indians by this measure.
Tamil Cricket News reported the tournament results and named Meg Lanning from Delhi Capitals the best player according to the number of runs. Also, Sophie Ecclestone from UP Warriorz is worth mentioning who got 27 points in the wickets.
