Star Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy has supported the BCCI’s decision of launching a Women’s IPL next year and said India can become unbeatable in 10 years owing to the franchise-based T20 league. The BCCI announced last week that it is planning to start the Women’s IPL by 2023, though the decision will need approval at its Annual General Meeting. The BCCI has proposed a six-team WIPL next year. “The announcement is pretty great. It’s exactly where we thought the women’s game needed to go. That was like the next step,” Healy said.
“We’ve had a really successful WBBL, and the Kia Super League went really well, now into the Hundred – there’s sort of some thriving domestic competitions, so to see the announcement of the IPL, in particular, to be able to grow the game in India is unbelievable.” The 32-year-old Healy, who hit a belligerent century against West Indies on Wednesday to take Australia into the ODI World Cup final, has long been an advocate of a WIPL.
