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Women’s IPL Exhibition Games Likely During Playoffs: BCCI Official

The women’s T20 exhibition matches are once again likely to be slotted during the playoffs.

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The women's T20 exhibition matches, which will be staged during the IPL, are once again likely to be slotted during the playoffs as the BCCI feels that is the only window available for the games.

As stated earlier by the Board officials, the matches are expected to have a 7pm start to grab maximum eyeballs.

"Like last year, the sole window we have is during the play-offs. But a lot depends on the election dates," a BCCI official told PTI on Monday.

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The one-off T20 between Supernovas and Trailblazers last year had a 2pm start which attracted only a handful of fans at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The game, featuring women's cricket stars like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Meg Lanning, Elysse Perry and Suzie Bates, went down to the wire but could not create the buzz that the BCCI had hoped for despite being played ahead of the men's IPL playoff game later in the evening.

"We are waiting for the Election Commission of India to announce the full schedule of the general elections and once that happens, we will finalise the schedule for the women's games.

"A 7 pm start on days when the IPL games are not held makes more sense than staging them in the afternoon when not many people are likely to turn up again," the official said.

The board is contemplating two formats for the women's games: best of three matches between two teams or a round robin stage involving three teams, followed by the final.

"Logistically and even considering the players' pool we have, the best of three games between two teams seems a lot more doable than forming three teams. The quality of the competition can't be compromised and that is one of the reasons why a women's IPL can't be organised at the moment," the official said.

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