Women's Premier League will be held in Lucknow and Baroda

The BCCI has finalized 2 venues for the third season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). All matches will be played between 5 teams in Baroda and Lucknow. The tournament can start from 6th or 7th February. Second phase matches will be held in Baroda, which also includes qualifiers and finals.

The official schedule of the tournament is yet to be released. However, the board has informed Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) and Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) about organizing matches on their grounds. The official announcement of the schedule will be made in a few days.

Women's International match was held in Baroda

Baroda has Kotambi Stadium, which was inaugurated only last month. A match was played here between India and West Indies. 3 ODIs were held here. Senior Women's T20 Tournament and Ranji Trophy matches have also been held in this stadium.

Floodlights have been installed in the stadium. The knockout matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy starting from 9th January will be held here, in which the testing of these lights will also be done.

There will be 23 matches in WPL

In the first 2 seasons of WPL, 23-23 matches were played between 5 teams. This time also there will be 23 matches, for which Lucknow's Ekana Stadium is the first option. Where 10 or 11 matches of the first phase will be played. Matches of the second phase will be played in Baroda.

The final of the tournament can be held on 8th or 9th March. After which IPL will also start from 14th March. The first season of WPL was held in Mumbai itself. While in the second season, Bangalore and Delhi were made the venues. Bangalore is the defending champion, while Mumbai won the title of the first season. Delhi lost in both the finals.