India has a brand-new professional women's cricket league, and it's generating a lot of excitement in the country.
A group of fans of the newly-formed Mumbai Indians women's team cheer at the first match of the inaugural Women's Premier League, a new professional cricket league in India.
"Everyone is very excited to watch the women's cricket league," another fan, Ankur Mahadik, told CBC News.His friend Nishad Saman quickly chimed in, stating that cricket "is a religion for us," and predicting big success for the new women's league. The women's league is also expected to attract a more diverse pool of sponsors, Rao said, pointing to the fact an Indian cosmetic company, Lotus Herbals, secured top spot on the Mumbai Indians' jersey.
Kaur is one of the highest paid female international cricketers in India, but the launch of the Women's Premier League has been a boon for her, after she secured a contract with the Mumbai Indians worth $300,000 Cdn. Even younger, rookie players are benefiting, with an assured a base salary that reached as high as $84,000 Cdn.
Janvi Vasaikar, 12, dreams of playing cricket for the Indian national team one day. Seeing the women's cricket league start up in the country is further inspiration for her."It's my father's dream and my dream too that I have to play for India one day," she told CBC News. Janvi's teammates are also inspired by the new league, which is pointing to a potential career that was shut tight for previous generations of aspiring female cricketers, who had to fight to be taken seriously.
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