There is reluctance from the part of the BCCI and that is understandable. But at this point, it is not possible for them to delay this tournament any further. They received $6.2 billion from the IPL media rights auction, and they can't now give the excuse that there is a shortage of funds. And also, they made the announcement that the tournament will be held sometime in the first quarter of 2023. If they cancel or postpone the tournament, there will be a lot of criticism. And I am sure that Jay Shah and Sourav Ganguly are not stupid enough to take that route.
That is a good point because if they delay this tournament further they will have to be held accountable for the money that they received. There will be a lot of criticism if they postpone but BCCI is really good at giving reasons. It is quite easy for them to make up some reason why they will not be doing it and the world will have to accept that. But as you said I also don’t think that they are not so stupid to do something like that.
@minairia3 why do you feel that BCCI will back out now?, because this is a historic step and they’ll get lots of support from the government and I’m sure that sponsors will definitely be interested in this. Furthermore if they were not interested why would they announce it, hence I’m pretty sure that they have a plan in mind and we’ll soon see more developments regarding women IPL as we head closer to 2023.
There could be a reason that they are actually not very interested in arranging a tournament like that and they just did the announcement because they want some money. But the chances of that happening is really low. Because BCCI is a cricket board that always tries to keep its promise. Now obviously the whole amount which was given is not going to be used for the tournament and some amount doesn’t matter how minimal it is obviously gonna go to the pocket of certain people.
Coming back to your question, my reason for saying that BCCI might back out is because we have not heard anything for a long time which ensures that necessary steps are being taken.