The BCCI is planning to start the Women's IPL by-

Concept

This is a current-affairs / sports-governance fact. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India and decides when new tournaments are launched. The Women's Indian Premier League — officially branded the Women's Premier League (WPL) — is the women's franchise T20 league created by the BCCI on the model of the men's IPL.

Application

Around 2021, the BCCI publicly stated its intention to launch a full women's IPL, targeting the year 2023 as the start. Contemporary cricket reporting (ESPNcricinfo, Cricbuzz) carried this plan, with headlines noting the BCCI planned to begin the women's IPL by 2023 while the Women's T20 Challenge continued in the interim.

The plan was carried through: the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League was actually held in 2023. So the year the BCCI planned to — and did — start the Women's IPL is 2023.

Cross-check

• The years 2025, 2026, 2028 and 2030 are all later than the launch and do not match the stated plan or the real inaugural season.

• The launch year is anchored both by the BCCI's announced target and by the historical record of the first WPL season being played in 2023.

Therefore the correct year is 2023.