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A $500 Million Bet On Women’s Cricket
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:25:45
Publish Date: 2023-07-07 09:33:39
Description:

A bunch of very wealthy Indian businessmen recently placed a very large bet on women’s cricket. The Women's Premier League launched in India in March, and by some measures it’s now the second most valuable women’s professional sports league in the world. Today, Mujib Mashal of the New York Times explains how the league came to be, and why it might line the pockets of the country’s elite, and give young girls in India a new vision for their future.

Guest: Mujib Mashal - South Asia Bureau Chief, The New York Times

Read Mujib's full story about the WPL here.

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