Viacom18 announces its expert panel for the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL), starting February 23. Anjum Chopra, Reema Malhotra, Sushma Verma, Mona Meshram, Nuzhat Parveen, Karuna Jain, Aakash Chopra, Parthiv Patel, Saba Karim, Srikkanth Anirudha, Sarandeep Singh, Nikhil Chopra, and Abhinav Mukund will come together for a five-language presentation on JioCinema for free.
The season-opener on February 23 will see Delhi Capitals taking on defending Mumbai Indians, which will be presented in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu on JioCinema. On TV, viewers can catch the action live in English, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada on Sports18 – 1 SD & HD. Sports18 – 2 SD and Sports18 Khel will broadcast the Hindi feed.
“After delivering the highest viewership for any women’s event globally last season on JioCinema, we aim to create new benchmarks and celebrate the incredible cricketers who bring the excitement and pizzazz to the league where a boundary was scored every fifth ball in the last season,” Siddharth Sharma, head of content, Viacom18 Sports, said.
In the lead-up to the 2024 season, the network is providing fans and viewers with light-hearted content on WPL Huddle, featuring top players like Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, among others. WPL players will share background stories of players with insights from their families and coaches from all franchisees. Fans will also get a glimpse into the training sessions of all the teams, along with expert reviews leading up to the start of the inaugural season.
Through exclusive partnerships with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capitals, JioCinema users will have access to a variety of content, including interviews with marquee players from the franchisees.
Viacom18 will offer studio shows with expert analysis and player interviews to fans throughout the season. The anchor-led daily show will feature Sanjana Ganesan, Ridhima Pathak, Supriya Singh, and Preeti Dahiya at the helm.