{"id":23073,"date":"2023-03-04T21:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=286136"},"modified":"2023-03-04T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:36:30","slug":"womens-premier-league-2023-mandira-bedi-back-on-tv-as-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/wpl\/womens-premier-league-2023-mandira-bedi-back-on-tv-as-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Premier League 2023: Mandira Bedi back on TV as host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mandira Bedi gave the league a historic acknowledgment by delivering the opening act at the Women\u2019s Premier League\u2019s inauguration ceremony. India\u2019s first female cricket presenter is Mandira Bedi. She was the one who first introduced female presenters to the cricket arena. Following this, Mandira Bedi joined the IPL as a cricket presenter for the first season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How fitting that it's Mandira Bedi who is starting proceedings here in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WPL2023?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WPL2023<\/a> opening ceremony! Her contribution, fundraising and support to the women's game in the country is so underrated! <\/p>\n<p>A nod to a star! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mandybedi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mandybedi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TATAWPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TATAWPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jCjdyKJPkY\">pic.twitter.com\/jCjdyKJPkY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lavanya \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa5\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udcbb (@lav_narayanan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lav_narayanan\/status\/1632003808636305411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the world of Indian women\u2019s cricket, today was historic. Today marks the beginning of the Women\u2019s Premier League, which revolutionised women\u2019s cricket.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Mandira Bedi back on cricket TV era \ud83d\udc97 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b8zxQpwGEh\">pic.twitter.com\/b8zxQpwGEh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajasthanroyals\/status\/1632013378578440192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Mandira Bedi flashed over the screens, fan excitement peaked. The opening ceremony for the WPL was hosted by Bedi. One of the women who has done the most to encourage and promote women\u2019s cricket is Bedi. It was also a nod to the pre- and post-match shows that Bedi hosted for many cricket fans during the ICC 2002 Cricket World Cup. Mandira Bedi\u2019s presentation served as the catalyst. Following this, popular Bollywood actress Kiara Advani delighted the crowd by dancing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TATAWPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TATAWPL<\/a> kicks off in style! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>Kiara Advani's entertaining performance gets the crowd going! \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKfuGOCpEC\">pic.twitter.com\/cKfuGOCpEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wplt20\/status\/1632011363374579716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following that, Kriti Sanon gave a dance performance to the song Badal Pe Pavam Hain to inspire the women\u2019s cricket team. After then, AP Dhillon\u2019s song \u201cBrown Munde\u201d set the mood. His songs in Punjabi, d. Y. The attendees in Patil Stadium began to dance.<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Premier League Opening Ceremony and the inaugural game between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants will take place at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. When the gate opened to let the cricket fans in, the stadium was in its full glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WPL 2023 Opening Ceremony: A historic opening ceremony was staged for the Women\u2019s Premier League\u2019s first season. Mandira Bedi, who is regarded as India\u2019s first female cricket presenter, made the opening remarks at the WPL 2023 opening ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":43220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2002,3498],"class_list":["post-23073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wpl","tag-mandira-bedi","tag-womens-premier-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}