Equal Pay For Centrally Contracted Men’s And Women’s Cricketers In India Is Announced By BCCI

In a historic decision, the BCCI declared on October 27 that all centrally contracted men’s and women’s Team India cricketers would receive equal remuneration. Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, made the announcement on Twitter.

Harmanpreet Kaur and the company will receive the same match money as their male counterparts—$15 lakh for every Test, $6 lakh per ODI, and $3 lakh per T20I—under the present system.

By defeating Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final at Sylhet by an 8-wicket margin, the Indian women’s team just took home the trophy in Bangladesh. At the Commonwealth Games earlier this year in Birmingham, they also brought home cricket’s first-ever medal for India. Australia defeated the Harmanpreet Kaur-led team in the championship game, earning silver.

The popularity of women’s cricket has increased dramatically in India ever after India’s performance at the 2017 Women’s ODI World Cup in England when they fell short of the hosts in the championship match.

The first-ever women’s IPL with five clubs will debut in 2019 thanks to an announcement made by BCCI at its most recent AGM earlier this month in Mumbai.

While Cricket Australia (CA) is also aiming to eliminate gender inequity, earlier this year New Zealand Cricket (NZC) reached an agreement with the country’s players’ association that allowed the women cricketers to earn the same as the main players.

News Mania Desk