Historic Move! BCCI women and men cricketers to be paid equally - Here is how much they will earn for Tests, ODIs and T20s
BCCIs move towards equal match fees for its centrally-contracted female and male players can be seen as a pathbreaking leap into a new era of gender equality in sports.
Indian Women's National Cricket Team: BCCI has announced the implementation of equal match fees for both Indian men and women cricketers on Thursday. This announcement by BCCI secretary Jay Shah is being seen as a historic step towards alleviating gender pay gap in the cricket world. BCCI's move towards equal match fees for its centrally-contracted female and male players can be seen as a pathbreaking leap into a new era of gender equality in sports.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to announce the development.
"I'm pleased to announce @BCCI's first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers.
"The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Cricket," Shah tweeted.
Check the match fees and emolument details of the Indian women's national cricket team:
As per the newly introduced system, the Indian women's cricketers will now receive Rs 15 lakh per Test, Rs 6 lakh per ODI, and Rs 3 lakh per T20I, the same as their male counterparts.
"The @BCCIWomen cricketers will be paid the same match fee as their male counterparts. Test (INR 15 lakhs), ODI (INR 6 lakhs), T20I (INR 3 lakhs).
"Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support," Shah added.
This decision was taken at the BCCI Apex Council emergent meeting on Thursday. Outgoing Apex Council member and former India player Shantha Rangaswamy, who attended the meeting, said, "This is a revolutionary decision by the BCCI. The decision shows that India treats its women equally and there is no gender discrimination. Would like to thank Jay Shah, Roger Binny and Rajeev Shukla for taking this momentous decision."
Earlier this year, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had struck a deal with the country's players' association, which enabled the women cricketers to earn as much as the mail players, while Cricket Australia (CA) is also working to do away with gender disparity.
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