Equal match fees will be paid to male and female cricketers

For contractual Indian women players, the BCCI announced the establishment of a wage equity policy. Both male and female cricketers will pay the same match cost.

The most popular sport in the country will now support gender equality, thanks to a historic decision made on Thursday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

“Pay equity policy” has been established for contracted Indian women cricketers by BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah.

Announcing the significant decision on Twitter, Shah wrote, “I’m pleased to announce @BCCI’s the first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing a pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers. The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be the same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Cricket”.

“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 wrote.