BCCI Announces Pay Equity, Jay Shah Tweeted

BCCI announces, female cricket players will receive the same match fee as their male counterparts a historic move. India’s women cricketers will be paid the same international match fee as their male counterparts, BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced on Thursday

The BCCI Women cricketers will receive the same match money as their male counterparts, Shah stated on Twitter. Test ($15 lakh), ODI ($6 lakh), and T20I ($15,000) (INR 3 lakhs). My promise to our female cricket players was pay fairness, and I am grateful to the Apex Council for its backing.

Indian women cricketers fee

In an iconic move, BCCI on Thursday announced equal pay for all centrally contracted men and women Team India cricketers. 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 a pay equity policy for our contracted women 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 Indian Cricket," Shah tweeted.

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.

Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian women's team, tweeted in response to the significant development: "Truly a red letter day for Women's Cricket in India with pay parity announced for women and men. Thank you, @JayShah and @BCCI."

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