They will make INR 15 lakh per Test, 6 lakh for each ODI and 3 lakh for a T20 I
File image: Members of the Indian group commemorate their Asia Cup win – Asian Cricket Council
India’s centrally-contracted females cricketers are set to make the very same match charges as their male equivalents for looks in worldwide matches, according to BCCI secretary Jay Shah, in accordance with the board’s brand-new pay equity policy.
Under this policy, the females – like the guys – will make INR 15 lakh for a Test, 6 lakh for an ODI and 3 lakh for a T20 I. These quantities are considerably greater than the flat INR 1 lakh that India ladies gamers presently make for an ODI or T20 I look, and 2.5 lakh for a Test match.
While explaining the relocation as “the primary step towards dealing with discrimination”, Shah thanked the BCCI’s Apex Council for its assistance in executing the relocation, which he stated was a “dedication to our ladies cricketers.”
As things stand, there are no modifications to the BCCI’s yearly retainers for females gamers. Presently, those in the greatest retainer bracket take house INR 50 lakh, while Grade B and Grade C are valued at INR 30 lakh and INR 10 lakh respectively. In contrast, the male cricketers are divided into 4 classifications with Grade A+ gamers taking house INR 7 crore, and those in Grades A, B and C gathering INR 5 crore, 3 crore and 1 crore respectively.
This is a historical choice for ladies’s cricket in India! The pay equity policy together with the WIPL next year, we are ushering into a brand-new age for ladies’s cricket in India. Thank you @JayShah Sir & & the @BCCI for making this occur. Actually pleased today. https://t.co/xOwWAwsxfz
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) October 27, 2022
ESPNcricinfo comprehends the BCCI has actually been engaging with the nation’s leading ladies cricketers to exercise modifications to the yearly retainers. Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain, is thought to have actually participated in a conference held at the board’s Mumbai head office.
Contracts and match charges aside, the inaugural females’s IPL, which the BCCI officially revealed at the Annual General Meeting previously this month, is likewise comprehended to have actually been on the program with the board assembling a procedure for television rights and franchise ownership. There are likewise conversations continuous over whether the league will follow a draft procedure or an auction for the gamers.
India females have actually had substantial success in current months. They followed their silver-medal surface at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in August with a record 3-0 ODI series sweep of England in England in September. Previously this month, India beat Sri Lanka to clinch a record seventh Asia Cup crown in Bangladesh. They are set to host Australia next for 5 T20 Is in November and December.
Shashank Kishore is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo