BCCI announces equal match fee for men and women cricketers. The details

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) General Secretary Jay Shah on Thursday announced that the board will now give equal remuneration to men and women cricketers. 

"I am pleased to announce BCCI's first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted BCCI women 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," he wrote on Twitter.

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. pic.twitter.com/xJLn1hCAtl

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) October 27, 2022

He further said that the per match fee of women cricketers will now be same as man, which is Rs 15 lakh for a Test match, Rs 6 lakh per ODI and Rs 3 lakh per T20I match. "Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support," he said.

Why the decision now? Indian women cricketers have been doing really well for quite some time now.

• The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team recently won the Asia Cup 2022 in Bangladesh beating Sri Lanka in the final at Sylhet by 8 wickets.
• The team also won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year. The Indian team lost the final against the host England and ended up with a silver medal.
• Indian women cricket team's popularity has been unprecedented ever since the team performed exceptionally well in 2017 ODI World Cup in England, where they lost the final against the hosts. 
• The BCCI, in its AGM, had also announced that it will be hosting the first-ever women's IPL next year with five teams.