In a landmark decision, the BCCI on Thursday announced equal match fee for its centrally-contracted female and male players in a bid to promote gender equality in the country’s most popular sport.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to announce the significant 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 the same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Cricket,” Shah tweeted.