"Happy And Proud" - Rohit Sharma Reacts To BCCI’s Decision On Equal Pay For Men And Women’s Cricketers

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), India’s cricket governing body, on Thursday, October 27, made a landmark announcement that the board would pay equal match salaries to contracted players, both men, and women.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to his official Twitter handle to announce the historical development. Earlier, there was a big difference in the pay gap. Male cricketers are paid more per game than females, and the board wishes to eliminate gender discrimination.

Match Fee For Both Men And Women Cricketers Will Be Same – Jay Shah

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.”

“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,” he added.

Indian men’s cricket captain Rohit Sharma has reacted to the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to implement an equal pay policy for male and female cricketers. The 35-year-old took to his official Twitter handle to share his thoughts on the massive development in Indian cricket.

Happy And Proud – Rohit Sharma

The 35-year-old took to his official Twitter handle and wrote: “Happy and Proud.”

? Happy and Proud https://t.co/mRvX7U9pv7

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) October 29, 2022

The Indian women’s cricket team has been performing exceptionally well in recent times. They finished second in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 and whitewashed England women 3-0 in an ODI series in England. Harmanpreet Kaur’s India women won the Asia Cup for the seventh time earlier this month, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in a one-sided final.

A Women’s IPL with six teams has been announced for next year. The dates of the tournament are yet to be announced, but it is scheduled to take place just before the men’s IPL. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur has expressed happiness over this development. She stated that this is a historic moment for women’s cricket in India and congratulated the BCCI on the good news.

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