New Delhi: Indian Women’s cricket team finally secured their maiden World Cup title by winning the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup at home in November.
India’s women cricketers have yet another reason to celebrate.
In a significant move for women’s cricket in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to announce a massive pay hike for domestic women cricketers, more than doubling the per-day match fees for senior players from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000.
Currently, in senior women’s tournaments, players in the playing XI earn Rs 20,000 per day, while reserves receive Rs 10,000 per day, while in the junior women’s tournaments, players who features in playing XI earns Rs 10,000 per day, and reserves earns Rs 5,000 per day in all T20 tournaments.
At present, a senior women’s cricketer earns around Rs 2 lakh per season if the team only competes in the league stages of senior tournaments.
New pay structure set to be annouced soon by BCCI
Under the new pay structure which is set to be implemented soon by the BCCI for senior women’s tournaments, players who will feature in the playing XI will earn Rs 50,000 per day, while reserves will receive Rs 25,000 per day. For T20 matches, match fees will be Rs 25,000 for the playing XI and Rs 12,500 for the reserves.
For junior women’s tournaments, players will get Rs 25,000 per day if part of the playing XI, while Rs 12,500 per day will be given to the reserves.\For T20 matches, match fees will be Rs 12,500 for the playing XI and Rs 6,250 for the reserves.
“We have more than doubled the match fees of India’s domestic women cricketers. We are only carrying forward the initiative of (former BCCI secretary and current ICC chairman) Jay Shah, who introduced pay parity for India’s international cricketers,” BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla told TOI.