trophy price
The Indian women’s cricket team made the country proud by registering a historic victory in the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup. In the final match played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, India won its first Women’s World Cup trophy by defeating South Africa by 52 runs. With this, Team India also ended its long-running title dry innings in ICC tournaments.
BCCI gave a reward of Rs 51 crore
After this spectacular victory, BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced a reward of Rs 51 crore for the women’s team. This decision came when there was a strong discussion on social media about giving equal rewards to men’s and women’s teams. Let us tell you, after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, BCCI had given a prize of Rs 125 crore to the men’s team. That team also won the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final.
Trophy price not found
There is definitely discussion among players, media and fans as to what approximate price can be estimated. But there was no official disclosure about the material, design cost, originality or manufacturing expense of this trophy. Therefore, it cannot be said how many crores of rupees the trophy is worth.
Big jump compared to 2017
It is worth noting that when the Indian women’s team lost to England by 9 runs in the 2017 World Cup final, the BCCI had given a reward of Rs 50 lakh to each player. At that time, team coach Tushar Arothe and support staff also got a good bonus.
What is the salary structure of women players?
After this victory, now everyone’s eyes are on how much salary Indian women cricketers get from BCCI. In its annual contract (Annual Player Retainership 202425) issued in March 2025, BCCI has divided women players into three grades – A, B and C.
Grade A: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma – ₹50 lakh annually.
Grade B: Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh and Shafali Verma – ₹30 lakh annually.
Grade C: 9 players including Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Uma Chettri and Sneh Rana – ₹10 lakh annually.
What is the difference compared to male players?
There are four grades in the contract for male cricketers, announced in April 2025.
A+ Grade: ₹7 crore,
A Grade: ₹5 crore,
B Grade: ₹3 crore,
C Grade: ₹1 crore
However, in terms of match fees, both male and female players are now paid equally.
Test match: ₹15 lakh,
ODI: ₹6 lakh,
T20: ₹3 lakh
The only difference is that the men’s team plays more matches every year than the women’s team, hence their total earnings are much higher. This victory proved that the Indian women’s cricket team is now creating history not only in the field of play but also in terms of honors and rewards.