Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly who recently paved way for Roger Binny for the coveted post, has hailed the board's decision to implement a pay parity between men and women's teams.
Dada took to Twitter to laud the move, "Just saw it in the papers this morning .. congratulations to jay ,Roger, rajivbhai, ashishji, debojit and all the apex council members for this wonderful gesture .so much effort has gone in women's cricket and it is showing in their performance," wrote Ganguly on Twitter.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Thursday in a landmark announcement said that the board's contracted players, both men and women, will be paid equal match salaries, according to media reports.
Shah added that the BCCI Women cricketers will be paid the same match fee as their male counterparts. In Test Test, they will get Rs 15 lakhs, Rs 6 lakhs in ODIs and Rs 3 lakhs in T20Is. "Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support," said Shah.
Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is also elated over the development. She said that this is a red letter day for women's cricket in India and thanked BCCI for the big news.
Recently, the Indian women's cricket team triumphed in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets. The team also won the country's first-ever silver medal in cricket at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year.
In the last Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BCCI, the cricket board also announced the first-ever women's IPL that is scheduled to take place next year.
