Pay fairness for India ladies cricketers is just not a vacation spot, it’s only a journey: Anjum Chopra

Former India captain Anjum Chopra feels that the BCCI’s choice to pay centrally-contracted feminine cricketers the identical match charges as their male counterparts is a large improvement, but in addition simply “momentary.”

“Equal pay parity is a brilliant decision taken by the BCCI. It’s not a new dawn. These things are momentary. They are rewards that players are receiving because of their consistent performances over the years,” Anjum advised The Indian Express.

“These rewards are not the destination, it is just a journey. As a player, you love all the accolades. This is a recognition of their hard work. Players now know that if they keep producing good results, more rewards will follow,” she stated.

Now the Indian ladies cricketers will obtain Rs 15 lakh per Test, Rs 6 lakh per ODI, and Rs 3 lakh per T20I, the identical as their male counterparts. Earlier, the ladies gamers obtained Rs 1 lakh every for ODIs and T20Is whereas the match charge for a Test match was Rs 4 lakh.

However, the hole between BCCI’s annual retainers for women and men gamers is huge. India’s Grade A+ male cricketers earn Rs 7 crore, whereas these within the highest retainer bracket in ladies’s cricket take house Rs 50 lakh.

“The impact I see in the long run or the immediate future of the players is like a young kid who wants to take the sport as a career,” she added.

It has been fairly a exceptional few months for the Indian ladies’s cricket workforce. They triumphed within the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets within the last. Earlier, that they had additionally received the nation’s first-ever silver medal in cricket on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In the final Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCCI, the board had additionally introduced that the first-ever ladies’s Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to happen subsequent 12 months.

“It has been an excellent few months for women’s cricket. As I said, it is just the beginning. In the long run, this move will make a big impact on the current Under-15 age-group. In the future, things will improve, and the current match fee will also increase,” Anjum stated.

“Now, the girls don’t have to worry about buying costly bats and kits. There won’t be any struggle. Hopefully, more good results by the senior team in the future will improve women’s cricket,” she added.