Former India captain Diana Edulji mentioned the parity in match charges between feminine and male cricketers introduced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will lead to extra women taking on the game as it’s a viable profession possibility. With the ladies’s IPL scheduled to be performed in March subsequent yr, Edulji believes the cricketers couldn’t ask for extra.
“It is a lift and now a whole lot of women will come and play home cricket and make a reputation for themselves. The IPL (Women’s) is close to and the whole lot is prepared for a stellar profession of girls’s cricket in India,” Edulji informed The Indian Express.
The match price hike for ladies cricketers implies that they are going to be paid Rs 15 lakh per Test match, Rs 6 lakh for One Day Internationals and Rs 3 lakh for T20 Internationals. Till now ladies cricketers have been paid Rs 1 lakh for white ball match and Rs 4 lakh for take a look at match.
“I’m very proud of this information and it’s a great Diwali reward given by BCCI to ladies cricketers. By saying this, the BCCI has taken a giant step in direction of recognizing ladies cricketers and ladies’s cricket. The retainership for ladies cricketers stays the identical – Rs 50 lakh for Grade A, Rs 30 lakh for Grade B and Rs 10 lakh for Grade C. The males’s workforce that performs probably the most variety of video games is paid between Rs 7 crore and Rs 1. Crores, relying on their grades, begin with an A+ grade.
Former India captain Diana Edulji. (file)
Edulji performed in an period when the sport was run by the Women’s Cricket Association of India (WCAI) and cash and amenities within the trendy recreation are one thing she wouldn’t have dreamed of in her heyday. “We traveled in unreserved coaches. We could not assist it, did not have the cash and it was solely after the BCCI took over ladies’s cricket in 2006 that issues began wanting higher. And I’m glad that we laid the inspiration stone, Shantha (Rangaswamy) and I labored exhausting for it.
Our views are nonetheless being taken into consideration. I will not thoughts something. We even paid from our pocket however we performed for ardour. Now they (the present workforce) should play for ardour and pleasure as they’re representing the board and the nation which could be very coveted. So exhausting was the WCAI for the cash that gamers like Edulji have been requested to pay Rs 10,000 out of their very own pocket to play within the 1982 version of the World Cup in Australia.
“We didn’t have match fees and we paid to play. When we went to Australia for the World Cup, every girl was asked to pay Rs 10,000 to play for India which was a lot of money. Four of us were from Maharashtra and we appealed to Chief Minister AR Antulay. We said we have no money. He immediately handed over the check,” recollects Edulji.
On Thursday, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had tweeted: “I am delighted to announce BCCI’s first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing a pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers. Match fees will be the same for both male and female cricketers as we enter a new era of gender equality in cricket.
Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) CEO Tom Moffat said in a text message to The Indian Express, “This is clearly a optimistic transfer for the game and for the gamers in India.
Following the latest announcement concerning the Women’s IPL, we anticipate it to be one other step in direction of gender equality in all areas of the sport in India and in additional nations all over the world. When Edulji was a member of the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators, ladies cricketers got lump sum profit funds, pensions have been paid to those that performed lower than 10 Test matches, whereas journey and keep of present gamers have been additionally lined. superior.
“As a CoA member I’ve seen ladies get lump sum advantages and pension for ladies cricketers who’ve performed lower than 10 Test matches. Also for the present workforce, single rooms (they have been shared rooms) in five-star accommodations, lodging in touring enterprise class (not all journeys have been enterprise class) and ladies acquired the identical each day allowance as males.
But BCCI has taken a giant step to extend the match price and convey parity with the beginning of girls’s IPL. I believe ladies cricketers cannot ask for something extra. They are about getting the whole lot they want as a result of they’re taking part in nicely. If they weren’t taking part in nicely, no one would have an interest.
They are being acknowledged for his or her performances and it is also time the gamers gave again the ICC trophy to the nation,” Edulji mentioned, including that the 2017 remaining at Lord’s – which India ladies misplaced to England – was a turning level for the sport. was in India.
Earlier this yr, it was introduced that girls cricketers in New Zealand would earn the identical match charges as males. According to the Guardian, a prime feminine cricketer will earn from $83,432 to a most of $163,246.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
