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Former captain of Indian women’s cricket team Mithali Raj Has presented an interesting and inspirational glimpse of the journey of women’s cricket in India. He showed that this path may have been full of difficulties, but finally won and success.

Mithali Raj on initial conflicts of Indian women’s team Pouring Light

Recently, Mithali shared the truths to women’s cricket in “The Lallantop” show “Guest in the Newsroom”. He told that there was a time when women cricketers neither got good salary nor basic facilities. It was a matter of pride for the Indian women’s team to play at that time, but the facilities were very few. Mithali remembered that then players used to travel in ordinary train coaches and despite playing the match did not get fees, because the cricket board did not have that much money. They said, “We did not get match fees, because there was no money in the game. If the associations did not have funds, then what should the player expect?”

India was runner -up in the 2005 Women’s World Cup, yet every player got ₹ 8,000 for just ₹ 1,000 per match. Mithali also stated that the BCCI started the annual contracts for women players much later. The improvement in women’s cricket today is possible after all these conflicts.

Equal pay policy of BCCI

There was a big change for women’s cricket when the BCCI took it under it. After this decision, the economic condition of the players gradually started improving. First he started getting money for every series, then this payment started according to every match. This led to a professional style in women’s cricket. Later, the BCCI took many good steps to bring equality between women and male cricket. Central contracts were implemented and attempts to give the same facilities and rewards to both teams began. The biggest change came when the match fees of women and male cricketers were equal to ₹ 15 lakh for E-Test match, ₹ 6 lakh for ODI and ₹ 3 lakh for T20.

It was a historic decision that gave women cricket equal and the right to identity. The brilliant performance of the Indian women’s team also played a big role in it. The team was runner -up in the 2017 ODI World Cup, after which every player was given a reward of ₹ 50 lakh by the BCCI. Mithali Raj credited these successes for the support and support of the BCCI, which brought a new phase for women’s cricket.