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BCCI announces same pay equity for men and women Indian cricketers

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By Ritika Nath
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BCCI announces same pay equity for men and women Indian cricketers
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BCCI announces equal pay: In a historic action, the BCCI declared on Thursday that all nationally signed men's and women's Team India cricketers would receive a similar salary. Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, made the announcement on Twitter. The Indian Cricket Board is adopting a salary equity policy for its contractual women players, as announced by Shah. publive-image Harmanpreet Kaur and other cricketers will get the same match fees under the current system as their male cricketers  15 lakh for each Test, 6 lakh for each ODI, and 3 lakh for each T20I.
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