BCCI doubles match fee for women’s domestic cricketers

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Apex Council has decided to double women players’ match fees in domestic cricket. While the players in the starting XI will get INR 50,000 per day, those on the bench will get INR 25,000 per day.

On the other hand, the age group level players who are part of the XI will receive INR 25,000 per day. The decision was taken in the Apex Council meeting on Monday, December 22, in the BCCI office. 

At the end of the meeting, it was unanimously decided to increase the match fee for all women’s cricketers. After India won the ICC 50-over World Cup, a significant change in the pay structure was expected, particularly at the domestic level. 

Until now, the Indian board used to pay Rs 20,000 per day for senior women’s tournaments, with the reserves getting Rs 10,000. The junior cricketers will be taking home Rs 10,000 (in the XI) and Rs 5,000 if they are part of the bench. 

It meant, women cricketers used to earn a mere Rs 2 lakh per season, provided they played all the league matches in the senior tournaments. Now, it has been doubled. Domestic T20 players will get a fee of Rs 25,000 for making the playing 11, while those on the bench will get Rs 12,500.

In 2022, the BCCI announced that the women’s cricketers would get the same match fee as the men’s team. While the players in Test cricket get INR 15 lakh per match, those who play ODIs and T20Is will take home INR 6 lakh and INR 3 lakh, respectively.

At the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, which India won, the prize money for the tournament was $13.88 million compared to the $10 million pool for the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023.

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