BCCI Approves 150% Hike in Women's Domestic Match Fees

The Board of Control for Cricket in India approved a significant overhaul of match fees for domestic women's cricketers and officials on Monday, marking a 150 percent increase aimed at advancing pay equity following the national team's historic Women's ODI World Cup victory in November 2025.

The decision, cleared during an online meeting of the BCCI's Apex Council, extends the board's equal pay policy, first implemented for senior national teams in 2022, to the domestic level. Senior women's players in one-day and multi-day formats will now earn 50,000 rupees per day if in the playing XI, up from 20,000 rupees, while reserves receive 25,000 rupees, previously 10,000 rupees. In T20 tournaments, playing XI members get 25,000 rupees per match day, with reserves at 12,500 rupees. Junior players, including those in under-23 and under-19 categories, see similar boosts: 25,000 rupees per day for the playing XI in 50-over and multi-day games, and 12,500 rupees for T20s, with reserves at half those amounts.

A BCCI official noted that a top domestic player participating across formats in a full season could now earn between 12 lakh and 14 lakh rupees, more than double the previous...