Huge difference! Indian women’s cricket team’s entire salary is less than Virat Kohli alone

The annual salary of women cricketers was declared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday (BCCI Contracts List). The board has published a list of 19 candidates. All of these are classified into three groups: A, B, and C. When you look at the BCCI's salary list for women players, you will see how they are treated. Male cricketers earn 14 to 70 times more than female cricketers.

The overall annual salary of all 19 cricketers signed by the board is Rs 1.90 crore less than Virat Kohli's salary alone. Virat's annual compensation is Rs. 7 crore. A total of Rs 5.10 crore is paid to 19 female cricketers who are part of the board's contract. Mithali Raj, India's pride in women's cricket, will be paid 23 times less than Virat Kohli.

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Discrimination existed even during Sourav Ganguly's presidency.

The BCCI is the world's wealthiest cricket governing body. The annual wages of the board's female cricketers is likely to be raised. After former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly was elected president of the BCCI, many hoped that the distance between men's and women's cricket teams would narrow. They too are dissatisfied.

50-50 lakh contract to Harman, Mandhana, Poonam
Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Poonam Yadav, have got a place in the Grade A women's cricket contract. This level's players will be paid 50 lakh rupees per year. Grade B has a 30-lakh-per-annum agreement, while Grade C has a 10-lakh-per-annum agreement.

Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Raut, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shefali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tania Bhatia, and Jemima Rodriguez are among the Grade B players. Mansi Joshi, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Priya Poonia, and Richa Ghosh all made it through grade C.


Board reduced contract list
Women's cricketers' contract lists have also been cut by the board. It was 22 players last season, and it is now 19 this time. The BCCI contract has been lost by Veda Krishnamurthy, who lost her sister and mother to Corona. Apart from Veda, the contract has been terminated for Ekta Bisht, D Hemlata, and Anuja Patil.


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Do you know how much Virat, Rohit, and Bumrah make?

The BCCI has divided the male players into 4 groups. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jaspreet Bumrah, all from Group A, are paid Rs 7 crore each. B  grade players earn Rs 5 crore per year, while C and D grade players earn Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore, respectively.