It's passion for game not money that drives Mithali Raj & Co
The huge gap between the pay cheques of Indian men and women cricketers notwithstanding, the manner in which Mithali Raj and Co. go about their task gives one the impression that they are hardly perturbed by this disparity.
While the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli earn a whopping Rs 7 lakh per Test, their women counterparts have to be satisfied with a mere fee of Rs 1 lakh, not per match, but per international series.
"After we have come under BCCI wing, the players get Rs 1 lakh per international series," women's team manager Vidya Yadav informed.
In fact, even the Tripura Ranji team players earn a match fee of Rs 1.5 lakh per domestic first-class game and Rs 35,000 for one-day matches.
Asked about the match fee for domestic tournaments for women, Yadav said: "Players get Rs 2500 per match apart from DA."
Besides getting Rs 7 lakh for a Test match, the Indian men's team earn Rs 4 lakh per ODI and Rs 2 lakh for T20 for being in the playing XI and half if he is part of the squad.
Skipper Mithali tried to put things into perspective.
"We can't complaint as to why the men get paid more. It's simple...they earn much more revenue and thus get paid more.
"But the situation in women's cricket has improved a lot from the early 90s when lot of talented women cricketers had to leave the game due to lack of monetary assistance," said Mithali.
Manager Yadav said that any change doesn't happen overnight.
"Look, it
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