Under the bright lights of the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Harmanpreet Kaur took the final catch high above her head as her teammates sprinted across the ground, tears of disbelief and joy streaming down their faces. For the first time in history, India’s women had conquered the cricketing world. But beyond the roar of the crowd and the glitter of the confetti, this was more than a sporting victory. It was a vindication of a policy born years ago in a quiet boardroom meeting.

Three years before this moment, back in October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a bold and unprecedented move during its 15th Apex Council meeting. They unanimously passed a resolution to introduce pay parity between India’s men’s and women’s cricketers . For the first time, the wom

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