In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a landmark decision to introduce equal pay for India’s women cricketers, matching the match fees of their male counterparts

Under the floodlights at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, Harmanpreet Kaur leapt into the air to take the final catch that sealed India’s first-ever Women’s Cricket World Cup title.

As her teammates sprinted towards her in tears and triumph, the roar of the crowd told one story — but the real victory had begun years earlier, in a quiet BCCI boardroom.

In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a landmark decision to introduce equal pay for India’s women cricketers, matching the match fees of their male counterparts.

At the time, it was hailed as revolutionary and qu

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