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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made a landmark decision with huge increase in salary for women’s domestic cricketers and match officials, it is more than doubling existing match fees after India’s first-ever Women’s ODI World Cup victory. The Board’s Apex Council, meeting on Monday, approved a revised pay structure that significantly enhances the earning potential of professional women.
The potential earnings are as follows:
Senior Women (ODI/Multi-day): Playing XI members will earn ₹50,000 per day, while reserves will receive ₹25,000.
Senior Women (T20): Starters will earn ₹25,000 per match, with reserves getting ₹12,500.
Junior Categories (U-23 & U-19): Players in the XI will be paid ₹25000, Reserves ₹12,500
The financial upgrade extends to the domestic ecosystem’s support staff. Umpires and match referees will now earn a uniform ₹40,000 per day for league matches. For higher-clash knockout fixtures, the fee will rise to between ₹50,000 and ₹60,000 per day.25,000 per day, and reserves will earn ₹12,500.
BCCI officials estimate that a top-tier domestic player featuring in all formats throughout a full season can earn from 12 Lakh to 14 Lakh. Under this new regime, an umpire officiating a full Ranji Trophy league match can earn approximately ₹1.60 lakh, while knockout appearances could earn upto 3 Lakh per game.
This is the first major revision in women’s domestic match fees since 2021.Senior players in the starting XI will now receive ₹50,000 per day for multi-day and one-day domestic matches which is 150% increase from the previous term where they use to get ₹20,000. This increase in fees will encourage more young girls and umpires to come to this field and make cricket as a career. This move also helps massively to the thousands of players who are part of the domestic system but unable to break into WPL or Indian side.
