Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday revealed that they have taken a decision to increase the salary and match fees of each of their contracted women’s players. These fee hikes will be in effect during the international matches. The chairman of the women’s wing in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nadel Chowdhury has confirmed to Cricbuzz that the board has considered and approved a 20 percent raise in the salaries of women’s cricketers. This decision was discussed and decided during the last board meeting, which took place on June 15. ”We have increased the salary of the women cricketers by 20 percent and they will receive their salary in the new pay scale from this month (July),” said Shafiul to Cricbuzz.
Continuing further, Shafiul said from now onwards women cricketers in Bangladesh will get 300 USD (INR 22,350) as match fees for an ODI match. For the T20Is, the player will now be getting a sum of USD 150 (INR 11,175).It was also reported that earlier the women cricketers used to get 100 USD for ODIs, i.e, INR 7450 while their T20I match fees were 75 USD, which is around INR 5587.50. “Earlier they (women cricketers) used to get 100 USD and 75 USD as match fees respectively for ODIs and T20Is,” he said. Shafiul also informed that the board has decided that the number of national contracted women’s cricketers will also increase. BCB have given national contracts to 22 women cricketers, classifying them into four categories. With the 20 percent increase in salary now they will receive- BDT 60000(A category), BDT 48000(B category), BDT 36000 (C category) and BDT 25000(D category).
