bat for equity

The big bucks in the players auction for the Women’s Premier League is a giant leap forward for women’s cricket. On Monday, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana went to Royal Challengers Bangalore for the highest winning bid. 3.4 crores. The franchise also got wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh 1.9 crores, while Mumbai Indians got all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar for the same bid and also bought captain Harmanpreet Kaur. 1.8 crores. In total, the five teams had to choose from 409 players from 15 nationalities, although less than a quarter of the players would be on any team. Earlier the Cricket Board of India played a draw 4,670 crore in the auction of the teams for the inaugural season of this women’s edition of the Indian Premier League. The board, whose job includes promoting what was once called the “gentleman’s game”, has also done well by announcing equal pay for India’s male and female players. This is a game that’s ripe for a good gender shake-up. Ultimately, it is up to the board to do everything possible to make the new women’s competition a success. The androcentric tag to the game was a reference to its sporting persona values ​​of fairness and integrity. It wasn’t really about gender. And today, it is gender equity that must win.