India, Dec. 23 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to substantially increase the payments for the women's domestic cricketers during the Apex Council Meeting on Monday. The Indian cricket body has also attempted to introduce pay parity in domestic cricket, and women players are now poised to have their match fees virtually on par with those of the men. According to the revised pay structure, women players will now receive INR 50,000 per day for every domestic one-day and multi-day game they participate in.

According to Cricbuzz, these fees are applied to all the members of the playing XI. On the other hand, non-playing members will receive INR 25,000 for every match they participate in. For T20 games, the fees wil...