Also, in the latest episode of the Sledging Room, we discuss India's Test series win in the West Indies and how the visitors missed an opportunity to force a win in the 2nd Test, which was hampered by persistent rain on Day 5.
Indian Women’s Team Deserve Improved Contracts, Buck Stops at BCCI
The richest cricket board in the world introduced the contract system for the senior women’s team only in 2015.
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Equal or better pay for women athletes has, over decades, been an uncomfortable conversation for administrators across sports. A sense of balance has only been achieved when a stand has been taken, as was seen in the cases of the US football team and Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams, the Australian women’s cricket team and Billie Jean King.
On Wednesday, 19 May, as the Indian women’s cricket team, non-Mumbai based members, began their quarantine ahead the England tour, the BCCI announced the annual central contracts, chopping down the list from 22 to 19, for the period, October 2020-September 2021.
South Africa women shock India, claim series with seven-wicket win in 4th ODI
The win meant seasoned Punam Raut s third ODI hundred and veteran Harmanpreet Kaur s scintillating 35-ball 54 went in vain.
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The South African women s team s top-order batters fired in unison and helped their team clinch the five-match series against India with a seven-wicket victory in the fourth ODI here on Sunday.
Chasing 267, Lizelle Lee (69), Laura Wolvaardt (53), Mignon du Preez (61) and
Lara Goodall (59 not out) shone as the visitors completed the task in 48.4 overs for an unassailable 3-1 lead in the rubber.
Indian women team at
the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow