Just a day before International women’s day, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a new contract system and compensation structure for Indian players (both men and women).

However, there is a huge pay gap between the male and female player in BCCI’s new contract and that does not settle well with cricket fans.

Twitterati took to the micro-blogging site to express their disappointment and asked BCCI to take necessary steps to pay the women cricketers equally.

” Dear @BCCI please show your appreciation for women’s cricket by reducing this appalling pay gap. And please negotiate contracts for the telecast of their matches. We have an excellent team that a lot of us fans regret not being able to watch perform regularly,” wrote a Twitter user.

Dear @BCCI please show your appreciation for women’s cricket by reducing this appalling pay gap. And please negotiate contracts for telecast of their matches. We have an excellent team that a lot of us fans regret not being able to watch perform regularly. pic.twitter.com/rlPMmuTtcU

— Nikhil Mehra (@TweetinderKaul) March 7, 2018

” BCCI Retainer Fee:

👉Men:

Grade A+ INR 7 Cr

Grade A INR 5 Cr

Grade B INR 3 Cr

Grade C INR 1 Cr

👉Women:

Grade A INR 50 Lacs

Grade B INR 30 Lacs

Grade C INR 10 Lacs

Women’s Top Grade Fee Is Half Of Men’s Lowest Grade Fee. Life Is So Unfair. 😏 #BCCI #TeamIndia,” wrote another cricket fan.

BCCI Retainer Fee:
👉Men:
Grade A+ INR 7 Cr
Grade A INR 5 Cr
Grade B INR 3 Cr
Grade C INR 1 Cr

👉Women:
Grade A INR 50 Lacs
Grade B INR 30 Lacs
Grade C INR 10 Lacs

Women’s Top Grade Fee Is Half Of Men’s Lowest Grade Fee. Life Is So Unfair. 😏 #BCCI #TeamIndia

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) March 7, 2018

Both men and #women representing our country in cricket

Both are doing excellent job but then also girls are being ignored in equal pay..
Why question for all..@BCCI@ICC #WomensDay pic.twitter.com/WpnhwR7AUO

— Mayank Deep (@Mayank_Dep) March 8, 2018

#TeamIndia Senior Men retainership fee structure

Grade A+ INR 7 cr / A INR 5cr / B INR 3cr / C INR 1cr

Why The Difference between #menandwomen they all are play for INDIA.
where is your gender equality?

after this you have to make #reservation in National team@SushmaSwaraj

— Akshay Patel (@aksh_512) March 7, 2018

shame….. boys will get 7 cr… women will get 50 lakhs… shame on u bcci

— VIRENDER SEHWAG (@virendr_sehwag) March 7, 2018

Bad gift to women team on #WomensDay
Shame on #BCCI for double standards#HappyWomensDay #WomensDay2018 #sheroes

— Saurabh Yadav (@yadv_saurabh) March 8, 2018

1) Men’s cricket generates more revenue.
2) The people who complain themselves don’t watch women’s cricket.

But obviously BCCI should pay them more as they deserve it. And we should encourage them by watching the matches.

— SK (@frustratedsoulx) March 7, 2018

Today we talk about equal status for women in all areas but data shows different picture:- there is lot of deference between pay for women in Indian cricket team approx . 14 times less then men cricket team .
Please do for this difference.
happy#women’s day @PMOIndia ,@AmitShah pic.twitter.com/Fif2gGG5NO

— gaurav kumar (@gaurav29091995) March 8, 2018

नारी शशक्तिकरण की धज्जियाँ उड़ा रहा है @BCCI The pay gap b/w the male and female cricket players is so huge. How this gap will uplift the motivation of the women players @PMOIndia @Manekagandhibjp @NCWIndia please look into this @BJP4India @narendramodi @INCIndia @cpimspeak @IYC pic.twitter.com/xvClEyH0a7

— Sachin Dubey (@ISachinDubey) March 8, 2018

Yes women’s Cricket is not commercially as viable (yet) as men’s Cricket but this pay difference is still staggering given that as an anthele both men and women put in the same blood and sweat.

As the richest board in the Cricket world #BCCI can definitely pay women more. pic.twitter.com/3bzeFliqxd

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) March 7, 2018

Here is Men’s compensation structure:

Grade A+: Rs 7 Cr

Grade A: Rs 5 Cr

Grade B: Rs 3 Cr

Grade C: Rs 1 Cr

Women’s compensation structure:

Grade A: Rs 50 lacs

Grade B: Rs 30 lacs

Grade C: Rs 10 lacs

Meanwhile, BCCI had introduced a new category ‘A+’, which includes skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar — all of them entitled to Rs 7 crore as annual pay.

In Grade A contracts, seven players are included. MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Saha are placed in the second grade. The players in this grade will be paid Rs. 5 crores annually.

In Grade B contracts, likes of KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Karthik are there. These players will be paid Rs 3 crore each annually.

In Grade C contracts, seven players — Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel and Jayant Yadav — will be paid Rs 1 crore each annually.