Guha bats for ‘equity’ in men and women’s game
FORMER England cricketer Isa Guha last Sunday (23) said disparities still existed between the men’s and women’s game, but expressed optimism that the Indian women’s team will perform as well as their celebrated male counterparts if “equal amount of thought” goes into it.
In a couple of tweets, she pointed out the areas that need to be looked into by the game’s stakeholders to “reach equity”.
Guha also called for a strong player’s association in place for the welfare of the women’s game.
“Women are made to feel grateful for progress but there is still so much to be done to reach equity (& that isn’t just equal pay). Players associations are a vital part of reaching this. Indian women will dominate the stage when as much thought goes into their game as the men,” she tweeted.
“There are still base-level inequities in player welfare. Things like payment/contract terms, well-being support networks, domestic structure prof support, maternity provisions, retirement planning are all things can be gained from having a PA (player’s association).”
Meanwhile, the Indian women cricketers who made the finals of last year’s World T20 in Australia, will receive their share from the $500,000 (£353,971) prize money by the end of the week, a senior BCCI official said last Sunday. A media report quoted an official from the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) as saying that the Indian board was yet to disburse the runner-up prize money of the global event, held in February-March last year. India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, lost to Australia in the finals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.