The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally released the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 prize money to the Indian women’s cricket team who played the final of the tournament last year in Australia.
The BCCI was forced to speed up the process after The Telegraph in the UK reported that the Indian women's team was yet to receive the prize money from the T20 World Cup 2020, where they lost the title to Australia Women on March 8 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last year.
A source close to the development at the BCCI has on Monday (June 7) revealed that all the 15 members of the India women's team have been given their share of prize money for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020.
The India team was also paid the match fees for the home series against South Africa in March 2021 “around eight-nine days back”, meant just before the girls left for the England tour on June 2.
A reliable source in the BCCI told Times of India on Monday, “The BCCI had last month asked all the members of the Indian women's team to send an invoice to claim their prize money for the T20 World Cup, as well as the home series against SA.”
He further added, “Once the players raised the invoices, we cleared their payment within a day or two. Thus, all the dues of the women's team have now been cleared.”
Meanwhile, each player has reportedly received approximately $26,000 as prize money for the T20 World Cup, where India made it to the final for the first time under Harmanpreet Kaur last year.
Noteworthy, the entire support staff of the Jammu and Kashmir team, including their mentor and former India all-rounder, were yet to receive their remuneration for the 2019-20 domestic season.
(With TOI inputs)
