In Bollywood where women are still fighting for equal pay, yesterday the big announcement by BCCI for equal pay made every woman cricket lover happy. Various Bollywood celebrities hailed this decision of equal pay.  Actresses Anushka Sharma and Taapsee Pannu also took to social media to praised this decision.

Taapsee Pannu who is quite vocal on different issues, took to her Twitter handle and tweeted, “A huge step towards equal pay for equal work. Thank you BCCI for leading with example (clapping emoji).” Reacting to her tweet, one person commented, “Hope other sports would follow this example.” Another person wrote, “Thank you to BCCI secretary @JayShah for this announcement (handfolded emoji).” Other fan commented, “Is it possible to do it in Bollywood?.”

Meanwhile Actress Anushka Sharma who is all set to play veteran cricketer Jhunlandevi in her upcoming film taking to Instagram Stories, Anushka shared screenshot of BCCI Secretary Jay Shah's tweet.

Speaking of Jay Shah tweet, Jay Shah tweeted that the board is taking steps to tackle discrimination and made this historic announcement, "I’m pleased to announce @BCCI’s first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers. The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Indian Cricket," read the tweet from Jay Shah. 

He further added, "The @BCCIWomen cricketers will be paid the same match fee as their male counterparts. Test (INR 15 lakhs), ODI (INR 6 lakhs), T20I (INR 3 lakhs). Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support. Jai Hind." 

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