Indian women will dominate when as much as thought goes into their game as men: Isa Guha

Cricketer turned commentator Isa Guha recently shared a Tweet about India women’s cricket hadn’t enjoyed much success in the last few years. She wrote this in response to a question asked about paying disparity for International men’s and women’s Indian teams.

BCCI came in limelight for wrong reasons where the recent report from The Telegraph stated that the national women’s side who finished as runner up against Australia last year hasn’t received their runner-up prize money now from world richest cricket board.

Reacting to the allegation, one of the sources from BCCI stated that they will be clearing the amount to all players in a week’s time.

Guha believes that Indian women’s side can do wonders like their male counterparts if the same amount of thought process is shown on the line.

“Women are made to feel grateful for progress but there is still so much to be done to reach equity (and 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,” Isa tweeted.

She also stated that the players association is a must for every member of the team so that the important matters are discussed and action is taken if something is not going right. Australia has a players association where, constantly, the players are kept in the loop about the changes and wherein the cricketers open up about their problems.

“While the men are at a different level there are still base level equities in player welfare. Things like payment/contract times, well-being support networks, domestic structure prof support, maternity provisions, retirement planning are all things that can be gained from having a pa (player’s association).”