The Indian women’s team that ended as the runners-up in the last edition of the World T20 will receive the prize money worth USD 500,000 by the end of this week.
"The members of the Indian women's cricket team will be getting the share of their prize money by the end of this week. The transactions have been processed and I am expecting that they will receive their share very soon," the senior board functionary told PTI.
The source associated with the board has put the onus on the present condition for the delay in the payment.
"It's not just one payment for women. Whether it's the central contract of the men's team, international match fees, domestic fees of men and women, everything is taking a bit of time because of the prevailing situation," a former BCCI office-bearer, still associated with a state unit, said.
Earlier according to a Telegraph report, the Indian women’s team that lost to Australia in the final hadn’t got the prize money for the tournament. They had to collectively receive a sum of $500,000 (£350,000).
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had increased the women’s prize pot by 320% in comparison to 2018. The ICC has to make the payments within a span of one week to the respective associations while the governing boards of the teams have to further allocate the money to the players and the staff in two weeks.
Though, it totally depends on the board whether it wants to distribute the money equally or grade-wise.