MEDIA RELEASE Contract system proposed for the Indian Women Team, two tournaments to be added in the domestic season of Indian women cricketers The Women’s Cricket Committee of the BCCI met in Kolkata today and made the following recommendations to the Working Committee: · On the lines of Men’s cricket, a Contract system for international Women cricketers was proposed. It was also proposed to have more international fixtures for the Indian women’s cricket team. · The Committee recommended adding two more tournaments to give more exposure and opportunities to women cricketers at the domestic level. The Committee proposed to start an under-16 state level tournament within the zones. It also proposed to start an under-23 tournament. · The present formats of the women’s under-19 tournament and the senior women’s tournament will remain unchanged. Anurag Thakur Hony. Secretary BCCI