Bangladesh women’s captain Nigar Sultana has stated that ICC’s decision on equalling the prize money to men’s and women’s cricket is a motivating factor.
She also feels that their decision ICC has ensured that there will be no discrimination between men’s and women’s cricket. ICC has announced the decision to distribute equal prize money following the sport governing body’s annual conference held in Durban in July 2023.
while speaking about the women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the ICC announced details of the prize money for the event earlier this month. The total prize pool for the 2024 edition is 7,958,080 USD, which is more than double that of last year’s prize money.
The winner will get 2.34 million USD while the group stage victory win has a reward of 31,154 USD. There is prize money for those teams who were knocked out in the group stage.
“Money is always motivating. It’s a good and great initiative by ICC and it seems at least ICC is not making any discrimination.”
“This is a good thing and in women’s cricket, we are seeing that a lot of changes are made and that is happening in Bangladesh as well so for the whole team it looks like if we can do well can achieve good things in life. So from that point of view, it really makes us happy.”
Bangladesh have not won a match in the women’s T20 World Cup in a decade. Their last victory came from a match against Sri Lanka in 2014.
“I have played four World Cups but we have never won a game in those editions. The last time we won was in the 2014 tournament. We have played well in previous editions but playing well only means something when you can win.”
“We want to win the first match. It will be a huge achievement for the team. The team will get into a flow when that happens. We can then dream of something bigger,” Sultana added.
Recently, ICC has revealed the names of Officials and referees to officiate at the women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Bangladesh will kickstart their upcoming women’s T20 World Cup 2024 with a match against Scotland in Sharjah on October 03. Then they will face England on October 05, West Indies on October 10, and South Africa on October 12.
