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In a historic move within India's most beloved sport, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced that women playing cricket at international level will be paid the same as their male counterparts.

The organisation said this was a step "into a new era of gender equality."

Outside Source has been hearing from Indian cricket fans.

Zainab is one of them who says that while cricket has been a "man's world", the changes herald a "new era", where equal recognition for women will encourage more to pick up the game.

(Photo: India鈥檚 Renuka Thakur celebrates bowling out England's Sophia Dunkley (not in picture) during the third women's one day international match at Lord's, London, September 24, 2022. Credit: Steven Paston/PA Wire)