Women have been world-class athletes long enough to earn respect and equal opportunity. The outstanding sporting events in women’s sports this year will go into the history books as being one of the most memorable ones, even though there is still a long journey to cover until all sports are played on an equal playing field. This year proved significant for female athletes, with some breaking records and winning historic victories, from female cricket players receiving the same salary as their male colleagues to confirming the formation of the women’s IPL.
Mentioned below are the top 5 achievements in Indian women’s sports in 2022:
1. Equitable Pay
Beginning the article with a historical event that not only lays the road for the recognition of female athletes but also establishes the direction for a transformation that the sports industry has long waited for.
According to the BCCI’s revised pay equality policy, published in October of this year, all presentations by centrally sponsored women cricketers in India in international competitions will henceforth be compensated by the same tournament fee as those made by males in the nation. We need to talk about female cricket players receiving their fair share of money to make up for the years of struggles they have had to be treated on a par with male cricketers because equal pay is a more significant, more critical issue.
2. Female Indian Premiere League (IPL)
The IPL has only featured male cricketers for 15 seasons; thus, it took us that long to recognize that female cricketer should also be included in the IPL. The long-awaited implementation of this concept will begin in 2022. The BCCI decided to launch the Women’s Indian Premier League on October 18. Given the increasing recognition and acceptance of women’s cricket throughout India, the WIPL will occur in March 2023, and the competition will be nothing less than extraordinary.
3. Significant Victory in Lawn Bowls
In addition to competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, the Indian Female’s Lawn Bowls Team excelled on their most recent assignment.
The team’s four players performed remarkably on August 2, when they made their first finals appearance. They secured their championship game by thrashing the South African squad. In a 17-10 victory over the South African team, Nayanmoni, Pinki, Lovely C, and Rupa Rani took the gold medal. With this victory, India won the first-ever gold medal in the game of lawn bowls.
4. The Mirabai Chanu Remarkable Performance
The Medallist medallist Mirabai Chanu has surfaced as India’s best weightlifter. At the 2022 Birmingham Tournament, the 28-year-old became the first Indian to take home a top spot in the 49-kilogram weightlifting division.
Chanu set a tournament record and put out a stellar performance by lifting a cumulative total of 201 kg. The recipient of the Padma Shri honour won silver this month at the world championships held in Colombia.
5. Manu Bhaker Takes Home Five Golds
At the 2022 National Shooting Event, expert shooter Manu Bhaker took home not one but five gold medals. The 20-year-old Haryana Olympian won the junior women’s 10m handgun competition in Madhya Pradesh. She had previously won gold medals in several categories in the 25 m handgun competition.
