T20 World Cup Prize Money: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the prize money for the T20 World Cup champions. Out of the 16 participating nations, the winners will bag prize money of $1.6 million or ₹12.02 crore while the runners-up will get richer by $800,000 or ₹6.01 crore. It was a slight increase from WC 2016 when winners West Indies were awarded $1.2 million.
The two losing semi-finalists will be rewarded prize money of $400,000 or around ₹3 crore each. Overall, the ICC has announced a prize purse of $5.6 million (₹42 crore approximately).
T20 World Cup Prize Money: ICC announces prize money for T20 WC, World Cup Champions to bag ₹12.02 crore – Check full details
| Round | USD | INR |
| Champions | $1.6 million | ₹12.02 Crore |
| Runners-up | $800,000 | ₹6.01 Crore |
| Semifinalists | $400,000 | ₹3 Crore |
| Super 12 | $70,000 | ₹52.5 Lakh |
| First Round | $40,000 | ₹30 Lakh |
The ICC will also continue to award a bonus amount for every win during the Super 12 stage of the tournament, as was the case during the 2016 edition of the tournament. The victors during all the 30 matches during the Super 12 stage will take home an amount of $40,000 — amounting to a total pot of $1.2 million.
As for IPL 2021 prize money, the runners-up will bag ₹6.25 crore and teams in the playoffs will get ₹4.38 crore.
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T20 World Cup Prize Money: ICC announces prize money for T20 WC, World Cup Champions to bag ₹12.02 crore – Check full details
The teams which get knocked out in the Super 12 stage will be awarded $70,000 each, amounting to a total sum of $560,000.
The same set-up is in place to reward teams during their Round 1 victories, where again, they will be rewarded $40,000 during the 12 matches during the stage, totalling $480,000. The four teams which get knocked out during round one will get $40,000 each from an overall prize pool of $160,000.
The eight teams participating in Round 1 will are Bangladesh, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Afghanistan, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies are the eight confirmed teams for the Super 12 stage of the tournament in the UAE and Oman.
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