Team India won the T20 World Cup 2024 with a brilliant performance. The Indian team did not lose a single match in the tournament and continued the same trend in the final as well, defeating South Africa and ending the wait of 17 years. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Team India defeated every rival team in the group stage and Super-8. After this, in the semi-finals, India also made a strong team like England kneel. He continued this winning streak in the final as well. The Indian team won the ICC trophy after 11 years by defeating South Africa in the biggest match and also earned a lot. The ICC had kept $ 11.25 million i.e. about Rs 93.80 crore as prize money, which was distributed among all the teams.
How much money did India and South Africa get?
Team India defeated South Africa and won the T20 World Cup trophy after 17 years. For this achievement, the Indian team received a reward of 2.45 million dollars i.e. about 20.42 crores rupees from the ICC. Apart from this, the Indian team has received 31,154 dollars (about 26 lakh rupees) separately for every victory. If all these amounts are added together, the Indian team has earned 22.76 crores rupees from this tournament.
South Africa, which reached the World Cup final for the first time and was the runner-up in the tournament, received $1.28 million (about Rs 10.67 crore), which is half of the prize money of the champion team. Apart from this, they got about Rs 2.07 crore separately for winning 8 matches. South Africa earned a total of Rs 12.7 crore from the tournament.
How much money did the teams that lost in the semi-finals get?
The ICC had set aside a prize money of $7,87,500 (6.56 crores) for the teams losing in the semi-finals. Afghanistan and England lost in the semi-finals. Therefore, apart from Rs 6.56 crore, they have been given Rs 26 lakh separately for every win.
Super-8 teams are also rich
In this tournament, 4 teams got eliminated from the Super-8, but they also earned a lot. Each team has been awarded a prize of $ 3,82,500 (about Rs 3.18 crore). West Indies, Australia, Bangladesh and USA got eliminated from the round, they got Rs 3.18 crore and Rs 26 lakh respectively for each win.
Even in the group stage, teams did not return empty handed
The ICC did not allow the team that was eliminated from the group stage to return empty handed. The ICC awarded Rs 26 lakh along with $ 2,47,500 (about Rs 2.06 crore) for each win to the teams ranked 9th to 12th. While the teams ranked 13th to 20th have been awarded $ 2,25,000 (about Rs 1.87 crore) along with Rs 26 lakh.
