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India.com
3 days ago
- Sport
- India.com
WTC 2025 final: Despite finishing third, Team India get Rs…, Pakistan get only…
For the first time in WTC history, India may not be in the final, but they'll still walk away with a hefty prize for securing third place on the points table. The much-awaited Final of World Test Championship is being played between South Africa and Australia at Lord, London, started on June 11. The ICC has declared that the WTC 2023-25 cycle will have a record prize pool. Such a huge growth highlights the relevance of Test cricket in the international scene. An enormous exaggeration to the benefit of participating countries. India is not featuring in the WTC final first time. Having got to the final in the last two editions, they were third this time. It was a miserable exit to their tournament. The champion of the WTC 2023-25 will pocket a massive USD 3.6 million! The second place will win USD 2.16 million. Prize money which is a tremendous jump over the last cycle. After finishing as runners-up in both previous World Test Championship cycles—losing to New Zealand in 2021 and Australia in 2023—India missed out on the WTC 2025 Final for the first time in history. Despite the disappointment, the Men in Blue still secured third place, earning a record USD 1.44 million (Rs 12.30 crore). It is the first in the history of the WTC that teams that fail to make the top half of the table are earning hefty paychecks. Sri Lanka, the sixth placed team, will receive USD 840,000 with Bangladesh, the seventh placed side, pocketing USD 720,000. West Indies earned USD 600,000 as eighth placed team and even Pakistan, which ended up at the ninth position, will not go home without any cash in hand, as the team pocketed USD 480,000.
Mint
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
World Test Championship prize money revealed; check how much India & finalists will take home from 2023-25 cycle
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday revealed the prize money of all the 10 teams in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle which culminates next month with the final between Australia and South Africa at the Lord's from June 11 to 15. The total prize pool for WTC 2023-25 stands at a whopping USD 5.76 million ( ₹ 49.27 crore), a substantial growth from the previous cycle. The winners of WTC 2023-25 will pocket USD 3.6 million (a rise of 125%) while the runners-up will get USD 2.1 million (rise of 162.5%). While Australia sealed their place in the WTC 2023-25 final after winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 against India, South Africa topped the standings to become the first team to book a place in the final after wins over Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and a drawn series against India. With a third place finish, India will take home USD 1.4 million while New Zealand will get USD 1.2 million for their fourth-place finish. ICC chairman Jay Shah took to X to announce the rise in prize money. 'It's exciting to announce that the winner of the #WTC25 Final between South Africa and Australia will earn $3.6M, with the runner-up to receive $2.1M. The increase in prize money exhibits our efforts to prioritize Test cricket and build on momentum from previous WTC cycles. @ICC,' Shah wrote on X. Position Team Amount in USD Winner Australia/South Africa 3,600,000 Runners-up Australia/South Africa 2,160,000 Third India 1,440,000 Fourth New Zealand 1,200,000 Fifth England 960,000 Sixth Sri Lanka 840,000 Seventh Bangladesh 720,000 Eighth West Indies 600,000 Ninth Pakistan 480,000
