Till now the T20 World Cup tournament has been played 10 times, out of which the Indian cricket team has won the flag three times. Team India has also won the T20 World Cup in 2007, 2024 and now 2026 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. In the final, India registered a record victory of 96 runs over New Zealand. Do you know that Team India received more than Rs 3 crore for each match to play in this tournament.
3 crores per match
Indian cricket team got Rs 3.05 crore for playing one match, understand here how? Actually, Team India has received prize money of Rs 27.48 crore for becoming T20 World Champion. India played a total of 9 matches in the tournament. If seen this way, Team India has received a huge amount of Rs 3.05 crore for playing each match in the World Cup.
Similarly, New Zealand also played a total of 9 matches in the World Cup till the final, but it got prize money of Rs 14.65 crore. In this way, the Kiwi team got approximately Rs 1.62 crore for playing each match in the World Cup. Let us tell you that ICC had kept a prize pool of about Rs 120 crore for the T20 World Cup 2026.
On the other hand, Pakistan reached Super-8, for which it received Rs 3.48 crore as prize money. Since the Pakistan team played 7 matches in the World Cup, it received only Rs 49 lakh for each match.
3 World Cups in India’s name
The Indian team won the T20 World Cup title for the first time in 2007. At that time, the Indian team had defeated Pakistan by 5 runs in the final under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. After that, in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma defeated South Africa by 7 runs. Now under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final of the 2026 T20 World Cup.
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