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ICC Announces USD 3.6 Mn Prize Money For WTC Winners , Runners Up To Get USD 2.1 Mn
ICC World Test Championship: With less than a month to go for the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final to happen between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the winners of the one-off game will earn double the prize money than previous two editions.
From the total prize money pool for the WTC 2023-25 cycle of USD 5.76 million, which already is more than double that of the previous two editions, the winners will walk away with USD 3.6 million (approximately standing at 30,79,48,931 Indian rupees), a significant jump from the USD 1.6 million awarded to winners of both 2021 and 2023 editions.
The runners-up, meanwhile, will earn USD 2.16 million (approximately 18,47,96,390 Indian rupees), which is also up from USD 800,000. India, the two-time WTC runners-up who finished at third place, will get 12,31,98,048 rupees. “We have witnessed a very interesting third cycle of the ICC World Test Championship, where the finalists were decided only towards the end of the competition.”
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