T20 WORLD CUP WINNERS TO POCKET $1.6M

The winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will take home a winners’ cheque of $1.6 million while the runners-up will get half that amount, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed yesterday.

All 16 competing teams will receive part of the US $5.6m allocated as prize money for the tournament, which will be played in the UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14. The two losing semi-finalists will receive $400,000 each from the games taking place on November 10-11.

Like the last edition in 2016, there will be a bonus amount for every match that teams win in the Super 12 stage. The winners in each of the 30 games in that phase will this time win $40,000, a total pot of $1,200,000.

The teams confirmed to be competing in the Super 12 stage are Afghanistan, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies. The eight teams whose

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaigns end at that stage will automatically receive $70,000 each, totally $560,000.