India turned Ahmedabad into a carnival on Sunday night. Suryakumar Yadav’s side flattened New Zealand by 96 runs in the T20 World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium and grabbed a record third crown in front of a roaring home crowd.
The victory delivered history, silverware, and a cheque worth roughly £2.7 million from the ICC prize pot.
The International Cricket Council dangled a swollen purse over this tournament. Officials raised the total prize pool to nearly £15 million, a 20 per cent jump from the previous edition. India grabbed the fattest slice.
That 96-run demolition handed Suryakumar’s men around ₹36.57 crore. The runners-up from New Zealand still collected a tidy consolation cheque of roughly ₹19.6 crore, though the scoreboard told a brutal story.
India’s victory also carved a fresh statistical landmark. No side had ever lifted this tournament in consecutive editions before. Gautam Gambhir’s squad smashed that barrier while securing India’s third overall T20 world title.
The route to the final also delivered healthy paydays across the tournament ladder. Each losing semi-finalist pocketed around ₹9.63 crore. Teams that reached the Super Eight stage banked approximately ₹4.63 crore, while group-stage exits still walked away with around ₹3 crore.
Yet the ICC money rarely tells the full story when India win a global crown.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India loves a victory bonus. After the previous World Cup triumph, the board splashed ₹125 crore across the squad and staff. That largesse turned the dressing room celebration into something closer to a financial festival.
