Women’s T20 WC prize money: Money showered on champion Australia, Team India became rich despite being out in the group stage

New Delhi: Australia cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title for the 7th time. Australia faced host England in the final. With this victory, Australia got a huge amount as prize money. Runner-up England also received crores of rupees, while other teams participating in the tournament, including India, who were eliminated from the group stage, were also showered with money. In such a situation, let us know what was the prize money calculation for the Women’s T20 World Cup.

How much was the prize money for the Women’s T20 World Cup?

This time the prize money for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was 8.76 million dollars, approximately Rs 73.1 crore. This was the largest prize money pool in the history of the Women’s T20 World Cup and it is 10 percent more than the last time. This time a total of 12 teams participated in the tournament. A fixed prize money was already fixed for every team participating in the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, all the teams have also been given additional prize money for winning every match.

How much money did champion Australia get?

Talking about the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, the Australian team, which became the champion for the 7th time, got 2.34 million dollars (about Rs 19.5 crore) as prize money, while the runner-up England got 1.17 million dollars (about Rs 9.7 crore). Apart from this, Australia won 7 matches including group stage and knockout and for each match it also got an additional 31154 dollars (about 26 lakh rupees). Along with this, a guaranteed amount of $247500, approximately Rs 2.06 crore, has been given for participating in the tournament.

How much money did the Indian team get?

The performance of the Indian team under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was disappointing. Team India was out of the group stage this time. In the group stage, the Indian team tried its best in a total of five matches, out of which it could win only three. Whereas, if we talk about prize money for Team India, it has received Rs 2.06 crore as participation payment. Apart from this the team registered three wins. This means that he has got an additional Rs 26 lakh for winning every match. Every team participating in the tournament has received this amount.