Courtesy: BCCI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to give the prize money of INR 58 crore to every player of the Indian team that recently won the Champions Trophy title in Dubai. Recently, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has also explained the distribution and breakdown of the sum of INR 58 crore among the Indian players. India defeated New Zealand by five wickets in Dubai on March 99 to lift their third Champions Trophy title.
Devajit Saikia said that each player, who was a part of the 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy will get a sum of INR 3 crore each from INR 58 crore, while head coach Gautam Gambhir will also receive INR 3 crore. “The 15-member India squad who won the 2025 Champions Trophy will get Rs 3 crore each. Head coach Gautam Gambhir will get Rs 3 crore," Saikia was quoted as saying by News18.
How will prize money be distributed among coaching staff and other members? Devajit Saikia explains
Apart from the players and head coach, Devajit Saikia also explained how much the coaching staff and other members will get from the prize money of INR 58 crore. According to the BCCI secretary, the other members of the coaching staff will receive 50 lakhs each. These members include batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, assistant coaches Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate, fielding coach T Dilip, physiotherapists Kamlesh Jain and Yogesh Parmar, team doctor Aditya Daftary, throwdown specialists Raghavindraa Dvgi, Nuwan Udeneke and Dayanand Garani, masseurs Chetan Kumar, Rajeev Kumar and Arun Kanade, and strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai.
Apart from that, rest of the officials from the BCCIlike the media manager and liaison officer will receive INR 25 lakhs each. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar will receive INR 30 lakhs from the prize money while the other members of the selection committee like Subroto Banerjee, Ajay Ratra, S Sharath and Shiv Sunder Das are set to receive INR 25 lakhs each.
