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The 13th edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has reached its penultimate stage, and we will see the winner of the much-hyped tournament on Sunday, 19th November. While India enters the final having won all ten matches so far in the tournament, their rivals from Down Under are coming into the finale, registering eight wins on the trot.
But as the two teams go head-to-head on Sunday, 19th November with India eyeing to avenge the 2003 World Cup loss, while the Pat Cummins-led side eyeing their sixth World Cup title. But before we get the results today, let’ see how much the winner and runners-up will get from ICC’s prize pool of USD 10 million (INR 83 Crore approx).
From India and Australia, the team that lift the 50-over title tonight, will take majority of the sum from the allocated prize pool of USD 4 million, which is roughly around INR 33 Crore. On the other hand, the runners-up will bag a sum of USD 2 million (INR 16 Crore approx). However, New Zealand and South Africa, the two losing semifinalists have been rewarded UD 800,000 each from the total sum of USD 1,600,000.
The breakdown of the prize money allocations is as follows:
STAGE | PRIZE POOL |
Winner (1) | USD 4,000,000 |
Runners-up (1) | USD 2,000,000 |
Losing Semifinalists (2) | USD 800,000 each (Total: USD 1,600,000) |
Teams eliminated after group stage (6) | USD 100,000 each (Total: USD 600,000) |
Winner of each group stage match (45) | USD 40,000 each (Total: USD 1,800,000) |
