India’s cricket board broadcasts a $14.24m bonus along with the $2.34m awarded to the champions by the ICC.
Revealed On 10 Mar 2026
India’s T20 World Cup-winning cricket team has been awarded a bonus of 1.31 billion rupees ($14.24 million) by the nation’s cricket board, six instances the prize cash they claimed for lifting the title in Ahmedabad.
In recognition of their victory on the house match, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), the world’s richest cricket board, introduced the extra prize for the Indian staff on Tuesday.
The sum is roughly $3mn greater than the match’s general prize pot of $11.25mn.
India secured their historic third males’s T20 World Cup crown with a dominant 96-run victory over New Zealand in a one-sided ultimate on Sunday, incomes $2.34mn for the match win.
“The Board congratulates the gamers, assist employees and selectors as soon as once more on this historic achievement and needs them continued success sooner or later,” the BCCI stated in an announcement.
The prize cash shall be shared among the many total staff, together with coaches and assist employees.
The BCCI, final yr, had additionally rewarded the Champions Trophy-winning Indian staff with a $6.72mn money bonus, triple that of the $2.24mn they obtained for the title win.
With India now three-times T20 World Cup champions, captain Suryakumar Yadav stated the facet’s subsequent large objective was to assert a gold medal on the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
The victory cemented India’s place “among the many most profitable groups within the historical past of the format”, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia stated in an announcement.
Cricket instructions an unrivalled following on the planet’s most populous nation, with prime gamers having fun with star standing.
Midnight celebrations broke out throughout the nation on Sunday as delirious followers in blue Indian shirts took to the streets, beating drums and dancing to Bollywood hits.
