Cricket World Cup Final: Champion Team to take home USD 4 million (Rs 33.24Cr)

Ahmedabad: The winners of the Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 are set to receive USD 4 million (Rs33.24Cr) of the USD 10 million total prize pool. The runners-up team will get USD 2 million. 

There is prize money up for grabs for winning their Group Stage games as well, with teams getting USD 40,000 for every victory. At the end of the Group Stage, teams that fail to reach the knockouts will each get USD 100,000.

The breakdown of total prize money USD 10 million allocation is:

Stage                                                       Rate USD  Total USD
Winner (1)                                                4,000,000   4,000,000
Runner-up (1)                                           2,000,000   2,000,000
Losing Semi-Finalist (2)                            800,000     1,600,000
Teams eliminated after group stage (6)    100,000      600,000
Winner of each group stage match (45)    40,000       1,800,000
Total                                                                            10,000,000

Both India and Australia will vie for the winning purse at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the tournament final on November 19. About one lakh plus fans are expected to turn out to witness the historic match in the world's largest stadium, having a capacity of 132,000.

The Teams:

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav.

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc. (with Agency inputs)

• #Rohit Sharma