Under the captaincy of Sophie Molineux, the Australian women’s cricket team has won the T20 World Cup title for a record seventh time by defeating England by 7 wickets. Australia first won the T20 World Cup title in 2010. Since then, his dominance in this format continued and he achieved the distinction of becoming champion in 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023 and now in 2026 as well. On the other hand, the England team’s dream of winning its second trophy after 17 years was shattered once again. England won the first and only T20 World Cup in 2009. After this, he reached the finals four times, but every time he had to face defeat from Australia.
Champion Australia got Rs 22.27 crore
This year, the ICC had fixed the prize money budget for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at around $ 87.64 lakh (approximately Rs 83.41 crore), which is 10% more than the last time. The Australian team, which became champion for the record seventh time in this tournament, received about 23.40 lakh dollars as prize, which is approximately 22.27 crore rupees in Indian rupees. At the same time, the England team, which was runner-up in the final match, has also received a huge amount. He was given a prize money of about 11.70 lakh dollars (about Rs 11.13 crore).
Every team participating in the tournament got 2.47 lakh dollars
According to ICC rules, each of the 12 teams participating in the tournament was sure to get at least $ 2.47 lakh (ie approximately Rs 2.35 crore). Along with this, whichever team won its match in the group stage, it was given a separate $31,154 (approximately Rs 29.64 lakh) as a bonus for every win. At the same time, both the teams which reached the semi-finals but lost there, received about 6.75 lakh dollars (about Rs 6.42 crore) as a prize. West Indies and South Africa had to face defeat in the semi-finals.
Money rained on India and Pakistan also
This time the teams of India and Pakistan could not make it to the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup and both were out of the group stage. The Indian women’s team played brilliantly in the group matches and won three matches, while the Pakistan team got its only win against the Netherlands. Despite this, even after being out of the tournament, both the teams have been showered with a lot of money.
To put it simply, the Indian team got approximately Rs 2.35 crore just for participating in this tournament. After this, he received Rs 88.94 lakh separately as a reward for the three matches he won. In this way, the Indian team earned a total of Rs 3.23 crore from this World Cup. On the other hand, Pakistan team also did not remain empty handed, they also made a total of Rs 2.64 crore from this tournament.
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