 "India beat South Africa in the final to win the T20 World Cup title. Reuters")
India won their first World Cup in 13 years and first ICC trophy in 11 years by beating South Africa by seven runs in the T20 World Cup final at Bridgetown in Barbados on Saturday (29 June). In the process, India went unbeaten to win their first T20 World Cup title in 17 years.
In the title clash, India stopped South Africa short on 169/8 in dramatic and thrilling fashion. Quinton de Kock (39), Tristan Stubbs (31) and Henrich Klaasen (52) were among the runs for the Proteas but Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah applied the brakes late on to turn the match around for India as Proteas looked to chase 177 runs.
Earlier, Virat Kohli regained his form in the final to pick up the pieces for the Men in Blue who lost three early wickets.
Kohli’s 76 (59b, 6x4, 2x6), his first fifty in the tournament, and Axar Patel’s 47 (31b, 1x4, 4x6) helped India overcome the early fall of skipper Rohit Sharma (9), Rishabh Pant (0) and Suryakumar Yadav (3).
India were at a wobbly 34/3 then. But Kohli and Axar milked 72 runs for the fourth wicket. Shivam Dube gave some late steam with a 16-ball 27.
How much prize money will India earn for T20 World Cup win?
India will take home a substantial prize of $2.45 million (~Rs. 20.42 crore). South Africa, meanwhile, will pocket a sum of $1.28 million (~ Rs 10.67 crore).
England and Afghanistan, the semi finalists, will each collect $787,500 (~ Rs 6.56 crore).
The ICC had allocated a total prize pool of $11.25 million, or Rs. 93.80 crore, for this edition of the T20 World Cup.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsTeams that bowed out in the second round received $382,500 each, (~ Rs. 3.18 crore), while those who finished between ninth and 12th earned $247,500 each (~ Rs. 2.06 crore). The remaining teams, ranked from 13th to 20th, earned $225,000 (~ Rs. 1.87 crore).
Moreover, each team earned an additional $31,154 (~ Rs. 26 lakh) for every match won, excluding the semi-finals and finals.