The New Zealand women’s team managed to lift this trophy for the first time by defeating South Africa by 32 runs in the final match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 played in the UAE at the Dubai Stadium. Batting first in this title match, the New Zealand team scored 158 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the South African team managed to score only 126 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In the year 2023 also, the African women’s team confirmed their place in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, but they had to face defeat from Australia. At the same time, the New Zealand team also won huge prize money along with winning the trophy, which was announced by the ICC even before the start of the tournament.
New Zealand’s team won this much prize money after becoming the winner.
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the New Zealand team played very well from the group stage to the final, in which they had to face defeat only from the Australian women’s team in the group stage. While the New Zealand team has received Rs 196,722,470 as prize money from the ICC for winning the T20 World Cup trophy, all the 10 teams participating in the tournament have been given Rs 9,457,812 by the ICC, while the teams have received Rs 2,619,100 for winning every match in the group stage. In this way, the Kiwi team has received a total of Rs 214,037,578 as prize money. At the same time, the runner-up South Africa team has won a total prize money of Rs 115,676,347 in this tournament.
The Indian team got this much prize money.
The Indian women’s team, which reached the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, had a very poor performance in the tournament in which they were eliminated from the group stage itself. Team India won a total of 2 matches in the group stage, which earned them Rs 5,238,200 in prize money. Apart from this, Team India was given Rs 9,457,812 for participating in the tournament, while the teams finishing 5th to 8th were also given Rs 22,698,746 in prize money by the ICC. In this way, the Indian women’s team has received a total of Rs 37,394,756 as prize money.