NEW DELHI: The 13th edition of the ODI World Cup concluded in Ahmedabad on Sunday, with Australia crowned champions for the sixth time after their six-wicket win over hosts India at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Chasing a modest 241 to win, Australia reached the target with seven overs to spare, riding on Travis Head’s 137 and a half-century by Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out), which lifted the Aussies from a concerning 47/3 to turn the tables on Team India.Talking about the earnings of each of the 10 teams in the October 5 to November 19 tournament, besides the purse for the winners and the runners-up, the ICC awarded USD 40,000 for each victory in the group stage.
While Australia ended up winning the champions’ pruse of USD 4 million, India earned USD 2 million as the runners-up. That’s separate from their earnings during the league stage for each of their victories. India won all their nine round-robin matches while Australia won seven. The two losing semi-finalists — New Zealand and South Africa — earned the assured prize money of USD 800,000.
Chasing a modest 241 to win, Australia reached the target with seven overs to spare, riding on Travis Head’s 137 and a half-century by Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out), which lifted the Aussies from a concerning 47/3 to turn the tables on Team India.Talking about the earnings of each of the 10 teams in the October 5 to November 19 tournament, besides the purse for the winners and the runners-up, the ICC awarded USD 40,000 for each victory in the group stage.
While Australia ended up winning the champions’ pruse of USD 4 million, India earned USD 2 million as the runners-up. That’s separate from their earnings during the league stage for each of their victories. India won all their nine round-robin matches while Australia won seven. The two losing semi-finalists — New Zealand and South Africa — earned the assured prize money of USD 800,000.
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Meanwhile, the six teams eliminated during the league stage took home the assured sum of USD 100,000 besides the prize money for respective wins during the league phase.
Here’s a look at how much the top four teams of the tournament earned:
TEAM | PRIZE MONEY (US$) | FOR WINS DURING LEAGUE STAGE (US$) | TOTAL (US$) |
Australia | 4 million | 2,80,000 (7 wins) | 42,80,000 |
India | 2 million | 3, 60,000 (9 wins) | 23,60,000 |
South Africa | 800,000 | 2,80,000 (7 wins) | 10,80,000 |
New Zealand | 800,000 | 200,000 (5 wins) | 1,000,000 |