IND vs NZ WTC Final Prize Money: How much money will winning team of World Test Championship earn?

Dixit Bhargav | 18/06/2021
IND vs NZ WTC Final Prize Money: How much money will winning team of World Test Championship earn?

IND vs NZ WTC Final Prize Money: The SportsRush present for you a list containing amounts which WTC 2021 teams will earn.

The ongoing final match of the ICC World Test Championship between India and New Zealand will bring an end to a two-year long tournament comprising of nine teams.

In what is a first of its kind competition, it has doubtlessly given a lot of significance to Test cricket for each series has it in it to change the positions of teams on the points table.

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While a few elements of the format of Test Championship need some tinkering to be done, the competition otherwise is here to stay and entertain cricket fans across the globe.

IND vs NZ WTC Final Prize Money

As is the case with any ICC (International Cricket Council) event, Test Championship also comprises of a heft prize money. It is worth mentioning that all participating teams will end up with some amount of money after the culmination of the tournament.

Winner – INR 12 crore.

Runners-up – INR 6 crore.

Third position – INR 3.38 crore.

Fourth position – INR 2.62 crore.

Fifth position – INR 1.5 crore.

Remaining four teams – INR 75 lakh each.

World Test Championship 2021 trophy

Talking about the trophy of this prestigious event, the previously used Test Mace will be provided to the winner of the tournament. It is worth mentioning that the Mace was earlier given to the No. 1 ranked team in Test cricket.

“The Test mace, previously given to teams topping the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings will now be given to the WTC winners. In case the final ends in a draw or a tie, the finalists will split the prize money for the first and second places and share possession of the mace during the time they remain champions,” ICC had said in a statement earlier this week.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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