What is the Prize Money for Cricket World Cup 2019?

Dixit Bhargav | 14/07/2019
What is the Prize Money for Cricket World Cup 2019?

Prize Money for Cricket World Cup 2019: The Sportsrush present before you the full prize money to be given in 2019 Cricket World Cup.

The ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is into its last stage now. In another three hours, a new World Cup champion team will be in front of us as both New Zealand and England haven’t won a World Cup till now.

If England win the World Cup, they will become the third team ever to win a World Cup at home. It is worth mentioning that the last two editions of the World Cup were won by home teams only – India (2011) and Australia (2015).

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The same would mean that New Zealand will become the second team to lose two World Cup finals on the trot. The Kiwis had earlier lost the tournament in 2015 against Australia. Sri Lanka are the only team to lose two consecutive World Cup finals – 2007 and 2011.

Prize Money for Cricket World Cup 2019

The quadrennial event will distribute prize money worth $10 million (INR 68.5 crore). While the winner of this final match will receive $4 million (INR 27.4 crore), the runner-up will receive $2 million (INR 13.7 crore).

The losing semi-finalists in India and Australia will receive prize money worth $800,000 (INR 5.48 crore) each. It is worth mentioning that this World Cup had been allotted the highest prize money ever for a Cricket World Cup.

Having said that, the given prize money is nothing in comparison to prize money of major events in other World Cups. The prize money of Lawn Tennis Grand Slams range in between INR 320-370 crore. As far as the Football World Cup is concerned, the prize money for the same is generally in excess of INR 2,700 crore.

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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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