Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Significant Increase in Prize Money Announced by ICC
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Updates: A significant increase in prize money has been revealed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, which begins in the United Arab Emirates on October 3.
In comparison to Australia’s USD 1 million prize after winning the 2023 event, the winner team will now receive USD 2.34 million, a 134% increase.
The prize money for the champions of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, which gets underway in the United Arab Emirates on October 3, will be USD 2.34 million. This is a 134% increase over the USD 1 million that Australia received for winning the competition in 2023.
The ICC said on Tuesday that the total prize pool of USD 7.95 million is likewise 225% greater than the USD 2.45 million up for grabs in 2023. The ICC decided in June 2023 to give women the same prize money as men for their individual events, and this forthcoming competition will be the first to do so.
Earlier this year, India, the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup winners, received USD 2.45 million. The disparity in the number of matches played by teams during the two events—20 for the men’s T20 World Cup and 10 for the women’s—explains the discrepancy between that amount and the USD 2.34 million that the women champions will get.
The 2024 Women’s World Cup runners-up will receive USD 1.17 million, while the losing finalists, South Africa, will receive USD 500,000. The 2024 semi-finalists that lose will receive USD 675,000, up from USD 210,000 in 2023. Additionally, each of the ten teams that compete in 2024 will receive USD 112,500.
5th October fixtures swapped
On October 5, the ICC announced a modification to the Sharjah game schedule. Previously, Australia and Sri Lanka were to face each other at 1800 local time, with Bangladesh and England playing the afternoon match at 1400 local time. The rescheduled schedule now has England playing Bangladesh in the evening and Australia and Sri Lanka playing in the day.
On October 3, the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup gets underway in Sharjah. Bangladesh will play Scotland at 1400, while Pakistan will play Sri Lanka at 1800.
