Team India won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand in the final last Sunday (08 March). For this, ICC had announced a prize money of about Rs 27.48 crore for Team India captained by Suryakumar Yadav. Now this amount has increased to approximately Rs 158 crore. So let us know how Team India will get this amount.

BCCI announced cash prize money

So let us tell you that the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI on Tuesday (March 10) announced a cash prize money of Rs 131 crore for Team India. The Indian Board announced this by issuing a release.

If the prize money of ICC and BCCI is combined then it becomes more than Rs 158 crore. In this way, by combining both, Team India will win this prize money. Let us tell you that this amount will be distributed among the players and support staff of the Indian team.

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BCCI announces a cash reward of INR 131 crore for #TeamIndia following their triumphant campaign in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

Details | #T20WorldCup | #MenInBlue https://t.co/eagTz1eOUb

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 10, 2026

While sharing the release on social media, the board wrote, “BCCI has announced a cash prize money of Rs 131 crore for Team India after its spectacular victory in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.”

BCCI had given 125 crores in 2024

Last year, the Indian Board had announced a prize money of Rs 125 crore for Team India after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup. This time i.e. in 2026, this amount has increased by Rs 6 crore.

First team to win the title three times

The Indian team has become the first team to win the T20 World Cup title three times. Earlier, Men in Blue had won this trophy in 2007 and 2024. Apart from this, India has also become the first team to win two consecutive T20 World Cup trophies. In this way, Team India has set many records along with the victory.

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Ishan Kishan, T20 World Cup Prize Money: Ishan Kishan played an inning of 54 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in 25 balls against New Zealand in the 2026 T20 World Cup final. This inning of Ishaan had made an important contribution in taking the team to a total of more than 250 runs. After winning the T20 World Cup title, Team India received about Rs 27.48 crore as prize money. Did Ishan Kishan, who played a good innings in the final, get any separate prize money?

For example, Indian opener Sanju Samson received around Rs 21 lakh for becoming the ‘Player of the Tournament’. However, Ishaan could not win any such prize. But the thing to note is that Ishaan will get a share out of the team’s Rs 27.48 crore. Apart from this, the amount that players get for winning the titles of ‘Player of the Match’ and ‘Player of the Tournament’ is also distributed among the team, in which Ishaan will also be a part.

Can get big reward from Jharkhand government

Let us tell you that Ishaan plays domestic cricket for Jharkhand. Before the T20 World Cup, under his captaincy, he had made Jharkhand win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title. Now the Indian wicketkeeper batsman can get a reward from the Jharkhand government for being a part of the World Cup winning team. Now it will be interesting to see how much prize money Ishaan gets separately.

Ishan Kishan’s performance in the tournament

It is noteworthy that Ishan Kishan was the fourth highest run scorer in the T20 World Cup. Batting in 9 innings of 9 matches, he scored 317 runs at an average of 35.22 and a staggering strike rate of 193.29, in which the high score was 77 runs. He played this innings in the group stage match played against Pakistan. During this period, he scored 3 half-centuries. Ishaan hit 33 fours and 18 sixes.

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Hardik Pandya Lie Down With Mahieka Sharma: Hardik Pandya scored 217 runs while batting in the 2026 T20 World Cup and took 9 wickets while bowling. Looking at this performance it is clearly visible what a huge contribution he had in making India the champion. Now a video surfaced on social media, in which Hardik was seen lying on the middle of the field with his girlfriend Mahika Sharma in celebration of winning the World Cup.

Hardik Pandya looked very happy after winning the trophy. His girlfriend Mahika was also seen on the field. The Indian all-rounder celebrated the victory very well with his girlfriend.

Hardik lay down with his girlfriend on the beach

Hardik’s celebration took a different path. He was so lost in the joy of victory that he lay down on the stage with his girlfriend. The video of Hardik and Mahika lying on the stage is becoming increasingly viral on social media.

Hardik and Mahieka lying down in the middle of the ground like it’s their living room pic.twitter.com/27MNDgmG7a

— Dive (@crickohlic) March 9, 2026

Hardik gave credit for victory to Mahika

Let us tell you that after winning the trophy, Hardik Pandya gave the credit for the victory to girlfriend Mahika. The Indian all-rounder said, “Ever since Mahika has come, victory is victory in life.” Let us tell you that Hardik and Mahika have been dating each other for some time. Mahika is often seen cheering Hardik in the field.

Hardik wants to win 10 trophies

After winning the World Cup title, Hardik said, “I have 10 more years left in my career and I want to win 10 more ICC trophies. This is my goal. It is a bit emotional. The enthusiasm of the people in India because of winning the World Cup is amazing. The effort we put in. I knew from yesterday itself that we are the champions. I had only one belief that there would be no other result. The thought of losing had never even crossed my mind.”

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The title match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and New Zealand last Sunday (08 March). In the match, Team India won the trophy unilaterally by 96 runs. After India’s victory, many stalwarts congratulated them, including former Indian captain MS Dhoni, who won India the first T20 World Cup. Now Gautam Gambhir’s comment came on Mahi’s post, seeing which the fans were forced to hold their heads.

Such claims have often been made on social media that all is not well between Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni. However, both of them never talked about any rift with each other. Now the fans were left confused after seeing Gambhir’s comment on Mahi’s post.

Special mention of Gautam Gambhir in Dhoni’s post

Let us tell you that while congratulating Team India for winning the T20 World Cup, Mahi had made special mention of coach sahib i.e. Gautam Gambhir in his post. Although Mahi did not take Gambhir’s name. Talking specifically about the coach, Dhoni said, “Coach sir, your smile looks good. The combination of seriousness with smile is amazing.”

Gautam Gambhir replied

Gautam Gambhir replied by commenting on this post of Mahi. The Indian head coach wrote, “And what a great reason to smile, good to see you!” Gambhir’s comment made about 3 hours ago has received more than 58 thousand likes.

Look what all the World Cup win has given us. A heartwarming Thala x Gauti moment on Instagram. We have seen it all! ??? pic.twitter.com/CHlpgZBkkL

— Mama (@SriniMaama16) March 9, 2026

Gambhir’s amazing coaching in white ball cricket

It is noteworthy that Gautam Gambhir’s coaching in white ball cricket has proved quite successful for Team India so far. Earlier, under the coaching of Gambhir, Team India had won the 2025 Champions Trophy title. Now the Indian team has won the T20 World Cup title under his coaching.

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Shoaib Akhtar, T20 World Cup 2026: Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup last Sunday (08 March). After this victory, a wave of happiness ran across the country. But everyone became sad in the neighboring country Pakistan. Many former players and cricket experts of Pakistan were making New Zealand win in the T20 World Cup final, but India won. Shoaib Akhtar got irritated after India’s victory.

Akhtar said after the match that the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI has ruined cricket. Apart from this, Akhtar compared the Indian Cricket Board to a rich child, who shows his strength by calling the poor.

Akhtar’s statement went viral

While talking on Pakistan’s ‘Game On Hai’ show, Shoaib Akhtar said, “It is like a rich child in a locality calls all the poor children and says, ‘Let’s play cricket.’ This is exactly what India is doing to us. Of the eight teams, they keep four and of those four, they re-draw three and advance. Then he says, ‘Look, I won.’ He has ruined entire cricket.”

India won 3 consecutive ICC trophies

It is noteworthy that Team India has won three consecutive trophies in the last two years. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, the Indian team won the title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After this, Men in Blue registered victory in the 2025 Champions Trophy. This trophy also came under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Now in the 2026 T20 World Cup, Team India won under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav.

In this way the Men in Blue got their names written on 3 consecutive trophies. Now it will be interesting to see to what extent the Indian team maintains this streak.

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Ishan Kishan Family Tragedy, T20 World Cup 2026: Ishan Kishan, who was out of Team India at one time, changed his fortunes by working hard. After his strong performance in domestic cricket, he got a place in Team India. Now he has joined the list of world winning players. Ishaan played an inning of 54 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in 25 balls in the final of the T20 World Cup against New Zealand. But do you know that just 2 days before this, there was mourning in Ishaan’s family due to the death of 2 people?

According to media reports, Ishan Kishan’s cousin sister and brother-in-law died in a road accident two days before the final. Despite this great sorrow, Ishaan played a brilliant innings keeping the country ahead. Through his game, he did not let anyone realize that he was going through such a great sorrow.

Ishaan could not come home

Quoting media reports, Ishaan’s father Pranav Pandey said that we are in big trouble. Ishaan wanted to come, but could not come due to the responsibility of the World Cup. He is completely broken. It is being told that due to this tragedy, Ishaan’s father could not reach Ahmedabad to watch the title match.

Ishan Kishan’s strong performance in the tournament

Ishaan’s bat spoke loudly in the T20 World Cup. He stood fourth in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in the tournament. Ishaan scored 317 runs in 9 innings of 9 matches at an average of 35.22 and a staggering strike rate of 193.29. During this period, he scored 3 half-centuries.

Let us tell you that Ishaan has played 45 matches in his T20 International career so far. Batting in 45 innings of these matches, he has scored 1328 runs. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 10 half-centuries.

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The Indian cricket team won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand in the final match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad last Sunday (08 March). In the match, Men in Blue scored a big total and achieved a one-sided victory. Shivam Dube, who batted in the lower order, made an important contribution in increasing the team’s total.

Dubey, who landed at number six, scored 26 runs in just 8 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. This inning of Dubey made Team India cross the mark of 250 runs. Now after the victory, Dubey’s Muslim wife Anjum Khan showered her love on him openly.

Anjum Khan’s story viral

Anjum Khan shared many stories on Instagram. Even before India won the title, he posted some stories in which Shivam Dubey was seen. In all the stories, Anjum wrote, “Mashallah Alhamdulillah Nasruminallah wa Fathun Qarib.” In this ‘Nasruminallah wa Fathun Qarib’ means ‘victory is close’. This is a prayer.

Shivam Dube’s Muslim wife Anjum Khan’s Instagram story pic.twitter.com/4QdBQ45jsS

– Abdullah. (@Abdullahh_56) March 8, 2026

Let us tell you that this is not the first time that Anjum has openly shared such a story, rather she often shares such stories for Dubey. Even during IPL, it was seen many times that Anjum shared things like this on social media.

condition of competition

Talking about the title match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl. Team India, who came to bat first, put 255/5 runs on the board in 20 overs. Sanju Samson played the biggest innings for the team and scored 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma scored fifties.

Then the New Zealand team, which came out for run chase, was reduced to 159 runs in 19 overs. In this way, India won the match by 96 runs and won the title.

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Suryakumar Yadav Statement: Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, has won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup. In the title match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Indian team defeated New Zealand by 96 runs. This was the third title of T20 World Cup for India. Team India became the first team to win three T20 World Cup titles.

After this victory, Suryakumar Yadav gave a very interesting statement and gave credit to many players of the team. Apart from this, Surya also talked about himself. He told how the management had expressed confidence in him for the captaincy. Regarding the players, the Indian captain said that you need to understand how capable they are.

I was trusted

Speaking at the post-match presentation, Surya said, “It will take some time. I am very happy with whatever has happened. It has been a long journey. It started after 2024 when Jaibhai, the then BCCI secretary, expressed confidence in me. It is a special feeling to come and perform at the Narendra Modi Stadium. In the last two years, we played good cricket and everything was going well. I wanted to adopt the good habits learned from the 2024 World Cup.”

spoke on players

Talking further, Surya said, “It is very important to understand his ability. The time of Sanju’s arrival was absolutely right. Varun, Abhishek – are the number 1 players in the world. Also, Bumrah, Hardik and Axar – all of them have been a part of the team for a long time. As Sanju had said in the last match, he (Jasprit Bumrah) is a once-in-a-generation bowler. I can call him a national treasure. He knows what to do. And how to do it.”

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India has won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup final. A very good performance was seen from India in the final. Team India won unilaterally by 96 runs. Many players performed brilliantly for the team. But we will tell you who was the real hero of India in the final.

Sanju Samson made the biggest contribution for India in the match. Sanju, who came to the opening, scored 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. This inning of Sanju helped Team India reach a big total of 255 runs.

Sanju along with Abhishek Sharma made a partnership of 98 runs in 43 balls for the first wicket. After this, Sanju along with Ishan Kishan made a partnership of 105 runs in 48 balls for the second wicket. This was the biggest partnership of the innings. In this way, Sanju proved himself a hero by making the most important contribution to the team.

condition of competition

The Indian team, who came to bat first in the match, put 255/5 runs on the board in 20 overs. Sanju played the biggest innings for the team. Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan scored fifties. Then the Kiwi team, which came out for run chase, was all out for 159 runs in 19 overs. In this way Men in Blue won by 96 runs.

Sanju’s bat played in the last three matches

Sanju not only played an important innings in the final, but he also made a big contribution in the last match of Super-8 (virtual quarter-final) and semi-final. In the Super-8 match against West Indies, Sanju scored 97* runs in 50 balls with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes. Then in the semi-final against England, Sanju scored 89 runs in 42 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes. In the end he played an innings of 89 runs in the final. In this way, Sanju helped the team win the title by making important contributions in the last three matches.

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