The knockout matches of Women’s T20 World Cup 2028 will start from June 30. So far only England has been able to secure a place in the semi-finals. There is a fight between seven teams for the remaining three places in the semi-finals. The final of this World Cup will be played at Lord’s ground on 5th July.

The Indian team is also dependent on other teams for semi-final qualification. On one hand, Australia is chasing its seventh title, while England wants to end the 17-year long title drought. Meanwhile, there is the Indian team, which has never won the T20 World Cup title. Well, whoever becomes the champion will write a new history. Know here how much prize money the champion will get this time and whether this prize money will be more than the Men’s T20 World Cup.

How much prize money for winning T20 World Cup?

ICC has set a prize pool of 87,64,615 US dollars (approximately Rs 82 crore) for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. This is 10 percent more than the previous World Cup tournament. This time the winner will get prize money of around Rs 21.8 crore and the runner-up will be given prize money of around Rs 10 crore.

The prize money of the 2026 Women’s World Cup is approximately Rs 2.5 crore less than that of the Men’s World Cup. Team India, the winner of the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, received prize money of Rs 24.25 crore, while the women’s champion team will get approximately Rs 21.8 crore.

Also read: Did Abhishek Sharma score a half-century or not? Why is there confusion regarding Fifty? Know the whole matter

Pakistan out in group stage, will still get prize money

No team will return empty handed from the T20 World Cup 2026. Talking about Pakistan, it has been eliminated in the group stage itself. ICC had issued an official statement saying that all the 12 teams participating in the tournament will receive prize money of at least $2,47,500 (approximately Rs 2.05 crore).

Also read:

Pakistan got its first win in T20 World Cup after 4 defeats, saved its shame by defeating Netherlands by 37 runs.

Amidst the increasing popularity of women’s cricket across the world, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken a big and historic decision for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. There has been a huge increase in the prize money of this tournament, which starts from June 12 in England, which reflects the growing stature of women’s cricket and its commercial success. The special thing is that this time the tournament will be the biggest Women’s T20 World Cup till date, in which 12 teams will participate for the first time. A total of 33 matches will be played on seven different grounds in England.

According to the new prize money announced by the ICC, the team that wins the tournament will be given $2.34 million (more than Rs 22 crore), while the runner-up team will get $1.17 million (about Rs 11 crore). Apart from this, all 12 teams will also be given a fixed participation amount of $247,500 (approximately Rs 2 crore). Not only this, both the losing teams in the semi-finals will also get prize money of approximately Rs 6.56 crore. It is clear from this that ICC is continuously taking steps towards making women’s cricket financially stronger.

Big update regarding World Cup 2027 has come out, Mahakumbh of cricket can start from this day, will Virat-Rohit play?

This time the format of the tournament has also been changed. 12 teams have been divided into two groups of 6-6. In the league stage, each team will play one match each against the remaining five teams of its group. After this, the top two teams of both the groups will reach the semi-finals.

India, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh and Netherlands have been kept in Group-1. Whereas Group-2 includes England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Scotland and Ireland. The increased prize money and expanded tournaments indicate that women’s cricket is now rapidly gaining a strong identity in the global sports world.

FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony: Shakira’s dance moves wowed the crowd, many international stars graced the opening ceremony; Know what happened