ICC WTC Final 2025: The ICC World Test Championship Final has now come close. The WTC final match will be played between South Africa and Australia. WTC Final will be between June 11, 2025 to 15 June 2025. The Indian team was eliminated from the race of this Test championship with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy losing. Earlier, Team India has reached the final twice, but the team had to face defeat both times.

Jai Shah’s big announcement

Jai Shah, chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), recently revealed the prize money received to the WTC winner and runner-up. Jai Shah said that the WTC25 winning team will get $ 3.6 million i.e. Rs 30.78 crore. At the same time, the final losing team will be given $ 2.1 million i.e. Rs 18.46 crore to the runner-up.

India will get crores of rupees

The Indian team is not part of the WTC final this time, but still India is going to get crores of rupees from the ICC. Not only India, but whatever teams were part of this World Test Championship, all of them will be given a fixed amount from the ICC. The Indian team was at number three in this championship, so India will get Rs 12.31 crore, which is the highest in the amount to all other countries besides the teams playing the final.

Pakistan also got lottery

While India stood at number three in the World Test Championship, Pakistan finished last 9th. The ICC will give Rs 10.26 crore to the New Zealand team, which is at number four. England will get Rs 8.2 crore to stay at number 5 and Sri Lanka will get Rs 7.18 crore for number 6. Bangladesh team was at number 7 in this championship, so the team will be given Rs 6.15 crore. At the same time, the West Indies team will get Rs 5.13 crore to stay at number 8.

• Winner team – Rs 30.78 crore
• Runner -up – Rs 18.46 crore
• India – Rs 12.31 crore
• New Zealand – Rs 10.26 crore
• England – Rs 8.2 crore
• Sri Lanka – Rs 7.18 crore
• Bangladesh – Rs 6.15 crore
• West Indies – Rs 5.13 crore
• Pakistan – 4.10 crores

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Wtc 2025 final prize money: The final of the World Test Championship will be played between 11–15 June between Australia and South Africa. Australia is the defending champion, while South Africa will field for the first time with the dream of winning the title. The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced the prize money for the World Test Championship 2025. Only the winners and runners -up are going to get a prize money of Rs 49.24 crore in total, but there are teams including India and Pakistan who are going to take 53 crore rupees home without playing finals.

53 crores without playing final

A total of 9 teams were playing in the cycle of the World Test Championship 2023-25. On the one hand, 49.24 crore rupees will be distributed in both the finalist teams, on the other hand other seven teams are also going to get crores of rupees as reward. India, who finished third, will get an amount of Rs 12.31 crore, while the winner of WTC 2021 final New Zealand will get Rs 10.26 crore to stay fourth.

ICC has also become kind to other countries including England and West Indies. Even the laggard Pakistan is going to get 4.1 crore rupees to finish ninth. In fact, except for the finalist teams, the remaining 7 teams are going to get a total reward of Rs 53.33 crore without playing the final. Let us know that this time the prize pool of the World Test Championship has been kept more than Rs 102 crore.

Countries that win WTC so far

The World Test Championship was inaugurated in 2019 and the WTC final is played every 2 years. The first final was played in 2021, where New Zealand won the title by defeating India by 8 wickets. At the same time, Team India also made it to the finals of 2023 and this time it faced Australia. This time the Kangaroos had crushed India by 209 runs. This time the final will be played between Australia and South Africa.

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