The final of the World Test championship will be played between australia and south africa from 11-15 June. australia is the defending champion, while south africa will enter the field with the dream of winning the title for the first time. The international Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced the prize money for the World Test championship 2025. Only the winner and the runner-up are going to get a total prize money of Rs 49.24 crore, but here there are also teams including india and pakistan who are going to take home Rs 53 crore without playing the final.
A total of 9 teams were playing in the World Test championship 2023-25 cycle. On one hand, Rs 49.24 crore will be distributed among the two finalist teams, on the other hand, the other seven teams are also going to get crores of rupees as prize money. india, which is in third place, will get an amount of Rs 12.31 crore, while new zealand, the winner of the WTC 2021 final, will get Rs 10.26 crore for being at number four.
The ICC has also been kind to other countries including england and West Indies. Even laggard pakistan is going to get Rs 4.1 crore for being in ninth place. In fact, leaving aside 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 tell you that this time the prize pool of the World Test championship has been kept at more than Rs 102 crore.
Countries that have won the WTC so far
The World Test championship started in 2019 and the wtc final is played after 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 2023 final and this time it faced Australia. This time the Kangaroos defeated india by 209 runs. This time the final will be played between australia and South Africa.
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