An individual rides on a bike previous a wall with a billboard advertisment forward of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match, in Karachi, Pakistan on February 13, 2025.
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Winners of the upcoming Champions Trophy will stroll away with a whopping $2.24 million money reward after the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a 53% hike in its prize cash pool for the eight-team match beginning February 19.
The winners’ purse could be near ₹20 crore. The runners-up will obtain half the quantity, $1.12 million (₹9.72 crore), whereas every dropping semi-finalist will take dwelling $560,000 (₹4.86 crore). The full prize pool has elevated to $6.9 million (₹60 crore approx).
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“The substantial prize pot underscores the ICC’s ongoing dedication to investing within the sport and sustaining the worldwide status of our occasions,” ICC chairman Jay Shah mentioned in a press release forward of the match which will likely be held in Pakistan and the UAE.
Every group stage win could be value over $34,000 (₹30 lakh) for the victorious workforce.
Groups ending in fifth or sixth place will obtain $350,000 every (₹ 3 crore), whereas the seventh and eighth-placed sides will take dwelling $140,000 (₹1.2 crore).
Moreover, all eight groups will obtain a assured $125,000 every (₹1.08 crore) for collaborating within the occasion.
This match marks the primary time Pakistan will host an ICC occasion since 1996. Nevertheless, India will play all their matches in Dubai owing to safety issues associated to travelling to Pakistan. Rohit Sharma’s males will start their marketing campaign on February 20 in opposition to Bangladesh.
The Pakistan leg will characteristic video games in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
The 2025 version options eight groups break up into two teams of 4, with the highest two from every group advancing to the semi-finals.
“The ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 represents a pivotal second for cricket, reviving a match that highlights the top of ODI expertise, the place each match is crucial,” the ICC chairman emphasised in his assertion.
“Past the monetary incentive, this match ignites fierce competitors, captivates followers worldwide, and performs a significant function in fostering the expansion and long-term sustainability of cricket for future generations,” Shah added.
The boys’s Champions Trophy was held each 4 years from 2009 to 2017 earlier than a COVID disruption and deliberations on its relevance led to it being postponed. The match was first launched as a biennial occasion in 1998.
The ladies’s Champions Trophy will make its debut in 2027 within the T20 format.
Revealed – February 14, 2025 01:28 pm IST
