Team Indias Total Prize Money After Womens World Cup Triumph Revealed

India womens team defeated South Africa by 52 runs in a thrilling grand finale of ICC Womens ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

India womens team defeated South Africa by 52 runs in a thrilling grand finale of the ICC Womens ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Asked to bat first, India posted a total of 298/7 in 50 overs, with Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma scoring 87 and 58 runs respectively. Later, Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. bundled out the Proteas for 246 and clinched their first-ever Womens ODI World Cup title. They also became the fourth team after Australia, England, and New Zealand to win the coveted trophy.

How much prize money will India get after winning the 2025 Womens World Cup?

The total prize money pool for the 2025 edition of the Womens World Cup is USD 13.88 million (Rs. 123 crore). It is almost four times more than the 2022 edition in New Zealand, where the prize pool was USD 3.5 million (Rs. 31 crore). Interestingly, it also surpassed the prize pool of the 2023 Mens Cricket World Cup, which was USD 10 million (almost Rs. 89 crore).

Out of Rs. 123 crore, India will receive USD 4.48 million (almost Rs. 40 crore) as their winning prize money. In 2022, Australia received USD 1.32 million (almost Rs. 12 crore).

South Africa, who finished as the runners-up, will get USD 2.24 million (almost Rs. 20 crore), while the losing semifinalists (Australia and England) will each receive USD 1.12 million (almost Rs. 10 crore).

How much money did BCCI give as a reward to Team India?

Celebrations erupted across the country as BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia announced a Rs. 51 crore reward for the players and support staff, hailing the victory as a monumental achievement that will take Indian womens cricket to a new level.

Meanwhile, IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal lauded the teams historic feat, drawing parallels with Indias iconic 1983 Mens World Cup triumph.

Its a red-letter day for Indian womens cricket. What the mens team achieved in 1983, the Indian women have recreated today in Mumbai. This historic triumph will give a tremendous boost to womens cricket in the country, and Im confident our game will now reach new heights, Dhumal told IANS.

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