The Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. Team India captured the T20 World Cup trophy after 17 years. The Indian team performed brilliantly throughout the tournament. This was the first time that a team won the T20 World Cup without losing a single match. After winning the T20 World Cup trophy, money rained on Team India.
BCCI gave Rs 125 crore to Team India
After Team India won the T20 World Cup, the BCCI secretary announced to give Rs 125 crore. After this, a cheque of Rs 125 crore was handed over to the Indian team at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Out of Rs 125 crore, Rs 5 crore will be given to each player of the 15-member team for the T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from this, each reserve player will be given Rs 1 crore each. Head coach Rahul Dravid will also get Rs 5 crore. While the members of the coaching staff will be given Rs 2.5 crore.
Indian Squad for T20 World Cup 2024:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal. Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserve players: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed
Dhoni's team got Rs 12 crore for winning the title
Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2007 title for the first time. Then the Indian team defeated the Pakistani team in the final. Team India got a total of Rs 12 crore for winning the T20 World Cup 2007 title. At the same time, the team has got Rs 125 crore for winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title. In this way, Rohit Sharma's team has got about 10 times more money than Dhoni's team for winning the title. Apart from this, the Indian team has received Rs 20.36 crore from the ICC for winning the trophy.
Every player of the Indian team that won the ODI World Cup 2011 got Rs 2 crore. Apart from this, every member of the support staff was given Rs 50 lakh and every selector was given Rs 25 lakh. Whereas every player of the Indian team that won the Champions Trophy 2013 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni got Rs 1 crore. Apart from this, every member of the support staff was given Rs 30 lakh each.