NEW DELHI, Oct 10: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the prize money for the teams competing in the T20 World Cup to be played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from October 17 to November 14.The ICC has also for the first time introduced two drinks breaks in each innings providing time for the advertisers to contribute in the tournament.
The winners of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup will take home a winners’ cheque of $1.6 million while the runners up will get half that amount, the ICC said.
All 16 competing teams will receive a part of the $5.6 million allocated as prize money for the tournament. The two losing semifinalists will receive $400,000 each from the games taking place on November 10 and 11.
The teams confirmed to be competing in the Super 12 stage are Afghanistan, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies. The eight teams who will lose out on a semifinal berth will get $70,000 each while teams knocked out in the first round will take $40,000 each.
Teams who will strive to make Super 12s are Bangladesh, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, and Sri Lanka.
Just like in 2016, there will be a bonus amount for every match that teams win in the Super 12 stage. The victors in each of the 30 games in that phase will this time win $40,000.
The ICC said there would be two scheduled Drinks Intervals in each game instead of usual one. Each break will last for two and half minutes and would be taken at the midpoint of each innings.
The introduction of official drinks break will help the broadcasters earn advertisement revenue worth five minutes and for India matches the rates are expected to be high.
(Manas Dasgupta)
