Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced a huge cash reward of Rs 58 crore to the Indian team to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This team became the winner of the tournament under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
Indian team’s great journey
The statement released by the BCCI said that “India performed brilliantly in the tournament under the skilled and brilliant leadership of captain Rohit Sharma. Apart from this, Rohit’s team won four brilliant win before reaching the finals. India won by six wickets in the first match against Bangladesh, then defeated Pakistan by six wickets. After this, he won by 44 runs against New Zealand and after this, Australia was defeated by four wickets.”
🚨 58 Crores for Team India 🚨
– BCCI Announces 58 Crores for the Indian Team for Winning The Champions Trophy 2025. pic.twitter.com/hbqmqhapji
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Great win in final
In the final played in Dubai on March 9, Team India defeated New Zealand by four wickets. Captain Rohit played a brilliant innings of 76 runs, which proved to be helpful in winning the team from a difficult situation.
Official prize money
After winning the Champions Trophy, India received an official award amount of about Rs 20 crore ($ 2.24 million), while the runner -up New Zealand received an amount of $ 1.12 million (Rs 9.72 crore).
Big reward on previous victory
Rohit Sharma’s team received a spectacular cash prize from the Indian Cricket Board even after winning the T20 World Cup in Barbados last year. The BCCI then promised to give Rs 125 crore to the entire team, which was almost three times more than the award to the team winning the World Cup under the captaincy of MS Dhoni in 2011.
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