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WTC Final: ICC announces prize money; Here's the break-up for winners, runners-up, other teams

The winners of the much-awaited ICC World Test Championship (WTC Final) between India and New Zealand will take home a purse of $ 1.6 million (Approximately Rs 11.71 crore). Find full break-up.

WTC Final: ICC announces prize money

Dubai, June 14: The winners of the much-awaited ICC World Test Championship (WTC Final) between India and New Zealand will take home a purse of $ 1.6 million (Approximately Rs 11.71 crore) along with the ICC Test Championship Mace, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday (June 14).

The runners-up will get $ 800,000 (Approximately Rs 5.8 crore) in the nine-team competition, which was played over a near two-year cycle, adding context to Test cricket and to crown the first official world champions in the longest format of the game.

The prize money for the team finishing third in the ICC World Test Championship Standings is $ 450,000 (Approximately Rs 3.3 crore). The team that is fourth on the table will be awarded $ 350,000 (Approximately Rs 2.57 crore), the one that finishes fifth gets $ 200,000 (Approximately Rs 1.5 crore) while the remaining four teams will get $ 100,000 (Approximately Rs 73 lakh) each.

The Test Mace, previously given to teams topping the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings will now be given to the WTC Final winners. In case the WTC Final ends in a draw or a tie, the finalists will split the prize money for the first and second places and share possession of the Mace during the time they remain champions.

The Mace, designed by English luxury brand Thomas Lyte, is based around the global nature of Test cricket and the competing nations.

The focal point of the Mace is the cricket ball since it is at the core of the game whether being bowled, hit or fielded. Encircling the ball is the globe, referencing the global reach of Test cricket and one can see the silver gilt cricket ball through the oceans of the map.

The countries of the world are supported on the longitude lines you see on a globe - this allows for an interesting interplay of light on the different surfaces, especially as the mace is moved and catches that light. The world is surrounded by a central belt carrying the insignia of all 12 competing Test nations, with space to add others in the future.

A silver gilt laurel band spirals up the shaft of the mace - the shaft itself styled as a stump - a reference to the all-important wicket.

WTC Final: Prize money break-up (In INR, Approximate figures)

Winner: Rs 11.71 crore

Runners-up: Rs 5.8 crore

Third-placed team: Rs 3.3 crore

Fourth-placed team: Rs 2.57 crore

Fifth-placed team: Rs 1.5 crore

All other teams: Rs 73 lakh each

Story first published: Monday, June 14, 2021, 18:04 [IST]
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