Despite failing to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) for the first time in 2025, the indian cricket team have earned a whopping prize money of $1.44 million (Rs. 12.3 crore approx) in the 2023-25 cycle. For those unversed, this will be the first time that India will not be part of the summit clash, which will be played between South Africa and Australia from June 11 at the Lord's Cricket Ground.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (May 15) revealed the prize money for the 2025 finalists as well as all nine teams that took part in the tournament. The winner of the marquee clash between Australia and South Africa is set to receive $3.6 million (Rs. 30.7 crore approx) while the runners-up will get $2.16 million (Rs. 18.4 crore approx).

ICC's announcement of the prize money in what is the first WTC final under Jay Shah's tenure has seen the total prize pool double from what it was in the 2019-21 and 2023-25 cycles. In the first editions, the total prize pool was $3.8 million (Rs. 32.5 crore approx) but this time around it has gone up to $5.76 million (Rs. 49.2 crore approx).

This has led to an increase in each time's fortunes this time around as New Zealand and Australia were awarded $1.6 million (Rs. 13.6 crore) for winning the tournament. The 2025 winners will earn more than double of that amount. Meanwhile, India finished as runners-up in both editions and were awarded $800,000 (Rs. 6.84), which is one-third of what the losing finalist will get this time around.

India's earnings from the 2023-25 cycle is nearly four times what the third-placed team (Australia in 2021, South Africa in 2023) got in the previous two editions. The second runners-up were given $450,000 (Rs. 3.84 crore approx) in the first two editions of the tournament.

Position	Prize Money In 2019-21/2021-23 (Team in 2019-2021/Team in 2021-23)	Prize Money In 2023-25 (Team)
Total Pool	$3.8m	$5.6m
Winner	$1.6m - New Zealand/Australia	$3.6m (Australia/South Africa)
Runner-Up	$0.8m - India/India	$2.16m (Australia, South Africa)
Third	$0.45m - Australia/South Africa	$1.44m (India)
Fourth	$0.35m England/England	$1.2m (New Zealand)
Fifth	$0.2m South Africa/Sri Lanka	$0.96m (England)
Sixth	$0.1m Pakistan/New Zealand	$0.84m (Sri Lanka)
Seventh	$0.1m Sri Lanka/Pakistan	$0.72m (Bangladesh)
Eight	$0,1m West Indies /West Indies	$0.6m (West Indies)
Ninth	$.0,1m Bangladesh /Bangladesh	$0.48m (Pakistan)

Days after the WTC 2025 final ends on June 15, the 2025-27 WTC cycle will start when India and England go head-to-head from June 20 in a five-match Test series. This series will also mark the start of a new era in Indian cricket with a new captain set to take charge as the team starts a massive transition after the retirement of Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli.

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