BREAKING ICC Announces Historic ₹122 Crore Prize Money for Women's World Cup 2025, a Record 297% Boost Over 2022
In a significant forward march for women's cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a massive boost in the prize money for the forthcoming ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025.
The overall prize money is USD 13.88 million, or approximately ₹122 crore. This is a huge improvement from the USD 3.5 million awarded in the 2022 event.
The winners of the 13th edition will receive USD 4.48 million (approximately ₹39.55 crore), a huge improvement from the USD 1.32 million (approximately ₹11.65 crore) Australia received in 2022.
The increase in prize money is not just for the winners:
Runners-up will receive USD 2.24 million (~₹19.8 crore), which is a 273% increase from the USD 600,000 (₹5.3 crore) given to the runner-up in 2022.
Each losing semifinalist will get USD 1.12 million (₹9.9 crore), up from USD 300,000 (₹2.65 crore) three years ago.
Every team that wins a match in the group stage will get USD 34,314 (~₹30 lakh).
Fifth and sixth-placed teams will get USD 700,000 (₹62 lakh) and seventh and eighth-placed teams will get USD 280,000 (₹24.7 lakh).
All the participating teams will be assured USD 250,000 (~₹22 lakh) regardless of their performance.
ICC Chairman Jay Shah referred to the hike in the prize money as a "landmark moment" for women cricketers and an unmistakable indicator that the ICC is heading towards equality within the game.
He stated, "Our message is straightforward: female cricketers need to know they will be treated equally to men should they pursue this sport as a professional career."
The overall purse is now higher than the Men's 2023 World Cup, which had a purse of USD 10 million.
Women's World Cup 2025, the 13th one, from September 30 to November 2 will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
India vs Sri Lanka will be the first match in Guwahati.
This significant financial injection indicates the ICC's strategy to promote and enhance women's cricket.
Experts say that this increase will improve the competition, draw in more money globally, and project women cricketers into all forms of the game.
As the event gets nearer, this ambitious move by the ICC heralds a new era for women's cricket, founded on equity, aspiration, and possibility.