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 along with the ICC Test Championship Mace, the International Cricket Council announced today.
The losing team will get $ 800,000 for finishing second 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.
Accordingly, the Winner of the finals will be getting a prize money of over Rs. 316 million and the loser Rs. 158 million equivalent to Sri Lankan rupees.
Total Prize money announced for ICC World Test Championship
Winner – US $ 1,600,000
Runners-up – US $ 800,000
3rd Place – US $ 450,000
4th Place – US$ 350,000
The Test Mace, previously given to teams topping the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings will now be given to the WTC winners. In case the final ends in a draw or a tie, the finalists will split the prize money for the first and second places (US $ 1.2 million each) and share possession of the Mace during the time they remain champions.