T20 World Cup 2026 Prize Money: Team India’s journey in the T20 World Cup 2026 has now reached an important juncture. In the group stage, the team performed brilliantly and won 4 out of 4 matches and became the group topper and made it to the Super-8. But a huge defeat by 76 runs against South Africa in the very first match of Super-8 changed everything. This defeat has proved to be India’s biggest defeat in the history of T20 World Cup. Due to this poor start, the team is in danger of being out of the tournament early.
One loss changed the whole game
The biggest impact of this defeat has been on the net run rate, which has become quite negative. If NRR does not improve despite winning the remaining two matches, the team may be out of the race for the semi-finals. These two big matches are to be played against Zimbabwe and West Indies. In such a situation, the biggest question is that if the team is eliminated from the Super-8 itself, then how much will be the financial loss?
Team India will suffer a loss of how many crores?
In ICC tournaments, every team gets prize money based on its performance. According to the previous edition, the teams that reach Super-8 get basic prize money, but it increases as they progress further. The teams reaching the semi-finals get a guaranteed amount of approximately US $ 7,90,000 (approximately Rs 7 crore 15 lakh). At the same time, the teams eliminated from Super-8 (5th to 8th place) get about 3,80,000 US dollars (about Rs 3.5 crore).
According to this, if Team India is not able to reach the semi-finals, then it may suffer a loss of about 4 lakh dollars (about Rs 3.6 crore) from the amount of becoming a semi-finalist. This difference is quite big for the team, because despite performing well in the group stage, the initial defeat in the Super-8 has made the situation difficult. Now the challenge for Team India is not just to win the match, but to improve the NRR by winning by a big margin. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the team will now have to focus on every ball and every run. It is important to bring back the excellent form of the group stage and make a comeback in the Super-8, so that not only get the ticket for the semi-finals, but also to avoid the loss of prize money.
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