World Test Championship 2023 winner to get Rs 13.2 crore

The runner-up will take home Rs. 6.61 crore while the third-placed team will get Rs. 3.71 crore out of the total prize pool of Rs. 29.75 crore.

New Zealand lifting the ICC World Test Championship mace after winning the 2021 final against India. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

The winner of the 2023 World Test Championship will get a prize money of Rs. 13.22 crore, the International Cricket Council announced on Friday.

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The runner-up will take home Rs. 6.61 crore while the third-placed team will get Rs. 3.71 crore. The cumulative prize money for the competition will be Rs. 29.75 crore - the same as the 2019-2021 cycle.

While India and Australia will contest the final at the Oval from June 7 to 11, South Africa finished in the third place in the WTC standings.

England which ended fourth on the table secured Rs. 2.89 crore, while Sri Lanka recieved a prize money share of Rs 1.65 crore.

Sixth-placed New Zealand, seventh-placed Pakistan, eighth-placed West Indies and ninth-placed Bangladesh got around Rs 84 lakh each.