India wins the World Cup: BCCI announces a cash prize for the women’s team

The Indian women’s cricket team made Indians worldwide proud with their historic win at the World Cup 2025.

The Indian women’s cricket team made history, lifting the World Cup 2025 by defeating South Africa in the finals by 52 runs on Sunday at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium. The BCCI hasnow announced a cash prize of ₹51 crore for the women’s team for winning their maiden World Cup title.

The BCCI announces a cash prize of ₹51 crore.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women’s cricket team defeated South Africa in the summit clash by 52 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, winning the tournament for the first time and creating history. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a massive cash prize of ₹51 crore for the team, surpassing the prize money India will receive from the ICC. The apex cricket body will hand out a prize of $4.48 million (roughly ₹39.78 crore) to the tournament winners.

More details revealed by BCCI secretary DevajitSaikia.

Speaking to news agency ANI, BCCI secretary DevajitSaikia confirmed that the Indian board will award the women’s team a prize of ₹51 crore to show its appreciation for winning a competitive tournament like the World Cup. Saikia said, “Definitely, we have to thank Jay Shah, who is the chair of ICC, because just one month prior to this tournament, they increased the prize money of the ICC Women’s World Cup. That is, there is an upshot of about 300 per cent of the prize money.”

Saikia added, “That is for the teams to receive it, but as a wonderful performance today in DY Patil Stadium when they have defeated South Africa to win the championship, BCCI is elated and without touching anything from the ICC’s kitty, BCCI on its own is going to pay as a reward of 51 crores to the Indian team, that amount will go to the players, the selectors as well as the support staff headed by AmolMuzumdar.”