After 8 years, a new champion has been born in women's T20 cricket. New Zealand won the Women's T20 World Cup title for the first time, ending the reign of the Australian women's team for the last several years. In the final played in Dubai on Sunday 20 October, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 32 runs and with this, playing its third final, captured the championship for the first time. New Zealand got a shining World Cup trophy and also got a prize of about Rs 20 crores. South Africa also got Rs 10 crore, while Team India, which was eliminated in the first round, also got some money.
The tournament, which started in UAE on 3 October, concluded with the final held on 20 October at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In this final, New Zealand batted first and made a strong score of 158 runs in 20 overs. This target proved to be very big for South Africa and the entire team could score only 126 runs in 20 overs. In this way New Zealand achieved success in winning the T20 World Cup for the first time. Whereas South Africa once again missed the title. Last year also he had to face defeat from Australia in the final itself.
With this victory, for the first time, New Zealand got the beautiful trophy of Women's T20 World Cup, but not only the trophy, but New Zealand also got the tremendous reward of becoming the best team of the tournament. ICC had doubled the prize money of the Women's T20 World Cup this time. In this way, champion New Zealand also got a prize of 2.34 million dollars i.e. about Rs 19.67 crore. This is the biggest prize money received by any champion team in the history of Women's T20 World Cup. Apart from this, Rs 26.19 lakh will also be given to each team for winning one match of the group stage. New Zealand had won 3 matches in the group stage, hence it will get an additional Rs 78 lakh. In this way New Zealand will get about Rs 20.45 crore as reward.
South Africa, the runner-up, will get a prize of 1.17 million dollars i.e. Rs 9.83 crore for reaching the finals. South Africa also won 3 matches in the group stage and hence it will also get an additional Rs 78 lakh. That means the South African team will take home a total of around Rs 10.62 crore. As far as Team India is concerned, its disappointing performance in the tournament also affected the amount it received. The Indian team was eliminated in the group stage itself. However, Team India had defeated Sri Lanka and Pakistan in its group and hence, instead of winning these 2 matches, Team India will get only Rs 52 lakh in its kitty.
