On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 7:23 PM Times of Islamabad wrote:
> DUBAI – The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday that> an overall $10 million pot has been set aside for the ICC Men’s Cricket> World Cup 2023 in India.>> The winners of the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 are set to receive $4> million of the $10 million total prize pool, ICC announced on 22 September.> The runners-up of the Final to be played on 19 November at the Narendra> Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will take home $2 million.>> All 10 teams will play each other once in a round-robin format in the> Group Stage, with the top four in the points table progressing to the> semi-finals.>> There’s prize money up for grabs for winning their Group Stage games as> well, with teams getting $40,000 for every victory. At the end of the Group> Stage, teams that fail to reach the knockouts will each get $100,000.>> The prize money also sets the precedent for the upcoming ICC Women’s> Cricket World Cup in 2025, with ICC announcing equal sums for both men’s> and women’s events during the Annual Conference held in Durban, South> Africa in July 2023.>>
