T20 World Cup winners to get $1.6 million

Dubai, Oct 10: The winners of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup will take home a winners cheque of USD 1.6 million while the runners up will get half that amount, the International Cricket Council confirmed on Sunday. All 16 competing teams will receive a part of the USD 5.6 million allocated as prize money for the tournament. The two losing semi-finalists will receive USD 400,000 each from the games taking place on November 10 and 11. Meanwhile, there will be two drinks intervals in each game instead of usual one. Each break will last for two minutes 30 seconds. (PTI)