{"id":25448,"date":"2025-02-17T09:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T09:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=25448"},"modified":"2025-02-17T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T09:08:05","slug":"icc-increases-53-prize-money-for-champions-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=25448","title":{"rendered":"ICC increases 53% prize money for champions trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16237315531739727844.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16237315531739727844.jpg 856w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16237315531739727844-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16237315531739727844-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lahore : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a 53 percent increase in prize money for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, set to commence in Pakistan next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to ICC, the winning team will receive an impressive $2.24 million along with the prestigious trophy, while the runners-up will take home $1.12 million. The total prize pool for the tournament has been raised to $6.9 million, reflecting the ICC\u2019s commitment to promoting the sport globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each losing semi-finalist will be awarded $560,000, while teams finishing in fifth or sixth place will receive $350,000. The seventh and eighth-placed teams will take home $140,000, with a group-stage victory earning teams an additional $34,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, scheduled from February 19 to March 9, marks a significant moment for Pakistan as it hosts an ICC event, promising thrilling cricket action for fans worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a 53 percent increase in prize money for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, set to commence in Pakistan next week. According&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2210],"class_list":["post-25448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-icc-championship-trophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25450,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448\/revisions\/25450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}