The BCCI on Sunday announced an increase in prize money for the domestic tournaments with the Ranji Trophy winners set to receive a whopping cash reward of Rs 5 crore this year. (More Cricket News)
According to the new pay structure, Ranji Trophy winners, who currently get a cheque of Rs 2 crore, will be receiving Rs 5 crore, while the runners-up and losing semi-finalists will get Rs 3 crores and Rs 1 cr♋ore, respectively.
&qu♛ot;I'm pleased to announce an increase in prize money for all @BCCI Domestic Tournaments," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a tweet.
"We will continue our efforts to invest in Domestic Cricket – which is the backbone of Indian Cricket. Ranji winners to get 5 crores (from 2 cr), Sr Women winners Rs 𓃲50 lacs (from 6 lacs)."
The cash prize for Irani Cup too has been doubled with the winners getting 50 lakh 🍰instead of Rs 25 lakh, and while the team finishing runners-up currently don't receive any cash reward, they will get 25 lakh from now on.
In Duleep Trophy, the champions will get Rs 1 crore and runners-up team will be receiving🌠 Rs 50 lakh, while winners of Vijay Hazare Trophy will now be getting a cheque of Rs 1 crore and the team finishing second best Rs 50 lakh.
Deodhar Trophy winners are set to get richer by Rs 40 lakh and the losing finalists will ♊get Rs 20 lakh. Similarly, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy champions will be receiving a cheque of Rs 80 lakh ♛and the losing team will get 40 lakh.
In a big boost to women's cricket in the country, the winners of the Senior Women's One Day trophy will get a cheque of Rꦉs 50 lakh and the runners-up side will receive Rs 25 lakh.
The prize money of the senior women's T20 trophy has also been incre💛ased with the winners set to get Rs 40 lakh, eight times more than what they get now. The losing team will get Rs 20 lakh.
Indian cricket's 2023-24 domestic season will start with th🍨e Duleep Trophy tournament starting on June 28 while the flagship Ranji Trophy will commence from January 5 next year.
The Duleep Trophy, which will be played among six zonal teams, will be followed by Deodhar Trophy (List A) (July 24 to August 3), Irani Cup (Octob𝓀er 1-5), Syed ꦚMushtaq Ali Trophy Men's T20 national championships (October 16-November 6) and Vijay Hazare Trophy (November 23-December 15).
The senior women's season will begin with the national T20 championships to be played betwe🍰en October 19 to November 9, followed by Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy from November 24 to December 4.
This will be followed by senior women's one-day trophy to b﷽e played between January 4-26.
