Winners of the upcoming Champions Trophy will walk away with a whopping USD 2.24 million cash reward after the ICC announced a 53 per cent hike in its prize money pool for the eight-team tournament starting next week.

The winners’ purse would be close to Rs 20 crore. The runners-up will receive half the amount, USD 1.12 million (R9.72 crore), while each losing semi-finalist will take home USD 560,000 (Rs 4.86 crore). The total prize pool has increased to USD 6.9 million (Rs 60 crore approx).