Jhulan Goswami lauds ICC for increasing prize money for Womens World Cup 2025
Jhulan Goswami has lauded the ICC's big decision to offer a staggering 13.88 million USD in prize money for the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup.
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recently increased the prize money for the Women's ODI World Cup 2025 to a total of 13.88 million USD, which is nearly three times more than in 2022, and higher than the 2023 Men's ODI World Cup.
The ICC has structured the prize money to reward all the teams competing in the tournament. The winners of the Women's ODI World Cup will get 4.48 million USD, which is more than double the amount awarded to the 2022 champions, while the runners-up will receive 2.24 million USD. Both amounts reflect an increase of more than 200 percent from the previous edition.
The two losing semifinalists will get 1.12 million USD each, while every group-stage team is guaranteed 250,000 USD. The sides finishing in fifth and sixth position will receive 700,000 USD each, and the seventh and eighth-placed teams will get 280,000 USD each. In addition, each victory in the group stage will fetch the winning team 34,414 USD.
This big announcement marks another milestone in the ICC's campaign to promote women's cricket and advance pay parity with the men's game, a commitment which was first highlighted ahead of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.
'Women's cricket will get a lot of boost'
Former Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami said in the ICC Review that she got goosebumps, and increased prize money is a good thing. She also thanked ICC and said that women's cricket will get a lot of boost from this.
"I am getting goosebumps. [The increased prize money] is a very good thing. I would like to thank ICC from my side," Goswami said in the ICC Review.
"And for parents, too, it is a reassurance that this sport can be played professionally and taken forward. So, I think this is great news for women's cricket, and this will definitely motivate all the players as well," she said.
The tournament is set to begin on September 30 with India taking on Sri Lanka in Guwahati. The two semifinals are scheduled to be played on October 29 and 30, with the final set for November 2.