With Royal Challengers Bengaluru clutching their maiden Indian Premier League title on Sunday, a win in the final also comes with a hefty price tag. RCB who defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs have received Rs 20 crore for winning the tournament while runners-up PBKS got Rs 12.5 crore.
Third-Place finishers Mumbai Indians earned Rs 7 crore for reaching Qualifier 2, while the fourth-placed Gujarat Titans were given Rs 6.5 crore for playing in the Eliminator.
In retrospect, in the inaugural 2008 edition, the winning side received Rs 4.8 crore, whereas the runner-up team was awarded Rs 2.4 crore.
Meanwhile, Orange Cap winner Sai Sudharsan got Rs 10 lakh while Purple Cap winner Prasidh Krishna also received Rs 10 lakh.
Also, the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) has got the ‘Best Pitch and Ground’ award for the matches held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Besides the recognition, DDCA also got richer by Rs 50 lakh.
The stadium hosted seven matches this season, all of them being preliminary fixtures.
On Tuesday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally broke their longstanding drought and clinched their maiden Indian Premier League trophy by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Punjab Kings got off to a steady start with Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya looking in good touch.
But Phil Salt pulled out a blinder to send back Arya while Krunal Pandya bowled a tight spell snapping up Prabhsimran and Josh Inglis. Captain Iyer suffered a rare failure when he was out for 1 as Romario Shepherd accounted for him. Shashank Singh tried with all his might but PBKS ultimately fell short of the mark as their wait for their first title continued.
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Earlier, Punjab Kings bowlers did more than a decent job to restrict Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a below par 190 for 9 in the IPL final. For RCB, Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 off 35 balls while skipper Rajat Patidar couldn’t build on a good start managing 26 off 16 balls.
