ICC World Cup 2023: Bangladesh receive around BDT 2 crore
Bangladesh had a great start to the World Cup. Tigers defeated Afghanistan by showing equal strength in bat and ball. However, they could not maintain the momentum of that good start. They lost their next six matches, including a humiliating defeat against the Netherlands. Tigers won the eighth match against Sri Lanka but lost to Australia in the last match.

Mahmudur RahmanEditor
Posted - 2023-11-13T17:30:42+06:00
Updated - 2024-03-16T12:57:13+06:00
There is prize money for every team participating in the World Cup. In this year's World Cup, there was a prize money of 1 lakh US dollars even if no match was won. As a result of winning two matches, the Bangladesh team received 1 lakh 80 thousand US dollars, which is about 2 crores in Bangladeshi taka.
Bangladesh had a great start to the World Cup. Tigers defeated Afghanistan by showing equal strength in bat and ball. However, they could not maintain the momentum of that good start. They lost their next six matches, including a humiliating defeat against the Netherlands. Tigers won the eighth match against Sri Lanka but lost to Australia in the last match.
In other words, Bangladesh won two matches out of nine matches in the entire tournament. In this year's World Cup, the ICC allocated USD 40,000 for winning each match in the group stage. As a result, Bangladesh received 80 thousand US dollars from two matches. Besides, there was 1 lakh USD for participating in the group stage.
That is, the total income of the Bangladesh team from this World Cup is 1 lakh 80 thousand dollars, which is 1 crore 97 lakh 73 thousand taka in Bangladeshi taka. However, the value of Bangladeshi taka is constantly increasing, however, the Bangladesh team is getting about 2 crores of prize money.
Bangladesh finished the World Cup in eighth place among 10 teams. The points of the two teams behind Bangladesh (Netherlands and Sri Lanka) are also equal to 4. That is, they are also getting 1 lakh 80 thousand US dollars. Pakistan and Afghanistan are getting 2 lakh 60 thousand US dollars with four wins each. Former champion England gets 2 lakh 20 thousand US dollars with three wins.