USD 10 million on offer in ICC World Cup, winner to earn 4 million

May 17, 2019 7:25 PM

USD 10 million on offer in ICC World Cup, winner to earn 4 million

Ten million US Dollars or a little more than 70 crore rupees are on offer in the upcoming ICC men's cricket World Cup. The 46-day tournament will be played across 11 venues in the United Kingdom from 30th of this month. Besides a trophy, the World Cup winner will earn a cash award of 4 million US dollars or about 28 crore rupees which is the highest prize money on offer in the history of the tournament. The runners-up take home 2 million US Dollars or about 14 crore rupees.  The losing ...

Rishabh, Ambati, Navdeep on standby list for ICC World Cup

April 17, 2019 6:29 PM

Rishabh, Ambati, Navdeep on standby list for ICC World Cup

Cricketers Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu, who were excluded from India's 15-member squad for World Cup 2019, were on Wednesday named among the standbys.  Pace bowler Navdeep Saini also found a place in the list of three back-ups for the mega-event starting in England and Wales on the 30th of next month.  A senior BCCI official told news agency PTI that the services of standbys will be utilised in case of injury to any member of the 15-member squad.  India are scheduled to play their op...

ICC World Cup: Indian squad announced

April 16, 2019 8:27 AM

ICC World Cup: Indian squad announced

India announced their 15-man squad for the ICC World Cup to be played in England from 30th of next month. Virat Kohli will lead the team.  The squad was announced by the BCCI Acting Honorary Secretary Amitabh Choudhary in Mumbai, with Chairman of Selectors M.S.K. Prasad sharing the dais.  While there were no major surprises in the 15, the inclusion of Dinesh Karthik was the notable factor.  Karthik returned to India's World Cup squad after 12 years, while Rishabh Pant was excluded.  Vet...