ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice reassured on Sunday that the prize money for the winning team in the forthcoming ICC T20聽Women鈥檚聽World Cup will be the same as the winning side of a聽men鈥檚聽T20 World Cup.
Allardice stated this in Dhaka during聽the announcement of聽the fixture of the upcoming聽Women鈥檚聽T20 World Cup, which will begin on October 3 in Bangladesh.聽
The marquee competition, which includes ten teams, will be concluded on October 20, with the final taking place in Dhaka.
鈥業n terms of ICC prize money, for the team that wins, the amount of prize money allocated to the team that wins the聽women鈥檚聽T20 will be the same as the amount of prize money聽that鈥檚聽allocated聽to the team that wins the聽men鈥檚聽T20 World Cup,鈥櫬爏aid the ICC chief executive.
鈥楽o, if you finish first,聽you鈥檒l聽get the same amount of money.聽If you win a match,聽the same amount of match pay will be there.聽So, there is parity in prize money between聽men鈥檚聽and聽women鈥檚聽games.鈥�
Bangladesh, who are going to host the global event in the聽country鈥檚聽two different venues, Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, are slated in Group B, where they will be playing against England, South Africa, West Indies, and Qualifier 2 at SBNS.
On the contrary, the defending champions Australia,聽who聽are聽slated聽for Group A, will be vying against India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Qualifier 1, with matches taking place in Sylhet.
