'15 cr toh IPL main milta hai' - Twitter hilariously compares the prize money of 20-20 World Cup with the Indian T20 League

With the 20-20 World Cup approaching, the apex cricket body has announced the prize money for the mega event. The winning side at the 20-20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne on November 13 would receive prize money of $1.6 million, while the runners-up will get half the amount of the prize money.

At the end of the 16-team tournament that runs for nearly a month, the losing semi-finalists will each get $400,000 from the $5.6 million total prize pool. The eight teams who exit at the Super 12 stage will receive $70,000 each.

Like last year at the 20-20 World Cup 2021, a win in each of the 30 games in the Super 12 phase will be worth $40,000. The eight teams that made it directly to the Super 12 phase are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa.

The other eight teams – Namibia, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE in Group A and West Indies, Scotland, Ireland and Zimbabwe in Group B – are split into two groups of four and will play the first round. For any win in the first round, prize money of $40,000 will be awarded, with the 12 matches amounting to $480,000. The four teams knocked out in the first round will get $40,000 each.

The T20 extravaganza will get underway on the 16th of October with 16 teams going against each other to grab hold of the coveted trophy. Australia will be defending their crown at their home. The other top contenders to win the trophy are Pakistan, South Africa, England and India.

After seeing the prize money of the competition, some fans began comparing the amount with the cash-rich Indian T20 League. Some fans made hilarious comparisons with the earnings of several Indian cricketers who underperform in the Indian T20 League but still ended up with a whopping amount. Some fans even expressed their disappointment after comparing the prize money with other sporting tournaments of the world.

Here are some of the hilarious comparisons by fans between the prize money for the 20-20 World Cup and the Indian T20 League:

Less than price of uncapped Indian player in Auction

— The Sold Monk (@Sold_Monk) September 30, 2022

Hahahahaha basssssss ? IPl auction ma is se zyada ek player ko leya jaata ha ...mood off Kar deya

— Human (@Durdaan1) September 30, 2022

When you realise that Super 12 mai se Pakistan ko chhod ke baki kisi ko paiso ki tension nahi hai bas trophy jitna important hai unke liye😂😂

— swagat kumar jayasingh (@SwagatJay95) September 30, 2022

Kam Paisa de rahe, itna to humare yaha #IPL ki parties mein kharch hote hai, koi nahin @BCCI ke liye yeh pennies hai, but cup to hum jeetenge , paise ke liye to gareeb desh khelenge, kya pata economy sudhar haaye 🤣🤣😂

— menda (@vj_corp) September 30, 2022

Means Pakistan can only repay 32.62 lakhs from 16272 cr of loan

— 🐾 (@dtsaae) September 30, 2022

This is terrible. Mumbai Indians paid 15 cr for Ishan Kishan. That’s more than what the World Cup winners would take home. That’s why cricket isn’t moving forward.

— Sourav Gangoogly (@Googly_master1) September 30, 2022

Highest paid sports events worldwide:

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1: UEFA Champions League - $1300 millions.

2: Formula 1 - $797.5 millions.

3: FIFA World cup - $576 millions.

4: UEFA Europa League - $237 millions.

5: US Open - $47 millions

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T20 WC - $5.6 millions 🤮🤮

Shame on ICC! 👊

— Hidayatullah Qanit 😊 (@i_love_vk18) September 30, 2022

So India wins 57.8 Lackhs, wonder why players want to play IPL more.

— Rishabh Gupta (@sapiosexualRIS) September 30, 2022

Ishan Kishan is the only batsman who won world cup without playing it -- GOAT🐐

— Abhi Sharma (@MrAbhiSharma5) September 30, 2022

Means less than 1 cr for players and staff?...Please don't insult cricket like this ...

— Thor (@DennitTk) September 30, 2022