In the Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand emerged as the runner ups of the 2025 edition and won an amount of $1.12 million. The final of the tournament was set between India and New Zealand, and India emerged as the winner. Men in Blue defeated the Kiwis by 4 wickets and won the trophy in their names.
Remaining unbeaten the whole of the tournament, they not just they created history but also won a whopping prize amount of $2.24 million (approx Rs 20 crore) along with their third ICC Champions trophy
New Zealand Earns $1.12 Million as Runners-Up
New Zealand started strong in the final match but then couldn’t continue the momentum to the last. Losing the match to the Indian team, the Kiwis emerged as the runner-ups of the 2025 edition. Although they failed to take the trophy home they got a whopping total of $1.12 million (Rs. 9.72 crore) as runners-up of this edition.
ICC announced an increase of 57 percent in the prize pool as compared to previous regular editions of the tournament. Making the purse total 20 crore INR. The money allocated for the winners was $2.24 million cash reward, and money for the runner ups was half of the winners amount, making it $1.12 million.
India beat New Zealand by four wickets to win the Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in a nervy final on Sunday. Rohit led the winning squad with his explosive batting, scoring a total of 76, and contributed a major share to the chase of 252 runs.
