The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced equal prize money (prize money) for men's and women's teams in ICC tournaments. Along with this, there has also been a change in the over-rate restrictions in Test cricket. That is, now the amount that will be given to men in the upcoming ICC tournaments, the same amount will be given to women in their tournaments as well. Among the upcoming ICC events, the World Cup is to be held in India this year. At the same time, next year the T20 World Cup will be played in the co-hosting of West Indies-USA. At the same time, in the upcoming ICC tournaments for women, next year's Women's T20 World Cup is the only one, which will be played in Bangladesh.

Now in the men's World Cup, the amount that is given to the teams for winning the tournament or reaching the semi-finals or winning a match, the same amount will be given to the women for winning the final or reaching the semi-finals or winning a match. It will be same in every tournament. That is, the prize money for men and women for the ODI World Cup will be equal. The same will happen with the ODI World Cup. The decision was taken during the ICC Annual Conference held in Durban, South Africa. This is an important part of the ICC's effort to achieve prize money parity by 2030.

ICC Chairman Greg Barclay said: "This is an important moment in the history of our game and I am delighted that male and female cricketers who take part in ICC global events will now be rewarded equally. Since 2017 we have established a There has been a clear focus on reaching the prize money of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. And the same is true for the Under-19s. Cricket is one for all and this decision by the ICC Board reaffirms that."

The winner and runner-up received the same prize money in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 and 2023. Both these years the winning team received $1 million and $500,000, five times the amount given in 2018. At the same time, the prize money for the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2022 was also $3.5 million, which was $1.5 million more than the tournament played in England in 2017. In 2017, the winning team received $2 million.