WPL 2024 Prize Money Splits: What Was The Sum Of All The Winners?

To the winners go the spoils. But how much exactly? That is our question today.

The players and teams who contributed to a successful WPL 2024 season were awarded a plethora of accolades. Let us take a look at the more subtle details to fully grasp all of them – by breaking them down.

Prize Money for WPL 2024 Winner and Runners-Up

The championship money is the biggest of them all. How much does the ultimate winner receive?

Following a 16-year-long wait, the women of the Royal Challengers Bangalore did what the maen have failed to do so far: bring home the gold.

RCB, led by skipper Smriti Mandhana, triumphed over Delhi Capitals in a scintillating final, where the visitors wrought havoc to secure a dominating 8-wicket victory.

For their success, RCB received INR 6 crore as prize money, while opponents DC earned INR 3 crore for finishing runners-up of the tournament.

Orange Cap Winner to Receive Prize Money

It was none other than RCB’s batting phenom Ellyse Perry who took home the Orange Cap, as she capped off her WPL season with 347 runs in 9 games, at a whopping average of 69.40 runs.

Perry won the Orange Cap and took home Rs 5 lakh after a string of game-winner knocks and an inning that put RCB in a position to win the final.

Prize Money for Purple Cap Winner

RCB’s dominance spread through till the bowling ranks as well, as spinster Shreyanka Patil’s web of spin left all dazzled, as the youngster waltzed her way t the Purple Cap after scalping 13 wickets in the WPL season.

Her outstanding spell of 4/12 in the final against Delhi Capitals was arguably the difference maker, as RCB bowled Delhi out of their own stadium for just 113 runs in 18.3 overs.

For all her bowling genius, Shreyanka was awarded with Rs. 5 lakh as well, for holding on to the Purple Cap at the end of the tournament.

WPL 2024: Prize Money for the Most Valuable Player.

What’s the new award, you may ask. The MVP or most Valuable player is the Player who showed the Most versatility in the tournament and impressed both spectators and players – not just with one aspect of their game – but with several. The capability to be a difference maker at any point in virtually any way possible.

Deepti Sharma from the UP Warriors was the MVP of the WPL 2024 this year, proving to be a versatile player.

Sharma was sensational through and through with both bat as well as ball scoring 295 runs at an average of 98.33 and taking ten wickets at an average of 21.70. Along with her stellar statistics, Deepti also etched her name in the game’s history, becoming the first woman to both score a fifty and claim a hattrick in a single T20 match, in her outing against Delhi Capitals.

Deepti was also given Rs 5 lakh prize for her all-round talent.

Other awards were presented at the conclusion of the second WPL edition, along with a few others. For a brief and fast comprehension of all the prize money splits, here’s a table of all of the listed awards and the respective prizes for the same: