Guess how much Pakistan icon Wasim Akram received as prize money for winning 1992 World Cup

Ajit Vijaykumar 17:50 02/03/2018
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  • Pakistan legend Wasim Akram has seen it all in his life. He rose to prominence at the 1992 World Cup where he picked up 18 wickets – the most in the tournament – that clinched the only 50-over World Cup for his country.

    Akram took three wickets in the final against England and went on to become the greatest left-arm bowler in the history of the game. However, for all that hard work, the Pakistan icon said he received just $1,800 out of a prize money of $40,000. If you adjust for inflation, the overall prize money would be worth around $72,000 (Dh264,000) in 2018.

    To put things in perspective, Akram is the brand ambassador of the 10PL tennis cricket tournament that will be held in the UAE from March 19-23. The total prize money for it is Dh250,000 which is around $68,000. That’s the prize money for a tennis cricket tournament.

    Moving on to bigger tournaments, the prize money for the 2015 World Cup was $10 million with winners Australia pocketing close to $4 million (Dh14.6m). Even this year’s Under-19 World Cup champions India got a sizeable amount as winning bonus from the Indian board. Each member of the Indian U-19 World Cup winning team received a bonus of rupees three million (Dh170,000).

    No doubt there is a lot more money in cricket now than in the previous century but even so, the difference becomes staggering when you look at actual numbers.

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  • However, Akram said he is happy that cricketers are getting just rewards for their efforts.

    “It is quite staggering. But I am happy for the present cricketers. What they are getting now is their luck. What I received was my luck. But I am not a guy who gets jealous. I am someone who gets happy that professionals are getting proper money,” Akram told Sport360 during the launch of the second edition of the 10PL 2018.

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