India T20 World Cup win

India's Twenty20 World Cup-winning cricket team were presented with a bonus of 1.31 billion rupees ($14.24 million) by the country's cricket board on Tuesday, six times what they received for winning the title in Ahmedabad.[AD65] India claimed their third men’s T20 World Cup title on Sunday with an emphatic 96-run defeat of New Zealand in a one-sided final for a record $2.34 million tournament prize. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the world’s richest cricket board, confirmed the extra payout

But the most spicy redemption story of all was written by India opener Sanju Samson, who went from being not a first-choice opener to becoming player of the tournament as they held on to the men's Twenty20 World Cup title. The 31-year-old arrived at the tournament carrying the weight of scrutiny after enduring a prolonged slump in form throughout last year and into the early part of this one. His returns were modest and hit or miss, and suspicions had arisen over whether