Finally, PSL 2024 has ended with Islamabad United emerging as the winner of the league by defeating Multan Sultans by 2 wickets. With this stunning win, Islamabad United won their third title. Imad Wasim starred for Islamabad scalping five wickets & returning with figures of 19 run-knock to help Islamabad United chase a target of 160 runs. With this victory, the winner’s trophy is now under the kitty of Islamabad United.
The Champions of the PSL got 14 crore PKR while the runners-up up Multan Sultans received 5.6 crores. In Indian rupees, Islamabad United has earned around Rs 4.15 crore while Sultans have got Rs 1.6 crore.
IPL vs PSL Prize Money
The prize money of PSL winners are pennies when compared to the cash prizes earned by the winners & runners-up of the IPL. Even, WPL 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB-W) have earned more than what Islamabad United earned as winners of PSL 2024. The prize money for WPL winners was 1.6 crores while runners-up moved with 3 crores. In IPL, the figures are unmatchable as the champion team earns a staggering Rs 20 crore while the runner-up gets Rs 13 crore.
Check the table below to understand it clearly.
| Prize Money | PSL 2024 (In Rs) | IPL 2024 (In Rs) | WPL 2024 (In Rs |
| Champions | Around Rs 4.15 crore | Rs 20 crore | Rs 6 crore |
| Losing Finalist | Around Rs 1.6 crore | Rs 13 crore | Rs 3 crore |
As we can witness there is a huge difference of Rs 14 crore between the prize money of IPL & PSL & around 1.75 crore in PSL and WPL. If you witness the numbers differently then you can see that the winners of the PSL earn almost 9 crores less than the runner-up of the IPL. The amount that the winners of the IPL draw makes it one of the biggest cash-rich leagues in the world.
The numbers depict that IPL is quite big than PSL & WPL. As per the data, WPL in 2 years has become more profitable than PSL in nine years. WPL’s success in just the second year of its inauguration is at its peak. In fact BCCI secretary, Jay Shah tweeted that before the final on Sunday night, a total of 3,50,000 attendees had witnessed the match. The league was being live streamed for free on Jio Cinema and those numbers would also be on a higher side.
The way IPL 2024 auctions turned up with Mitchell Starc becoming the most expensive player in the history of IPL as well as any T20 league in the world at Rs 24.75 crore is testimony to the constantly increasing brand value of the cash-rich T20 league. Notably, IPL 2024 is the biggest league in the world with teams playing for it over a period of two months.
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