SYDNEY: With excitement breweing ahead of the grandest mega tournament scheduled to take place next week, fans are eagerly waiting to witness their favourite cricketers in action. Let’s take a look at the previous champions of the T20 World Cup ahead of the 2022 tournament in Australia from October 16 to November 13: 2021 — Australia 2016 — West Indies 2014 — Sri Lanka 2012 — West Indies 2010 — England 2009 — Pakistan 2007 — India The International Cricket Council (ICC) has disclosed the prize money for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup. According to a statement released by the ICC, the title winners this season will receive a whopping US$1.6 million, while the runners-up will receive $800,000, which is half of the $1.6 million prize for the winners. “The ICC announced that the winning side at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne on November 13 would receive prize money of $1.6 million, with the runners-up guaranteed half the amount.” At the end of the 16-team tournament that runs for nearly a month, the losing semi-finalists will each get $400,000 from the $5.6 million total prize pool. Moreover, the eight teams who exit at the Super 12 stage will receive $70,000 each. A victory in each of the 30 games in the Super 12 phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be worth $40,000, similar to last year. The eight teams that reached directly to the Super 12 phase are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa. The other eight teams — Namibia, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE in Group A and West Indies, Scotland, Ireland and Zimbabwe in Group B — are split into two groups of four and will play the first round. The prize money of $40,000 will be awarded to each winner in the first round, with the 12 matches amounting to $480,000. Meanwhile, the four teams knocked out in the first round will get $40,000 each.