Team India (T20I) secured their ninth Asia Cup trophy after a balanced 5-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai on September 28, 2025. Tilak Varma’s 69 off 53 ensured India retained their regional crown after a hard-fought encounter.

Victory at the Asia Cup 2025 final earns India’s cricket team bragging rights and a US$300,000 (IN₹ 26.6 crore) cash prize.

Other cash prizes are also available to several outstanding players who delivered remarkable performances throughout the 3-week continental showpiece. Let’s see the full prize breakdown and other details about happenings during the final.

Record-Extending Team India First to Receive Highest-Ever Asia Cup Payout

Team India will receive over IN₹ 26 crores for securing the title and get other rewards from India’s cricket governing body.

Match-winning bonuses at the Asia Cup are also expected, and that could push the total prize money available to over IN₹ 30 crores. See the full prize money available to Team India below:

• ACC tournament cash: US$ 300,000 (IN₹ 26.6 crore).
• Match-win payments: US$ 90,000 (IN₹ 7.9 crore).

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a IN₹ 21-crore cash prize shortly after their squad won the title. No Asia Cup winning team has ever had such a massive reward in the history of this competition.

List of Individual Award Winners & Prize Money

Top Performing Players at Asia Cup 2025

Several players did not get cash prizes for their individual effort at the Asia Cup 2025. Here’s a list of remarkable solo efforts that did not attract monetary rewards at the just-concluded tournament:

Delays Mar Celebratory End to Asia Cup 2025

The final game had fans at the edge of their seat, with some Team India players admitting immense pressure from Pakistan’s cricketers during the encounter. India braved all odds to win the final game, but the award ceremony was not the end fans expected to such a high-stakes tournament.

Clear organisational lapses were evident, as both teams waited for over an hour before the award ceremony officially began. Most fans had already left before organisers began setting up the awards podium, and the event assumed a dull climax from that moment onward.

Several delays before the ceremony’s start appeared to anger both sets of players, with the Pakistan team opting to leave early. The winning side also had a unique response to delays, as they declined to publicly receive the trophy they won moments earlier.

BCCI Secy Lauds Team for Snubbing ACC Chairman

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, Devajit Saikia backed his countrymen for refusing to receive the Asia Cup title after winning it:

“We have decided not to take the Asia Cup trophy from the ACC chairman, who happens to be one of the main leaders of Pakistan,” Mr. Saikia said.

Mr. Mohsin Naqvi is the current head of Asia’s cricket governing body and chairs Pakistan’s board too. India have made their stance clear throughout the tournament by refusing to exchange handshakes with Pakistani players and officials. Their boycott of the trophy presentation is a direct result of Naqvi’s presence at the ceremony.

India’s Road to Asia Cup 2025 Glory

India maintained a perfect record to clinch their most-recent Asia Cup title. Check out their progression at the competition before seeing off Pakistan to claim the huge cash prize and recognition: