IPL Final 2019: Prize money on offer and all the other awards, cash reward - Everything to know
Apart from the trophy and a fourth IPL crown, the winning skipper will also march away with a prize money of ₹20 crore.
Mumbai Indians will take on the Chennai Super Kings in the final of this year’s IPL and this clash promises to be a real humdinger as both sides have won the trophy thrice. Although, Mumbai have got the better the CSK in all the three matches between the two sides across the season, the experience and temperament of MS Dhoni and his team always come through in crunch matches.
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Apart from the trophy and a fourth IPL crown, the winning skipper will also march away with a prize money of ₹20 crore. 50 per cent of this prize money will go to the franchise and the rest of the amount will be divided between the players. The runner-up will also be richer by ₹12.5 crore. The third and fourth teams in playoffs, will get ₹10.5 crore and ₹8.5 crore respectively.
There are plenty of other categories and awards which will be up for grabs. An Emerging player is picked and awarded, the criteria of which is as following - a player who is born after 1 April 1993, has played 5 or fewer Test matches or 20 less ODIs, have played in 25 or less IPL matches (at the start of the season) and has never won this award in the earlier seasons.
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Previous winners of the award -
2008 - Shreevats Goswami (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2009 - Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
2010 - Saurabh Tiwary (Mumbai Indians)
2011 - Iqbal Abdullah (Kolkata Knight Riders)
2012 - Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
2013 - Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
2014 - Axar Patel (Kings XI Punjab)
2015 - Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)
2016 - Mustafizur Rehman (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
2017 - Basil Thampi (Gujarat Lions)
2018 - Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)
The batsman who has scored the maximum runs wins the orange cap award as well as ₹10 lakhs. David Warner, with 692 runs, is all but certain to clinch this accolade this year.
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Previous winners of the award -
2008 - Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab)
2009 - Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)
2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2013 - Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings)
2014 - Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)
2015 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2017 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
2018 - Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
A purple cap as well as a cash prize of ₹10 lakhs is also awarded to a bowler who has taken the maximum wickets in the season gone by.
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Previous winners of the award -
2008 - Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals)
2009 - R P Singh (Deccan Chargers)
2010 - Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
2011 - Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)
2012 - Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils)
2013 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
2014 - Mohit Sharma (Chennai Super Kings)
2015 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)
2016 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
2017 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
2018 - Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab)
And then there is the MVP, an award for the most valuable player of the season. This is awarded to the player who had the maximum impact over the season and was an out-and-out match-winner for his side.
Previous winners of the award -
2008 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)
2009 - Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
2010 - Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2013 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)
2014 - Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab)
2015 - Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2017 - Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant)
2018 - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
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Apart from these awards, there are also a number of sponsored prizes up for grabs which include the catch of the season and the team which played the matches with great spirit and according to the rules.
Also, the batsman with the highest strike-rate will drive away a Tata Harrier SUV car. The player who played with the most flair and poise will be named the FBB Stylish Player of the Season award and will be awarded ₹10 lakh as prize money.
Also, there is a Dream 11 game-changer award which will be awarded to a player who changed the game with a moment of brilliance.
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