IPL 2026 3rd And 4th Place Prize Money: How Much Did Rajasthan Royals And SRH Earn?

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Abhay Tiwari
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Abhay Tiwari is a sports writer with over two years of experience, having worked with Zee News and currently with Sports Digest. He covers cricket, badminton,...
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IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) have created history and clinched their back-to-back IPL titles. Virat Kohli helped RCB to seize their second title. After the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore became the third team to win the consecutive IPL titles. You must be aware of how much prize money Winners and Runners-up have received but, Do you have any idea how much money the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad earned in IPL 2026.

Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Rajat Patidar sealed their second IPL title. It was a superb match between the Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB was chasing down a target of 158 runs and Virat Kohli made it again. King Kohli single-handedly managed to chase down the target while scoring 75 runs not out in just 42 balls, with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. He showed again why he is called the chase master and seized the title in style by hitting a six in the 18th over for his franchise. 

Price Money for Winners and Runners-up

Royal Challengers Bangalore have written history and won their second title. Despite winning the trophy at Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad. RCB has received 20 crore rupees. While the Runner-up was awarded 13 crore rupees.  Also, Both the teams Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad who reached the final but fell short to win the title. They had received 7crore and 6.5 crore respectively. 

Here is a breakdown of Prize money

Winner          –              RCB                       –            20 Crore

Runners-up   –       Gujarat Titans               –          13 crore

Qualifier         –     Rajasthan Royals           –           7 crore

Eliminator      –    Sunrisers Hyderabad       –           6.5 Crore

Virat Kohli the Chase master

Virat Kohli the run-machine once again showed why people often called him chase master. While chasing down the target of 156 runs there was a moment when RCB has lost 4 wickets on 91 runs but the king did not give up and he stood alone like a wall and played a magnificent inning of 75 runs of just 42 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes and a superb strike rate of 178.67 also kohli smashed the fastest half-century of his IPL career against the GT in IPL final. 

ALSO READ: Who Won IPL 2026 Final? RCB vs GT Full Match Report and Highlights

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Abhay Tiwari is a sports writer with over two years of experience, having worked with Zee News and currently with Sports Digest. He covers cricket, badminton, and kabaddi, with experience reporting on major events like the Asia Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, and IPL. Beyond journalism, he is passionate about traveling and photography, often capturing moments from his journeys.