There was windfall for the Indian team after they lifted the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg on Monday.
BCCI president Sharad Pawar [Images], who was present on the occasion, declared an award of USD 2 million after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [Images] boys clinched the nail-biting encounter by five runs in front of a boisterous, tricolour waving crowd.
Another Rs one crore prize money was announced for batting mainstay Yuvraj Singh [Images] for becoming the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in the shorter version of the game.
Yuvraj, who had been firing on all cylinders in the tournament, brought the record by whacking Stuart Broad in the Super Eight match against England [Images].
Besides, the tournament prize money of USD 4,90000 further swelled their purses.
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