Following India’s title victory at the 2025 Champions Trophy, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a cash price of INR 58 crore for the winning squad. Meanwhile, it is still unknown as to how much head coach and support staff will receive. 

Following the announcement, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has asked Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir whether he would follow his predecessor Rahul Dravid in not accepting more money than the other members of the support staff. Notably, former Indian head coach Rahul Dravid had refused to accept more money than his support staff after India’s victory at the T20I World Cup 2024. After India’s victory at the T20I World Cup 2024, BCCI had awarded INR 125 crore to the entire squad. With the T20I title victory, India had broken an 11-year drought to bag the ICC title. 

"It's been a fortnight since the BCCI announced the Champions Trophy rewards, but we haven't heard anything from the current coach on whether he will also do a Dravid. Or is it that Dravid, in this instance, is not a good role model?" Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.

"After the ICC T20 World Cup win and the Board announcement of prize money, the then-coach Rahul Dravid, ever the team man, refused to accept more than his fellow members of the coaching staff and, in fact, shared it equally with his colleagues," he said.

Gavaskar also lauded BBCI for rewarding the players for their performance in India’s title victory at the Champions Trophy. 

"This is truly fantastic, as the Board, which is now awash with funds, is showing its appreciation for the efforts put in by everybody and rewarding them generously. The BCCI is also letting the players keep the prize money that the ICC announced for the winners, which is also a good amount each," he said.

"Now, after our boys won the Champions Trophy, the BCCI announced a whopping ₹58 crore for the squad and the support staff and selection committee. In July last year, after the stirring victory in the ICC T20 World Cup, the BCCI announced ₹125 crore for the squad, support staff, and selectors," he added.