Head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathore, fielding coach T. Dilip and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey will get Rs 2.5 crore each. All five members of the selection committee – chairman Ajit Agarkar, Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sundar Das and S Sharath – will get Rs 1 crore each.

physiotherapists Kamlesh Jain, Yogesh Parmar, and Tulsi Ram Yuvraj; Throwdown specialists Raghavindra Davgi, Nuwan Udeneke and Dayanand Garani, masseurs Rajeev Kumar and Arun Kanade as well as strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai will get Rs 2 crore each.

The report also said that BCCI staff members traveling with the team, including the team's video analysts, media officials and logistics managers will also be rewarded. In 2013, when India started M.S. Under the leadership of England won the Champions Trophy. Under Dhoni's captaincy, each player was paid Rs 1 crore as prize money, while the support staff was paid Rs 30 lakh.

In 2011, when India won the ODI World Cup in Mumbai under Dhoni, the prize money for each player was Rs 1 crore, but it was later revised to Rs 2 crore. The support staff was given Rs 50 lakh each, while the selectors were given Rs 25 lakh.

In 2007, when India won the first T20 World Cup in South Africa, the team received prize money worth Rs 12 crore. When India won its first ODI World Cup title in 1983, everyone at a fundraising concert by legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was paid Rs 1 lakh.