{"id":40651,"date":"2024-06-25T23:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=40651"},"modified":"2024-06-25T23:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:39:12","slug":"pcb-reveals-monthly-salaries-of-pakistan-cricket-team-players-details-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-reveals-monthly-salaries-of-pakistan-cricket-team-players-details-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB reveals monthly salaries of Pakistan Cricket Team players; Details inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-chairman-naqvi-orders-promotion-of-domestic-cricket-quality-2\/\">Pakistan Cricket Board<\/a> (PCB) has revealed the details of players&#8217; remuneration under their central contract.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after the team&#8217;s early exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, forcing the board to consider revising the players&#8217; central contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Some players may face demotion due to poor performance, while others may lose their main contract altogether.<\/p>\n<p>As per the current central contract, Category A players, including Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi, receive Rs 45 lakh per month.<\/p>\n<p>In Category B, players like Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah are paid Rs 30 lakh per month.<\/p>\n<p>Category C players like Imad Wasim earn Rs 750,000 to Rs 15 lakh per month.<\/p>\n<p>Category D players, including Iftikhar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Saeem Ayub, and others, receive the same salary as Category C.<\/p>\n<p>These figures only represent the monthly salaries of the players. They also earn match fees and win bonuses in all three formats (Tests, ODIs, T20Is) and enjoy sponsorship benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Geo News that the current three-year central contract was implemented on July 1, 2023, after the then PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf pushed for higher salaries from the players.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/mohammad-rizwan-opens-up-about-his-8-year-long-interesting-love-story\/\">Mohammad Rizwan<\/a> are at risk of losing their Category A status. However, sources say that the salaries of national cricketers will not be cut.<\/p>\n<p>There are also concerns that players may reject central contracts in the event of relegation, opting to play without restriction.<\/p>\n<p>The board is awaiting a report from head coach Gary Kirsten before making a decision. Additionally, the report of Senior Manager Wahab Riaz will be reviewed before taking final decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed the details of players&#8217; remuneration under their central contract. The announcement comes after the team&#8217;s early exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, forcing the board to consider revising the players&#8217; central contracts. Some players may face demotion due to poor performance, while others may lose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":40652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7501,1252,459],"class_list":["post-40651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-haris-rauf","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-pakistan-cricket-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40653,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40651\/revisions\/40653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}