The Pakistan Cricket Team’s centrally contracted players’ salaries have been revealed following PCB’s recent statement that the agreements had been finalized.
New contracts maintain match prices and monthly pay from the previous term, notwithstanding a minor rise in the ICC revenue share. PCB made the unexpected decision to not give contracts to a number of well-known players, including Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, and Fakhar Zaman.
Since the majority of the players departed for the Australian tour, they have not yet signed their contracts. However, PCB intends to gather player signatures via email in order to finalize the accords.
Here is the breakdown of the salaries of the Pakistan Cricket team.
Category A:
With a base pay of PKR 4.5 million per month, superstars Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan are at the top of the league. Their monthly total rises to an amazing PKR 6.57 million as their ICC share increases to PKR 2.07 million from PKR 1.53 million.
Category B:
Shan Masood, speed aces Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah will receive PKR 3 million a month. The monthly total now stands at PKR 4.552 million, with the ICC share in this category having also been raised to PKR 1.552 million.
Category C:
Category C includes established players like Shadab Khan as well as up-and-coming players like Abdullah Shafique and Abrar Ahmed. In addition to their base wage of PKR 1 million, these players will also receive an ICC share hike, increasing their monthly earnings to PKR 2.035 million.
Category D:
Aamir Jamal and Mohammad Wasim Junior, who are in the entry-level Category D, would get a base monthly salary of PKR 750,000, plus a revised ICC share that will increase their monthly total compensation to PKR 1.267 million.
Test matches now cost PKR 1,257,795, ODIs PKR 644,620, and T20Is PKR 418,584. Match prices for all formats have not changed. Central contract holders are also eligible for domestic game compensation, which includes PKR 209,292 for each T20 match played, PKR 322,310 for each ODI, and PKR 628,898 for a four-day game.
Although the exclusion of well-known players is still a controversial issue that supporters and experts will be closely observing, PCB hopes that better contracts will keep players motivated in the face of impending overseas deployments.
