National cricket players will receive monthly salaries under centralcontracts. Details of the four categories of central contracts have beenrevealed.
It should be noted that the Pakistan Cricket Board has included 25cricketers in central contracts, which will commence from July 1, 2023, andwill also include ICC earnings.
According to PCB, players have been divided into different categories forcentral contracts. In the A category, captains Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik,and Mohammad Rizwan are included.
In the B category, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz,Naseem Shah, and Shadab Khan are included.
In the C category, Imad Wasim and Abdullah Shafique are included.
Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ehsanullah, Mohammad Haris,Mohammad Wasim Jr., Saheem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, SaudShakeel, Shan Nawaz Dhani, Shahn Masood, Osama Mir, and Zaman Khan areincluded in the D category.
According to sources, players in the A category will receive approximately600,000 rupees monthly, while players in the B category will receive410,000 rupees monthly.
Players in the C category of central contracts will receive 1,750,000rupees monthly, while players in the D category will receive 1,130,000rupees monthly.
According to sources, players’ monthly income will also include 3% of therevenue received from ICC by PCB.
