Under-fire PCB revises match fees of players in National T20 Championship
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday increased the players’ match fee for the National T20 Championship after its decision to enforce a pay cut faced severe backlash.
The PCB had earlier reduced the match fees to Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 for players and reserves, forcing its chairman Mohsin Naqvi to issue orders to review the decision.
Finding itself in a corner after widespread criticism, PCB has now increased the match fees of players to Rs 40,000 and reserves to Rs 20,000.
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Pakistan’s domestic cricket schedule and structure has been under discussion this season after the board abruptly stopped the National Under-19 Championship after just one day’s play.
The decision to reduce the match fees was earlier taken on the orders of Naqvi aft...
