The Pakistan Cricket Board will undertake a brand new coverage for its centrally contracted gamers from July 1 with the brand new contracts being given out for 2 totally different codecs as an alternative of the present one contract mechanism.

An official within the board instructed PTI on Saturday that contracts might be given out for pink ball and white ball codecs.

“Essentially gamers who signify and carry out for the nation in each codecs might be given separate pink ball and white ball contacts which means they may earn two retainers as an alternative of the present one,” he stated.

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He said that the PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had in principle agreed to a 25 to 30 percent increase in the monthly retainers of the players who will be given contracts.

“While match fees for all centrally contracted players in different categories remains uniform, retainers will be based on seniority, performance and fitness,” he stated.

He additionally stated that probably the variety of gamers who might be given the brand new central contracts will enhance to round 28-30 from the present 20 gamers.

“This is due to the 2 separate codecs we’ll give contracts in. The enhance in variety of gamers will probably be within the rising class,” he said.

Category A which includes Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali allows for a monthly retainer of 1.25 million Pakistan Rupees while the players in B category are paid 935,000 and those in C category 562,000 per month.

The official also said that the board would be setting up a new compensation fund for marquee players.

“The purpose of this fund is that those of our players who are absolutely essential for the team as per the feedback of the team management will be compensated (partially) if they have to drop foreign league contracts offered to them.”

“If the crew administration feels that some gamers must be nursed and brought care of they are going to be discouraged from collaborating in international leagues continuously and they are going to be partially compensated by the board,” he added.

“The idea is to prolong the careers of essential players and help prevent burnout while ensuring they don’t lose out financially,” he stated.

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