Each Player to Get $100,000 Cash If Team Lifts T20I World Cup: PCB 

Naeem Niazi

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has announced a $100,000 cash award for each player if the Pakistan cricket team wins the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and the USA next month.

The PCB chief visited the Gaddafi Stadium, where the team is preparing for the Ireland series, to meet and interact with the players prior to their departure for the T20 World Cup.

He spent two hours with the team and later hosted a luncheon for them and officials at a local hotel, as stated by the PCB spokesperson on Sunday. The Pakistan Men’s cricket team is scheduled to leave for the Ireland and England T20Is series on May 7 (Tuesday) and will subsequently fly to New York for the ICC T20I World Cup from England.

“The prize money is of no value when compared with winning the World Cup,” Mohsin Naqvi emphasized, expressing his hope that the green shirts would play fearless cricket and raise their country’s flag. 

Urging them to exhibit teamwork on the field, the PCB chief encouraged cricketers to play for Pakistan, adding that “success would be yours if you play as one unit. Give your best on the cricket pitch. Give a good fight to the opposition. Victory will be yours and loss mine,” Naqvi said.

Speaking to Shaheen Shah Afridi, he said: “Shaheen will produce his best in the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup,” adding that the nation had high hopes from the ace fast bowler and he must live up to their expectations.

The PCB chief also presented specially designed green shirts to wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan and fast bowler Naseem Shah for reaching individual milestones in T20I cricket. Mohammad Rizwan completed his 3000 runs while Naseem Shah bagged 100 wickets in T20Is for Pakistan.

National Men’s cricket selectors Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Yousaf, Captain Babar Azam, Head Coach (Ireland T20I series) former all-rounder Azher Mehmood, and Director of International Cricket Usman Wahla were also present.