Lets discuss Pakistan domestic cricketers monthly salary 2023-26.
A total of 360 cricketers, from 18 regional teams, are going to be offered
PCB domestic contracts for the 2023-24 season in Pakistan, nearly double the number of contracts they had offered over the last few seasons.
Twenty of the players will be offered the A+ category, and the remaining 340 in categories A to F. The names of the players have not been announced yet.
“Through this initiative, the PCB is cultivating a brighter future for domestic cricketers, enabling them to focus wholeheartedly on their game and raising the overall standard of our cricket,” Junaid Zia, director of domestic cricket operations at PCB, said in a statement.
Although the value of retainers offered has not increased, the larger pool of cricketers being offered them is a course change from the last few editions of the Quaid-e-Azam (QeA) trophy; those editions featured only six provincial teams.
Category A+ Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 20 top domestic cricketers are given Category A+.
PKR 300,000 will be the monthly salary of Category A+ cricketers made up of the top four batters and five bowlers from the last three seasons – 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 – of the QA trophy along with 11 other players recommended by the PCB’s central contract committee.
Category A Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 30 domestic cricketers are given Category A. These Category A domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 200000.
The top four batters and the top four bowlers (two fast bowlers and two spinners) at the Pakistan Cup (List A) for the last three seasons; the top two batters and two bowlers (two fast bowlers and two spinners) of the National T20 for the last three seasons; top two batters and top two bowlers (two fast bowlers and two spinners) and the top allrounder below those in Category A+ of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the last three seasons; Test players who are part of current regional squads.
Category C Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 30 domestic cricketers are given Category C. These Category C domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 185000.
International players who are part of the current regional squads; the top three batters in terms of runs, top two fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets and top two allrounders of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 (who are not in A+ or A); top five batters in terms of runs, top three fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets and top two allrounders of Pakistan Cup 2022-23 (who are not in A+ or A); top five batters in terms of runs, top three fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets and top two allrounders of National T2o 2022-23 (who are not in A+ or A).
Category C Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 30 domestic cricketers are given Category B. These Category B domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 170000.
Players who have played 50 or more first-class matches (but are not in the earlier categories); players who have represented Pakistan Shaheens/Emerging since 2022 (but are not in the earlier categories); players who have been a part of Pakistan squad within last one year (but are not in the earlier categories); top two wicketkeepers of each Quad-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and National T20 for the season 2022-23 (but are not in the earlier categories); top three batters in terms of runs, top two fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets, and top two allrounders of the 2022-23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (but are not in the earlier categories); top three batters in terms of runs, top two fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets, and top two allrounders of the last Pakistan Cup (but are not in the earlier categories).
Category D Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 30 domestic cricketers are given Category D. These Category D domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 150000.
The top three batters in terms of runs, top two fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets, and top two allrounders of National T20 Season 2022-23 (but are not in the earlier categories) Top five batters in terms of runs, top two fast bowlers in terms of wickets, top two spinners in terms of wickets, top two allrounders, and top two wicketkeepers, each, (in terms of wickets and runs) of the PCB’s Second XI Championship, Challenge and T20 for the Season 2022-23; players who have represented Pakistan Under-19 in the last two years.
Category E Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 50 domestic cricketers are given Category E. These Category E domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 100000.
Players who have represented Pakistan Shaheens in the past; players who have represented the Pakistan emerging team in the last two years; players who have represented Pakistan Under-19 in the past; players who have played 20 or more first-class matches.
Category F Domestic Cricketers Monthly Salary 2023-26
Total of 50 domestic cricketers are given Category F. These Category F domestic cricketers are given monthly salary of PKR 50000.
Also Read: Pakistan Cricketers Salaries for Year 2023-26
