Faisalabad
The upcoming National T20 Cup not only presents an opportunity to the fans to witness action-packed cricket, but it also serves chances to the players to bag lucrative prize money, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced in a press release.
After the restructuring in the domestic structure, the winning prize money for the tournament has seen a 100 per cent surge as the team to be crowned the champions of the National T20 Cup on October 24 will pocket Rs5 million.
The runner-up will get Rs2.5m and the top performers of the tournament — player of the tournament, best batsman of the tournament, best bowler of the tournament and best wicketkeeper of the tournament — will get Rs100,000 each.
The player-of-the-match award is worth Rs25,000, while player-of-the-final will be getting Rs35,000.
The boost in the prize monies aligns with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) policy of rewarding top-performing players.
The increase, however, is not limited to the prize monies as the match fee for the National T20 Cup has also been increased from the past season.
The players in the playing XI of either of the six cricket associations’ sides will earn Rs40,000 per match, which represents a Rs10,000 increase from the past season.
There’s an increase of 113 per cent in the match fee for the non-playing XI players too as they will be getting Rs16,000 during the tournament.
Meanwhile, a 16-member south Punjab cricket team squad was announced for National T-20 Cup, here on Thursday with Shan Masood as captain of the team.
While holding a press conference at the local press club, head coach South Punjab team Abdul Rehman announced the names of the players including Muhammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sami Aslam, Amir Yamin, Wahab Riaz, Irfan senior, Bilawal Bhatti, Rahat Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Shan Masood, Umaid Asif, Umer Siddique, Saif Badar, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Irfan Jr and Zahid Mahmood.
He said that the team would leave for Faisalabad on Friday to participate in the National T20 Cup 2019.
The event would take place in the tournament at Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad from Oct 13 to 24. Six cricket associations will take part in single-league format, with the top four sides featuring in Oct 23 semi-finals. The final will be played on Oct 24.—APP
