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Pakistan Cricket Players Salaries 2018 Central Contracts


Pakistan made a great comeback in cricket, after winning champions trophy 2017, this year increase the team potential level. There are players in the team who get Central contracts from grade (B) to (A). New players included in the team squad and central contracts which are recently announced by the PCB governing body. Currently team lead by wicket keeper (Sarfraz Ahmed) who is a successful captain of Pakistan after Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi.

Pakistan Cricketers Salaries 2018 Central Contracts (Revealed)
Players ODI Fee Test Fee T20 Fee Grade Retainer Fee
Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) (C) Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 45 Lakh
Azhar Ali Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 25 Lakh
Mohammad Hafeez Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 25 Lakh
Shoaib Malik Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 25 Lakh
Mohammad Amir Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 25 Lakh
Yasir Shah Rs 50,000 Rs 100,000 Rs 30,000 A Rs 25 Lakh
Babar Azam Rs 40,000 Rs 80,000 Rs 25,000 B Rs 15 Lakh
Imad Wasim Rs 40,000 Rs 80,000 Rs 25,000 B Rs 15 Lakh
Hasan Ali Rs 40,000 Rs 80,000 Rs 25,000 B Rs 15 Lakh
Asad Shafiq Rs 40,000 Rs 80,000 Rs 25,000 B Rs 15 Lakh
Fakhar Zaman Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Ahmed Shehzad Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Shadab Khan Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Mohammad Abbas Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Junaid Khan Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Wahab Riaz Rs 35,000 Rs 75,000 Rs 20,000 C Rs 10 Lakh
Mohammad Asghar Rs 30,000 Rs 60,000 Rs 15,000 D Rs 7.5 Lakh
Fahim Ashraf Rs 30,000 Rs 60,000 Rs 15,000 D Rs 7.5 Lakh
Rumman Raees Rs 30,000 Rs 50,000 Rs 15,000 D Rs 7.5 Lakh
Usman Salahuddin Rs 30,000 Rs 50,000 Rs 15,000 D Rs 7.5 Lakh
Sohail Tanvir Rs 30,000 Rs 50,000 Rs 15,000 N/A Rs 7.5 Lakh

After playing a good domestic careers for the their home city cricket clubs. They made their name among the national team. The most promising players that get A central contract in a short period of term is (Mohammad Amir) he played just few matches after getting permission to play international cricket after five years ban. Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik also gets their central contracts renew after champions trophy performances.

In 2016, only four players who selected for central contracts in (A) category which now increased up to six players as you see in the above table. The salaries of A grade category players bit higher then the B contract holders. Some Pakistani players who promoted from C category to B category due to their individual performance efforts in Pakistan Super League and International cricket matches.

Man of the Match & Series Extra Bonus:
There is extra 20% bonus for the batsman who scores the century in the match. Fakhar Zaman who scored century against team India in Champions Trophy final received extra bonus money with the salary of ($3,500). If batsman score century or double century in test he earn ($5,500) Rs 5 Lakhs extra cash bonus with salary. Same bonus packages goes for the bowlers, if a bowler managed to take 5 wickets in ODI match or complete hat-trick received ($2,500) almost (Rs 250,000) and when bowler completes 10 wickets haul in the test match he gets cash prize of ($5,000) Rs 500,000.

Individual Team Cash Prizes for Pakistan Players:

Extra bonus prize money adjusted for all the team members. When they win the series against the top five ranking team (Australia, England, India, South Africa and New Zealand). Their salaries become double if they clean sweep the series. Pakistan have won champions trophy 2017 recently the prize money distributed among the players equally. 100% bonus money for the players if team wins the major trophy like (Asia Cup, Champions Trophy, World T20 Cup and World Cup). All team members will received (Rs 1 crore) each if they won major trophy in next 2 years.