The inclusion of major foreign stars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will not burden the pockets of the franchises.
According to the details, in the list of foreign stars sent by the Cricket Board to the franchises before the draft, special notices were also written in front of some of them. He became the most expensive cricketer in the history of PSL.
However, the entire 3 lakh dollars will not have to be given to the franchise, a few years ago the governing council of PSL decided that when the net revenue of the broadcast in the central pool reaches 3 billion rupees, 5 lakh of it will be given every year. The dollars will be used to compensate elite players annually.
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There was no need last year, now this amount has increased to 10 million dollars, PCB will help with this fund to compensate players like David Warner and Daryl Mitchell, up to 1 million dollars can be given to a player. Thus, Karachi Kings David Warner will have to pay only 2 lakh dollars.
Daryl Mitchell’s minimum compensation was written at 2 lakh dollars, his services have been obtained by Lahore Qalandars, there has been a tradition of paying a maximum of 1 lakh 70 thousand dollars to a single player in PSL, however, in the past 250,000 to ABD Villiers and 230,000 to Kevin Pollard have also been given.
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The PCB wanted to attract big players to the league by raising the fees, but faced difficulties due to the dates clashing with the IPL.
