PCB receives Champions Trophy prize money from ICC

Rs230m to be divided into 17 part; 16 for players, one for management

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KARACHI:
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) received the Champions Trophy prize money, Rs230 million, from the International Cricket Council (ICC) and is ready to distribute it among players.

Pakistan beat India in the final to be crowned the 2017 Champions Trophy winners and bagged a total prize money of $2,200,000 (which is approximately Rs230 million) which was sent by the ICC without any tax cuts to the PCB.

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The money will now be divided into 17 parts, where 16 players will receive the money while the last part will be distributed among team management.


According to an estimate, each player is set to receive Rs13.5m. Every person in the team management may receive Rs10,00,000 each.

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Left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz, who was sent back to Pakistan after incurring an injury in the first match of the tournament, will also receive one part of the prize money.

Apart from this, the players were also promised Rs10m by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, also the Patron of the PCB.

Meanwhile, many individual performers also received prize money and other gifts from private organisations.
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