Overview
- The PCB Board of Governors, chaired by Mohsin Naqvi, unanimously approved a surplus FY2026–27 budget on Monday that reallocates funds toward domestic cricket, player pay, PSL12 and infrastructure.
- The board ratified a new central-contracts and payment framework that raises international and domestic match fees; specific international rates circulating in media are reported but have not been fully confirmed by the PCB.
- Domestic match fees for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy were raised from Rs30,000 to Rs100,000 per match and reserve-player fees from Rs15,000 to Rs50,000, while overall domestic spending was increased by Rs1 billion to Rs4 billion.
- The PCB approved Rs6.7 billion for stadium and facility upgrades, funding for a biomechanics machine at Lahore’s High Performance Centre, plans to operationalise 12 additional grounds, support for women’s ODI/T20 tournaments, and a minimum regional ground-staff salary of Rs42,000.
- Implementation now moves forward with new contracts to be issued and budgets disbursed over coming months, and the autonomy decision represents a structural change for the PSL that has been run by the PCB since 2016 and raises scrutiny because audited PSL accounts for recent editions have not been publicly released.