On Thursday (August 29), the Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed the Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship.
The domestic cricket season in Pakistan is going to start soon, but the PCB has not yet confirmed the schedule of matches. On Thursday (August 29), the Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed the Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship. Citing the monsoon season, the PCB said in a letter addressed to the District Cricket Associations that the tournament will start a week later than the scheduled time i.e. from September 8. The board has also rescheduled some other tournaments, let us give you all the information through this article.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also rescheduled these tournaments
According to a report in Dawn, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to move the District Under-19 Championship from September 1 to October 10. Recently, the board also changed the start date of the Champions One Day Cup, the recently launched top-tier “Champions” 50-over tournament, from September 1 to September 12.
The mentors of the five Champions teams were announced earlier this week, but the coaching staff and squads of each participating team have not yet been finalised. Each Champions team has not yet named a 30-member squad for the four-day, one-day and Twenty20 formats. A group of players will undergo fitness tests ahead of the team selection process on Friday, August 30. The fitness tests will be held at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore.
Heavy compensation has also been fixed for mentors
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also fixed huge compensation for the mentors of the champions teams (Waqar Younis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sarfaraz Ahmed). According to Dawn’s report, the income of the mentors ranges from $25,000 to Rs 5 million per month. Let us tell you, Shoaib Malik has been appointed as the mentor of the champions team Stallions. At the same time, it is not yet decided which teams will be taken charge of by the other mentors.