Pakan Cricket Board refutes reports of T20 World Cup squad getting fined after exit before reaching semis | Cricket News

3 min readMar 14, 2026 04:48 PM The Pakan Cricket Board on Saturday rubbished recent media reports that the team had been fined for their T20 World Cup exit. “No player has been fined but yes the board is thinking about working out a formula for players because they get lot of incentives when they perform well. But nothing is final and no player has been fined,” Amir Mir, the PCB spokesperson, told reporters.
Pakan had a disappointing 2026 World Cup campaign, failing to reach the semifinals even after playing all their matches in Sri Lanka. They started with a narrow 7-wicket win over Netherlands, followed a 32-run victory over USA. Then they fell to arch-rivals India 61 runs and ended their group stage commitments with a 102-run win vs Namibia.
Their first match of the Super 8s vs New Zealand was abandoned and things became harder for them after their loss to England. They could have still made it to the semis if they had defeated Sri Lanka a specific margin to overhaul New Zealand’s run rate but ultimately fell short and exited the tournament.
It was earlier, reported that each Pakan player were fined PKR five million after the team’s exit from the ICC showpiece without reaching the last four stage. Pakan cricketers are given central contracts with monthly retainers besides the usual match and tour fees and bonuses for winning matches in different categories. The players also get a share of the logo sponsorship deal signed the board.

Last year. it was also agreed that the players would get a 3 percent share of the annual revenues that the PCB gets from the International Cricket Council, which amounts close to USD 34 million a year.
Pakan’s maiden ICC trophy was in 1992, when the Imran Khan led them to victory in the World Cup. They won the 2009 T20 World Cup with a win over Sri Lanka in England and then won their third and last ICC trophy in the form of the 2017 Champions Trophy.

The last time Pakan reached an ICC tournament final was in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, where they lost to England. Post that final loss, Pakan have not been able to reach the semi-finals. In the 2024 T20 World Cup as well 2025 ICC Champion Trophy, Pakan did not reach the knock-out stage.