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Each member of the Pakistan T20 World Cup squad will get $100,000 if the team wins the ICC event in America in June, the country's cricket board announced on Sunday. The announcement was made by PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi after he spent nearly two hours with the players here before their departure for the away T20 match against Ireland and England on Monday evening. Naqvi also said that the prize money had no importance compared to lifting the trophy and expressed hope that the team would hoist the Pakistani flag. “Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi announced that he will give each player a prize of $100,000 for winning the T20 World Cup,” the PCB posted on social media.
He also told the players “not to care about anyone”, but to just play for Pakistan and demonstrate teamwork, and, “God willing”, victory will be achieved by the team.
Naqvi further said that all the players were united while also expressing hope that fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi would give a great performance in the tournament.
“The country has a lot of expectations from you. You have to fulfill them,” he told the players.
During his visit, the PCB chairman also distributed special shirts to players for achieving milestones. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohamad Rizwan was awarded a jersey for completing 3,000 T20 runs, while pacer Naseem Shah was awarded a jersey for taking 100 T20 wickets.
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