LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Friday introduced a particular reward for the franchises taking part within the upcoming Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 2026.
Naqvi made the announcement on his X account, saying that franchises could be rewarded for his or her contribution to the expansion of the PSL.
The PCB chairman stated that the champion franchise of the PSL 2026 might be rewarded with $500,000, the runner-up to get $300,000, whereas the franchise recognised for its efforts in cricket growth will take dwelling $200,000.
These rewards are separate from the common prize cash awarded every season.
“Let’s take Pakistan cricket to new heights,” he added.
Earlier within the day, the PCB introduced that the public sale for the 2 new PSL franchises might be held on January 6, 2026, marking a serious milestone within the league’s growth plans.
The announcement got here shortly after the PCB dismissed media stories claiming that the names of the 2 new franchises had already been finalised.
The board reiterated that group names will solely be decided after the public sale, and strictly in accordance with the method outlined within the official Bid Paperwork.
Earlier hypothesis instructed that Faisalabad and Gilgit had been the frontrunners; nonetheless, insiders confirmed that these are merely two out of six shortlisted cities.
The pool of shortlisted cities into consideration for franchise allocation contains Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Sialkot, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit.
Solely technically certified bidders might be invited to take part within the public sale, and the profitable bidders could have the appropriate to pick out their most popular metropolis/group title from the shortlisted areas.
