Muhammad Hafeez became the highest earning Pakistani Cricketer from 2015-16. According to the reports submitted by the board to the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination for the 2015-16 fiscal year, Hafeez approximately earned a total of Rs.39 million from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
While Shahid Afridi earned Rs.18 million, and Sarfraz Ahmed earned somewhere around Rs.33 million.
The board mentions it paid a number of 46 cricketers in total, handing out approximately Rs.550 million rupees as salaries and bonus fees.
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Since Sarfraz Ahmed plays all three formats, he fell shortly after Muhammad Hafeez under the highest paid cricketer. However, all-rounder Shahid Afridi popularly known as ‘Lala’ earned only Rs.18m as he only plays for T-20 format.
Other top earning players who were a part of the report and their earnings are as follows:
- Azhar Ali – Rs.30 million
- Younis Khan – Rs.24 million
- Misbah-ul-Haq – Rs.24 million
- Ahmed Shehzad – Rs.28 million
- Wahab Riaz – Rs.29 million
- Shoaib Malik – Rs.26 million
- Asad Shafiq – Rs.20 million
- Umar Akmal – Rs.18 million
- Rahat Ali – Rs.17 million
- Mohammad Irfan – Rs.15 million
- Muhammad Rizwan – Rs.14 million
- Junaid Khan Rs.13 million
- Anwar Ali – Rs.12 million
- Zulfiqar Babar – Rs.11 million
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