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<\/p>\nA reported $25,000 PCB No Objection Certificate fee has deterred Major League Cricket franchises from signing Pakistani players, leaving Haris Rauf as the league’s sole representative.<\/p>\n
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IMAGE: Haris Rauf, signed by San Francisco Unicorns, will be the only Pakistani player featuring in this year’s Major League Cricket. Photograph: ANI Photo<\/p>\n
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Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf is the only Pakistani player featuring in this year’s Major League Cricket after the PCB introduced a reported $25,000 No Objection Certificate fee for franchises.
\nAccording to an MLC franchise source, the additional fee has discouraged teams from signing Pakistani players as it significantly increases squad acquisition costs despite the league’s previous reliance on Pakistan talent.
\nWhile the PCB has not officially confirmed the policy, chairman Mohsin Naqvi has reportedly defended the fee as a legitimate revenue source, with uncertainty remaining over the board’s NOC rules for T20 leagues.<\/p>\n
A recent policy decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to demand a $25,000 fee for players’ No Objection Certificates (NOCs) left Haris Rauf — signed by the San Francisco Unicorns — as the country’s sole representative in the USA’s Major League Cricket (MLC) this year.<\/p>\n
In the past, number of Pakistani players had been signed up by MLC franchises.<\/p>\n
A MLC franchise source has revealed how the PCB has implemented a new policy of taking a $25,000 fee from MLC franchises for granting NOC to their players for the league.<\/p>\n
While the PCB has neither confirmed nor denied the new policy, chairman Mohsin Naqvi reportedly told a franchise that charging the fee is the board’s right and a source of revenue.<\/p>\n