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PCB slaps PKR 5 million fine on players after T20 World Cup 2026 exit

Is the PCB justified in fining Pakistan players PKR 5m after their T20 World Cup failure?

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Mockingbird said:
Yeah. Apparently flew away in a huff half way through Ishan Kishan’s innings. I pity the Pakistani players, board and the country for having to put up with a tantrum throwing man-child.
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I think he left in the middle of pak innings. ( after 6 wickets or so) There was a video of it in revzsports channel .Someone failed to capture his expression after farhan and agha's dismissal. He locked himself in the room.
 
Vikram1989 said:
I think he left in the middle of pak innings. ( after 6 wickets or so) There was a video of it in revzsports channel .Someone failed to capture his expression after farhan and agha's dismissal. He locked himself in the room.
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The guy is not normal, behaves very immaturely. Forget being the PCB chief, how the hell did he become their interior minister?
 
Im absolutely enjoying the turnaround of events before and after the tournament..Just three weeks before, the same Pak people in the forum were keeping Naqvi in the head for his boycott drama and were making big statements like ICC have to give big revenue shares to Pakistan, without Pakistan ICC is nothing, Naqvi is greater than Jay shah..etc. Hope atleast now these people realise he is a big dramebaaz and a lunatic baby who only cares about himself and his image. PCB is the most disgusting cricket board even far worse than Bangladesh..
 
They’re behind the times with modern sport. Most teams in all sport do not fine players like this. They prioritise keeping confidence high. We think we can somehow fine and criticise teams into winning. It doesn’t work. The more pressure you are under, the lower the confidence, the worst the sporting display you will put out. Yes these sports stars are privileged but it’s not the way to produce best results.

Ironically fines are used. But they are used for other things. Don’t meet fitness can result in fines. Not doing the diet or training set out for you, fines. Late for team meetings, fine. Teams even drop players from matches if they break the rules. These are the ways fines and criticism can be used. It makes the players do all the background stuff in order to allow them to give them best in performances. Not punishing them for the result of the match, which is largely out of their control. All you can do is try your best and hope it goes your way. As with any other team. You do the hard work before hand, try your best on the pitch and that’s all there is to it.

PCB and media tends to be overboard in criticism and fining after match results. And too lenient on stuff like diet, fixing, strength training, fitness. All things that the player is easily able to control.
 
Lol good by PCB for fining these jokers. If I were PCB president I would welcome them with garland of shoes and ride of donkeys in Lahore.

They deserve this treatment for their terribleness.

These clowns think they are bigger than team they play with people's emotions.

They don't work on their game they never want to improve their skills.
Pakistan fans should be strict with them. They just get away with every mistake. Losers of highest level.
 
Wow...is it true...

Imagine the pressure on players next time they step on the field ...

But imho don't think pak performance was that absymal...in fact there was improvement.

Pak scored 114 against us in wc t20 2026 ...as opposed to 113 from WC T20 2025 - on 9th June 2024 -esteemed bro @Bhaag Viru Bhaag has happy memories of the day, both on and off the field :) :kapil

Any ways, troll attempt apart - i dont think Pak's performance was so bad that it warranted a Rs 5mill fine - i mean remove Nawaaz, Shadab, Babar, usman maybe even your U-19 guys have more promise and can be fastracked.

pathetic decision and taken in pressure as i guess MQ has to show the top brass he's taken some steps.
 
Mockingbird said:
The guy is not normal, behaves very immaturely. Forget being the PCB chief, how the hell did he become their interior minister?
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Remember how many manchildren here were supporting his immature behavior of running away with the trophy and celebrating it?

He is not alone and with so many immature people in the country it's obvious why guys like these become ministers. He is a fair representation of the country
 
SM1989 said:
Usman Tariq failed against Sri Lanka and contributed to Pakistan losing a semi final spot
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Dude, its literally his debut world cup series. Are you being serious now?

He has been doing great. Do you expect a batsman to score 50 every match?
 
I think I have figured out the big picture now :D. A masterpiece from Naqvi!!

Naqvi has wanted to host a tournament for a long time and has been preparing for it. There are 3 things needed: Trophy, Prize Money, and another team.
First, he stole the trophy from India in September - the first need to host a tournament met!
Now he stole the money from Pakistani players for the Prize Money - the second need to host the tournament met!
Now he just needs to find a team (Namibia or Oman) and then all pieces of this puzzle will have fallen in place!! He will give that Prize Money back to the Pakistani players and everyone is happy again.
 
LOL... This is funny... 5 mil fine.. Is this PCB or some kind of school that is punishing student for late fee submission or whatever...

PCB has become a joke
 
I hope Pakistani fans are now finally proud of Mohsin Naqvi and him stealing the Asia Cup trophy. The guy gave Pakistani fans so many memorable moments to cherish right from before the start of the tournament till now.​
 
Mohsin Naqvi simply cannot manage PCB while simultaneously doing his duties as the Interior Minister, it was wrong from the beginning to give him two important positions. This cannot work.
 
Trophy chor Naqvi might as well sell the “stolen” Asia Cup trophy on the black market and spare the few players who actually performed from paying the fine.
 
i feel bad for players. i think they played upto their full potential. a little bit of luck would have taken them to semis. pcb is the most idiotic board out there
 
Kaptan said:
Trophy chor Naqvi might as well sell the “stolen” Asia Cup trophy on the black market and spare the few players who actually performed from paying the fine.
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That assumes that there will be people willing to pay for it.
 
Hitman said:
I hope Pakistani fans are now finally proud of Mohsin Naqvi and him stealing the Asia Cup trophy. The guy gave Pakistani fans so many memorable moments to cherish right from before the start of the tournament till now.​
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This needs to be made into a comedy series on Netflix
 
Mockingbird said:
I think, equivalent to home ministry in India - Amit Shah’s counterpart.

Can you imagine Amit Shah running away with another team’s trophy or sulking away in a room because India was losing to Pakistan? 😂
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forget running away with the trophy . .. I cannot see a Indian home minister officially running BCCI under Modi who expects nothing but undivided attention from his ministers .
 
Sachin fan said:
Dude, its literally his debut world cup series. Are you being serious now?

He has been doing great. Do you expect a batsman to score 50 every match?
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I expect a batsman to turn up in the crunch matches. Like Fakhar did. Usman Tariq had no excuse to bowl poorly against Sri Lanka of all teams.
 
RehanG said:
I am pretty sure it is fake news. It cannot be for real, probably something like demotaion of contracts.

But there needs to be a overall overhaul and now focus needs to be on ODI WC27 in SA.
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Start with kicking out trundler captain of odi we have
 
Who are they fining from among the PCB administration though? Are they being held accountable for this as much as the players?
 
Great PCB has fined its players for their poor T20 World Cup performance. But let’s be honest, the real problem isn’t the cricket. It’s live streaming. If matches weren’t broadcast in HD, the PCB could have declared it as a historic campaign and perhaps even a dramatic victory over India in a final. No replays, no screenshots, no awkward scorecards, just pure narrative control.
Losing to India isn’t just a defeat, it’s a storyline disaster. Without cameras, someone (Babar/Sahibjada Farhan/Fakhar) might even have been lined up for the highest civilian award for his services to national pride, akin to honouring Army Cheif to Feild Marshal.
 
PCB is the house which fools everyone that the house can be beaten...... PCB always win.
 
The money will be as real as that cheque some business men gave in WT20 when Pak defeated India lol.

Take all these “fines” with a pinch of salt.

Just a distraction from the on field and to some extent off field disaster. No need to take it seriously.
 
It's not right how unfairly Naqvi stacks the deck against his own players.

Trophy Chor antics, the whole boycott antics only to roll back. If he was serious on boycotting the game, he should have gone through with it and faced the consequences.

The players inevitably crack under pressure. They are already in pressure because it's them facing India in an ICC tournament and Pakistan hasn't historically done well against India.
The media hype that players create for themselves only serves to make the failure that much more predominant.

I get that there is some good media/PR around players like Rohit/ MSD/ Kohli but that's mostly to do with their commercial value as a brand. Those PR have little bearing around them being selected into national teams after their best by date.

It seems that perception management is the thing the Pak cricketers do end up doing. Which is fair for getting brand endorsements etc but not for getting selected to be in the Pak teams.
 
Imposing a fine but not rectifying persistent mistakes, messing with batting order. Sounds lame.
So will Babar start scoring runs at no. 04 after this fine?
 
This is silly. Drop players pakistan don’t need, not fine crappy players thousands of dollars.
 
Local.Dada said:
The money will be as real as that cheque some business men gave in WT20 when Pak defeated India lol.

Take all these “fines” with a pinch of salt.

Just a distraction from the on field and to some extent off field disaster. No need to take it seriously.
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Still cricinfo reported. Which means such things did happen
 
Major said:
Still cricinfo reported. Which means such things did happen
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So you are saying a youngster like Nafay who just started his career, don’t know his family background so let’s assume he comes from a humble background, can afford 50 lakhs just like that for no fault of his? It’s ridiculous.

Cricinfo is reporting it but any news outlet reporting this news is doing it in a mocking way or what the hell is this kind of a way.
 
Local.Dada said:
So you are saying a youngster like Nafay who just started his career, don’t know his family background so let’s assume he comes from a humble background, can afford 50 lakhs just like that for no fault of his? It’s ridiculous.

Cricinfo is reporting it but any news outlet reporting this news is doing it in a mocking way or what the hell is this kind of a way.
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Well yeh, he can afford as he has had a psl contract. What is being said is that this money will be deducted from salaries.

Anyways, i also thought it might not be a confirmed news, but cricinfo is one of the most credible news source. They reporting it means this did actually took place.

I think pcb will take a u turn as they are a master of it
 
Major said:
Well yeh, he can afford as he has had a psl contract. What is being said is that this money will be deducted from salaries.

Anyways, i also thought it might not be a confirmed news, but cricinfo is one of the most credible news source. They reporting it means this did actually took place.

I think pcb will take a u turn as they are a master of it
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Srilankan president and Bangladeshi new prime minister is going to tweet and request not to take such severe action on the 'Boys' and then Naqvi Saab with revert this action on the basis of Humanitarian ground. And then PP folks will Hail Naqvi for his generosity..
 
They committed fraud so the fine is justified. But the PCB committed even bigger scam and so Pakistani citizens should sue them in court.
 
prash88 said:
Mohsin Naqvi is desperate to beat India at least once in his tenure and brag about it forever. I hope India don't give a win to him at all in his tenure. 😀😀
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He did after honkiong sixers Asia Cup u19 final legends league i think. Women's world cup u19 world cup he couldn't do..so he was waiting for this
 
This reaction feels like less disappointment over Pak team not making it and more like heartburn because dushman team made it to the semis.

Naqvi is a smart operator though, he by now would have known there ain't much moolah to be made reselling stolen trophies, so this time he went straight for hard cash deciding to pickpocket his own players.

When Plan A of wining trophy fails, move to Plan B of stealing trophy, if it also fails, move to Plan C of lifting wallets.
Tourney after tourney, the Naqvi dude is proving to adapt to conditions and situations better than his team.
Full credit to him.
:inti
 
I am surprised that player didn't get lashed by Naqvi for their poor performance
 
Pachas lakh is not a joke!

Ye lollypop hai & i expect pcb to come to their senses soon, show some undshund clause & retract these fines..
 
Did Pak players get that much participating this WC..? If not then Rauf and Rizwan must be laughing hard right now..
 
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Mohammad Amir speaking during a TV show:

"If fines are the solution, apply them to everyone — from selectors to the administration. Players did not force the selectors at gunpoint to select them. Hold selectors accountable for wrong combinations. Double the fine for them. Stop scapegoating players. This isn’t the real solution. Why do players have to suffer all the time?"

“If you can’t pick the right combination, the ones who selected the squad and chalked out the plans must answer. Will you fine Fakhar Zaman as well, who played just two games? What about Sahibzada Farhan?"

"Fines aren't the solution. I've said it from day one - invest in domestic cricket. That is where you will find quality players. If you are angry with someone, don't fine them; drop them and tell them to perform consistently for two years in domestic cricket. The biggest punishment for a player is being left out of the team."

"The feeling is enough is enough and these players, despite so much backing, let down the nation in big events."
 
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Ahmed Shehzad offered to pay the fines on behalf of the players but with a condition:

“Mein de deta hoon 50 lakh fine. Agar mulk theek ho raha hai ya cricket theek ho rahi hai khuda ki kasam, mein de deta hoon. Saare players ki jagah mein de deta hoon. Jitno ko bhi fine karna hai – mein de deta hoon (I'll pay the PKR 50-lakh fine. If the country is improving or cricket is getting better because of it, I swear to God, I'll pay it. I'll pay on behalf of all the players. Fine whoever you want – I'll pay it.),"

“Will cricket really improve because of this? Will the country get back on the right track? Do the things that will actually fix cricket. We've already told you everything you need to do. Instead of doing these petty things – like fining someone because the performance wasn't good,"

“If someone deliberately underperformed, didn't sleep at night, or didn't follow the team plan, then it makes sense to fine them. But why fine them for losing? This is simply the level of ability these players have. How much will you keep penalising them for that? You'll have to keep fining them again and again,"
 
Fines don't cut it.

Physical punishment is all the Pakistani people understand.

I'd put some British Pakistanis in charge of Pakistan cricket. We'd be up in the top 3 within a few years. Most of these players are dumb peasants. They need a beating every few weeks to keep them in line.
 
Usman Khawaja finds this fine pretty funny as he posted this on instagram.

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Usman Khawaja on Instagram: "Yup I've confirmed it. It's true 🤦🏾🤣"

11K likes, 249 comments - usman_khawajy on March 4, 2026: "Yup I've confirmed it. It's true 🤦🏾🤣".
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Here is what he said.

"It's absolutely amazing that the PCB could think that this is a good idea. Sorry, I'm laughing because I can't, I can't believe it. Just in what high-performance team in the entire world, let alone cricket, are players getting fined when they lose cricket games? They're not trying to lose cricket games. And how do you even think that that makes them perform better next time? All it does is put more pressure and more stress onto the players. I mean, they're under enough pressure.

"They're Pakistani players. The whole country is watching them. I mean, even the selections in the past have put them under pressure as players. And now on top of that, you're fining them? It's, it's absolute shameful. I, I really feel for the Pakistani players. Poor Pakistani players. That's... Yeah. I'm lost for words, honestly. It's why I made this video. I can't believe it. Every time I think Pakistan's not gonna surprise me, they surprise me. It's like a drama series. I can't wait for the next episode"
 
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Mohammad Rizwan speaking to journalists during an informal conversation:

“You people also have to pay the fines that have been imposed because of what you show. Whatever you show, that is what people see—whether good or bad. I agree that you defend Pakistan, but if you show things in the wrong way, that too will reach the people.”

“In the World Cup, we were knocked out because of the run rate, and I am not saying anything wrong. This is not about good or bad—we did win against Sri Lanka. Even Australia lost to Zimbabwe once; these things happen.”
 
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BouncerGuy said:
Mohammad Rizwan speaking to journalists during an informal conversation:

“You people also have to pay the fines that have been imposed, because it is due to what you show. Whatever you show, that is what people see—whether good or bad. I agree that you defend Pakistan, but if you show things in the wrong way, that too will reach the people.”

“In the World Cup, we were knocked out because of the run rate, and I am not saying anything wrong. This is not about good or bad—we did win against Sri Lanka. Even Australia lost to Zimbabwe once; these things happen.”
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Good Rizwan to support players, even though he was not part of the unfortunate squad that will pay the fine to Naqvi.
 
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Mohammad Rizwan speaking to journalists during an informal conversation:

“You people also have to pay the fines that have been imposed because of what you show. Whatever you show, that is what people see—whether good or bad. I agree that you defend Pakistan, but if you show things in the wrong way, that too will reach the people.”

“In the World Cup, we were knocked out because of the run rate, and I am not saying anything wrong. This is not about good or bad—we did win against Sri Lanka. Even Australia lost to Zimbabwe once; these things happen.”
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should work on strike rate in t20
 
Mohammad Rizwan shared following thoughts on the fine saga:

* "Many people have asked me about this, and even players have been asked, but so far nothing official has come forward. If the PCB officially states that there is a fine of fifty lakh or that the management has imposed penalties, then I could comment on it."

* "But since nothing official has been announced yet, and these reports have only appeared in the news."

* "I can only say that such claims raise questions in my mind about how these things are being presented when nothing official has been issued."

* "Such thoughts can come to anyone's mind, and perhaps they come to the minds of our people as well — that if a player is dropped from ODIs due to T20 performances."

* "But, I believe the selection committee can answer this better, because they know the thinking behind such decisions. If I answer, I may not be fully aware of what happens in their meetings."
 
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