Lahore
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Champions Trophy is struggling with heavy economic losses after hosting 2025. The Pakistan team’s performance in the tournament was also disappointing. Despite spending about Rs 869 crore, the PCB earned only Rs 52 crore, causing a loss of Rs 739 crore. To make up for this loss, PCB has drastically cut the match fees of domestic players.
Pakistan’s strong shock
The Champions Trophy 2025 proved to be a dual hit for Pakistan. One, despite being a host, the Pakistani team got out of the group stage itself. Second, even after heavy expenses in organizing the tournament, PCB did not get the expected benefit, but suffered heavy losses. This has caused the economic condition of PCB to deteriorate. PCB spent a total of Rs 869 crore on renewal, organizing and other preparations of stadiums for the tournament.
Champions Trophy became an example of failure
Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the first match and India in the second match. The group’s last match against Bangladesh was washed away due to rain in Rawalpindi. He had spent crores of rupees for this two -end, but the shameful performance of the team disappointed everyone. The Champions Trophy proved to be a waste of billions of rupees for Pakistan. It became an example of financial and logistic failure. PCB spent about $ 100 million for its only home match against New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Loss of crores of rupees
About 560 crores was spent on the renovation of stadiums, which was more than half of their original budget. The remaining Rs 347 crore was spent on other preparations for the tournament. However, PCB earned only Rs 52 crore from host fees and sales of tickets. Thus, PCB suffered a total loss of Rs 739 crore. A big international cricket tournament was held in Pakistan after 29 years. PCB hoped that this tournament would earn well. However, the result was the opposite. The damage to the tournament has further weakened the economic condition of PCB. With this, PCB has had to decide to drain the match fees of domestic players.
Players’ money will be deducted
Domestic players are quite disappointed with this decision of PCB. The fees of the team XI players have been cut by 90 percent. Reserve players are getting only 12.50 percent of the amount compared to the previous fees. This cut is a big shock for players. PCB’s economic condition has become worrying after the huge loss in the Champions Trophy organizing. This leads to PCB Programs can also be affected.
It will have to be seen how PCB deal with this barely and how to improve its economic situation. This incident has given up a big learning for PCB. There is a need to make better financial plans for such events in the future. Also, the team’s performance will also have to pay attention to increase the number of spectators and increase revenue.
This entire development has raised questions on the future of Pakistan cricket. In the coming time, the challenges for PCB will not be reduced. He has to take concrete steps to strengthen his financial condition. Also, it will be necessary to improve the performance of the team. Only then Pakistan cricket will be able to achieve its old pride again. This is the time to introspect for PCB.
Pakistani team was out in 5 days without winning matches
This is 50 percent more of the total budget of PCB. I spent 40 million dollars (about 347 crore Indian rupees) in the preparation for the tournament. After spending so much, the PCB has benefited only about Rs 52 crore. In such a situation, he suffered about 85% loss in the tournament.
The Pakistan cricket team performed embarrassed in this Champions Trophy held at their home. This team was out in 5 days without winning any match. The team could not move beyond the group stage. Pakistan was defeated by New Zealand and India, while the match against Bangladesh was washed away by rain.