The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is struggling to find a sponsor for the side, after only one company showed interest. The PCB’s last sponsorship contract, with a beverage company, has already expired, which is why the Pakistan squad, in England, has no logo on its training kits. According to the PCB’s marketing department, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is a major issue by lack of interest from companies. Although, it must be noted that PCB also failed to attract sponsors for its new domestic cricket structure. PCB is hopeful that they will get a sponsor on board before the beginning of the England series.
Players also gain from this sponsorship deal as they receive around Rs.450,000 in Test matches and Rs.225,000 in One-day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Pakistan is currently in England, for three Tests and three T20Is. With as many as 10 players testing positive for Coronavirus from the initial round of tests, the board, eager to ensure a conduct of the series, named a reworked 20-man squad with the likes of fast bowler Musa Khan and keeper-bat Rohail Nazir flying out to the UK in the first batch on June 28. The board had originally named a 29-member squad for the series
