Gwadar Sharks captain Shamyl Hussain said that players from the Pakistan Junior League did not receive any payment from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) yet. 

In a conversation regarding PJL's expenses on Sunday, the 18-year-old tweeted, “We never got paid.” 

The local players did not receive any payment from the cricketing body despite the project costing PCB PKR 1 billion, of which 440 million were listed as match fees for players and support staff. 

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Earlier in a meeting at the National High-Performance Centre on Saturday, the PCB Management Committee agreed to discontinue the league.  

The inaugural season of PJL was held in October last year and was a dream project of former PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja. 

“It is so sad that PJL has fallen to vendetta politics and rolled back even though 7 of the kids made it to PSL 8 emerging category and 3 are part of Pak vs NZ as reserves,” Raja tweeted as a reaction to the news. 

The PCB Management Committee, however, decided to revive the junior series on a home and away basis to ensure there is a pathway for the high-performing teenagers. They also agreed to ask PSL franchises to include an Under-19 player under their Emerging Category in the playing line-ups.