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ICC T20 World Cup: To boost the country’s cricket ahead of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced a big pay hike for the country's cricketers. The SLC officially announced on Friday that “fees for all categories of Sri Lanka’s international players have been increased, with immediate effect”.

“Accordingly, 41 players will be offered new contracts under six categories, namely, A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, and ‘A’ Team,” SLC announced.

Though the announcement has come ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup which will be held in the Caribbean and the United States, the biggest pay hike was for Test cricket with 100% on a merit basis. There will be different payment structures for a Test match ‘won’, ‘drawn’ or ‘lost’, SLC stated.