ISLAMABAD
\nCoach Grant Bradburn on Monday shrugged off claims his players haven\u2019t been paid for five months, insisting the squad was determined to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign.
\nPakistan are on the verge of a group stage exit at the tournament and need to defeat Bangladesh on Tuesday to preserve any slim hopes of making the semi-finals.
\nAs well as four defeats in six games so far, Pakistan\u2019s World Cup journey has been plagued by arguments over pay and delays in agreements over central contracts.
\nOn Monday, three players in the squad confirmed to Media that they had not been paid.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of the noise around the team, look, playing for Pakistan and working within this team is a huge privilege,\u201d said Bradburn on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo prepare ourselves and give our best are the things that we focus on, the things within our control and there are great expectations and we\u2019re desperate to make our nation proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that contracts have been sent to India and the players have signed. That should pave the way for payments to be organised, it claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Coach Grant Bradburn on Monday shrugged off claims his players haven\u2019t been paid for five months, insisting the squad was determined to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign. Pakistan are on the verge of a group stage exit at the tournament and need to defeat Bangladesh on Tuesday to preserve any slim hopes of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-365055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n