Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Abdur Razzaq and Yasir Hameed were placed in the B category, with the rest in the C category.

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Misbah-ul-Haq was promoted to the top income bracket to join captain Shoaib Malik, batsmen Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf and pace bowler Mohammad Asif.

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Captain Younus Khan, recently appointed to succeed Shoaib Malik for the two-Test Sri Lanka series, has urged the ICC to ensure Pakistan does not become a pariah destination.

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