Follow UsPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja hopes to create an Indian Premier League (IPL) like auction system in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in a bid for players to choose the PSL over India's cash-rich T20 league.
The PSL thus far has followed a draft system, while the IPL for well over a decade has put players under the hammer. Raja has called for a change in his country's system.
"We need to create new properties to be financially independent. We have nothing for now but the PSL and ICC funds," Raja told ESPNCricinfo.
"There's an argument over the model from next year; I want to switch it to an auction model from next year. The market forces are conducive, but we'll sit down with the franchise owners to discuss it."
"This is a game of money. When the cricket economy grows in Pakistan, our respect will rise.
"The main driver of that financial economy is the PSL. If we take the PSL to auction model, increase the purse, then I'll put it in the IPL bracket. And then we'll see who goes to play the IPL over the PSL," he added.
Seven seasons of PSL have been played so far, while the IPL will enter its 15th edition, since its inception in 2008. The latest season od PSL saw Lahore Qalandars win their maiden title.