The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday demoted Prime Minister Shaheen Shah Afridi to Category B from Category A and did not offer central contracts to senior players Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Osama Mir for the 2024-25 season. Test captain Shan Masood remained in the B category despite Pakistan’s recent 2-1 series win over England.
The board awarded central contracts to a total of 25 players, two less than the 27 awarded contracts last year.
Like last year, the PCB announced the contracts after a delay of nearly three months as the players’ performances, fitness levels and behavior were analyzed.
As part of the PCB’s strategy to incentivize, reward and reward talented and emerging cricketers, five players were offered centralized contracts for the first time.
They are: Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Usman Khan.
They were classified as category D.
The board has awarded Category A contracts to just two players – former captain Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan, who will soon be announced as Pakistan’s captain in white-ball formats.
List of centrally contracted players: Category A (2): Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Category B (3): Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood. Category C (9): Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan Category D (11): Aamir Jamal, Hasibullah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Khurraira, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Waseem Jr and Usman Khan.
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