Pakistan Cricket Board Announces Men’s Central Contracts for 2024-25
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the central contract of the players (2024-25). The Pakistan Board has contracted 25 cricketers for the 2024-25 international cricket season. The contracts have been offered under the framework agreed between the players and the PCB last year for three years.
As part of the PCB’s strategy to encourage and reward talented and emerging cricketers, for the first time five players have been offered central contracts, they are Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Irfan Khan, and Usman Khan. These players have been placed in category D. (Pakistan Central contracts: Afridi demoted, Babar and Rizwan retain top spots)
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Key Highlights
- Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan retain their positions in Category A, despite Babar being dropped from the Test team.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi has been demoted from Category A to Category B.
- Emerging talent is recognized as five players receive contracts for the first time.
- Players excluded from the contracts include Fakhar Zaman, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Imam-ul-Haq.