Just after days of removing Pakistan Cricket Team coach Mickey Arthur, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announces their central contracts with players.
The board has retained just 3 players in Category A, they are Sarfraz Ahmed, Babar Azam, and Yasir Shah.
On the other hand, Mohammad Hafeez aka ‘Professor’ and Shoaib Malik have not been offered the contract.
Azhar Ali has been demoted from Category B to Category C, while Category D and E have been abolished by PCB. Contracts being offered have dropped from 33 to just 19!
The following chart shows all the players that were offered the contract:
| Player | Category | Previous Category |
| Babar Azam | A | A |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | A | A |
| Yasir Shah | A | A |
| Asad Shafiq | B | B |
| Azhar Ali | B | A |
| Haris Sohail | B | C |
| Imam-ul-Haq | B | C |
| Mohammad Abbas | B | C |
| Shadab Khan | B | B |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | B | E |
| Wahab Riaz | B | C |
| Abid Ali | C | – |
| Hasan Ali | C | B |
| Fakhar Zaman | C | B |
| Imad Wasim | C | B |
| Mohammad Amir | C | A |
| Mohammad Rizwan | C | E |
| Shan Masood | C | C |
| Usman Shinwari | C | C |
This is an ongoing story.
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