Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced central contract for all three formats but former T-20 captain Boom Boom Afridi and Dusra master Saeed Ajmal will no longer on PCB payroll while seven players were placed in A category.
Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Fawad Alam and Sohaib Maqsood did not select for central contract and not they could not get monthly salaries from PCB. Leaders of all three formats Misbahul Haq, Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed along with senior Younas Khan, Muhammad Hafeez, Shoiab Malik and Yasir Shah given A category, Asad Shafique, Rahat Ali, Muhammad Amir and Wahab Riaz put in category B.
Fourteen players included in category C are: Harris Sohail, Muhammad Rizwan, Imran Khan Sr., Shan Masood, Muhammad Irfan, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Imad Waseem, Hassan Ali, Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Sohail Khan, Sohail Tanvir.
Category D: Anwer Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Muhammad Asghar, Ahmed Shahzad and Umer Akmal.
