Pakistan Cricket Board awards central contract to 25 players
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday awarded central contract to 25 players in four categories, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Pacer Shaheen Afridi has been demoted from category A to category B.
Resultantly, he and another pacer Naseem Shah are in category B.
Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have been placed in category A, while Shan Masood will be included in category B if he is retained as test captain.
Similarly, Abdullah Shafiq, Shadab Khan, Ibrar Ahmad, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Sajid Khan have been put in category C.
On the other hand, PCB Chairman Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday met with team Pakistan and management and congratulated them on winning the third and final test as well as the three-match series against England 2-1.
Naqvi said that unity among players earned them a win. “Now you have to maintain the momentum.”
Reporter: Hafiz Shehbaz