Lahore : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced 12-month central contracts for 25 cricketers (men) for 2024-25 international season, effective from 1 July 2024.
These contracts are part of a three-year agreement reached last year between the PCB and the players.
As part of its strategy to incentivize and reward talented and emerging cricketers, the PCB has offered central contracts to five players for the first time. These players—Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Irfan Khan, and Usman Khan—are placed in Category D.
Here is the list of centrally contracted players:
Category A (2 Players): Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan
Category B (3 Players): Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Shan Masood
Category C (9 Players): Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, and Shadab Khan
Category D (11 Players): Aamir Jamal, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Hurraira, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., and Usman Khan.
