Promotion of Sarfaraz Ahmed in Central Contract

PCB has added 5 more cricketers to the central contract

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Former captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been promoted to the central contract, PCB has changed the category from D to B, 5 more players have been added to the central contract.


PCB has issued a declaration of change in the central contract, according to which the 5 cricketers who have been included in the central contracts are Abrar Ahmed (C category), Nauman Ali (C category), Tayyab Tahir (D category), Aamir Jamal (D category) and Arshad Iqbal (D category) are included.


The Pakistan Cricket Board has also changed the category of former captain and first choice wicket keeper Sarfaraz Ahmed in the central contract and added him to the B category from D.


It may be remembered that Sarfraz Ahmed made a comeback in the Test team last December and since his return he has scored 367 runs in 4 Test matches at an average of 61.16.


Sarfraz Ahmed won the player of the series award by scoring a century and 3 half-centuries in 4 innings of the home series against New Zealand.


C-category mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed has taken 38 wickets in 6 matches since his debut against England, while Noman Ali has taken 17 wickets in 4 Test matches in the last 12 months.


Here are the 30 players who got central contracts.


A Category: Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, B Category: Fakhrzaman, Haris Rauf, Imamul Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shadab Khan, C Category: Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Imad Wasim and Noman Ali. are


D Category: Aamir Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ehsanullah, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Saeem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shahnawaz Dhani, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Osama Mir and Zaman Khan


It should be noted that the Pakistan Cricket Board has significantly increased the players' remuneration in the central contract, which includes the share of ICC revenue.