LAHORE: While all-rounder Hasan Ali was on Friday surprisingly given category ‘A’, former Pakistan captains Azhar Ali and Sarfaraz Ahmed were demoted to category ‘B’ plus a good number of promising players who were the find of the last couple of years failed to get any place, as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the 2021-22 central contracts for 20 cricketers.
“Following the Governing Board’s approval of the 2021-22 fiscal year’s budget, the PCB today [Friday] announced an enhanced and performance-based central contract list 2021-22 for 20 elite men cricketers, including three emerging cricketers, in which match fee across all formats has been equalised,” said a press release issued by the PCB on Friday.