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PCB drops Hassan Ali,Mohammad Amir,Wahab Riaz from central contracts

CricketPCB drops Hassan Ali,Mohammad Amir,Wahab Riaz from central contracts
File pics Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasaan Ali. P ics PCB/ICC

In a major surprise Pakistan Cricket Board have dropped star pacers Hassan Ali, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz from its central contract list.

PCB on Wednesday announced its list of centrally contracted players for the 2020-21 season which didn’t include names of senior pace trio.

PCB has handed central contracts to a total of 18 players while another three were placed in Emerging Players’ category.

Babar Azam who has been appointed as ODI captain was retained in the topmost Category A, while former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah got demoted to Category B. In their place, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Test captain Azhar Ali have been promoted.

Young pacer Naseem Shah and all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmad (Category C) were the first-time recipients of the contracts but the biggest news was the snub of pace trio Amir, Riaz and Hasan – all three of whom have seen their utility diminish over the past year.

“The selectors have made the tough decision to leave out Amir, Hasan and Wahab but considering Hasan missed most of the season due to an injury and Amir and Wahab decided to focus on white-ball cricket, this was the right move,” PCB statement quoted Head Coach Misbah-ul-Haq.

“However, Amir and Wahab are senior and experienced bowlers and they remain in contention as we believe they can still contribute to the Pakistan men’s cricket team and also mentor our young battery of fast bowlers, ” He added.

List of contracted players grades as uploaded by PCB in its website.

“Mohammad Rizwan has been promoted to Category B after being a regular member of the side, while Sarfaraz has been placed in Category B as he very much features in our future plans. We have some tough cricket lined up over the next 12 months where we will potentially require Sarfaraz’s knowledge and experience,” Misbah is quoted as explaining in the PCB press release.

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