Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the new annual central retainership contracts list with former captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan staying in the top bracket – Category A. Interestingly, Babar and Rizwan were the only ones in the top category with pacer Shaheen Afridi, who formed the trio with them last year in Category A, getting dropped to Category B. Shaheen, Naseem Shah and Test captain Shan Masood formed the trio in the second bracket.
Among the most
PCB’s central contract list for 2024-25 (men)
Category A: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan – 2
Category B: Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood – 3
Category C: Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan – 9
Category D: Aamir Jamal, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Hurraira, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Usman Khan – 11
