PCB Central Contracts: Shaheen Afridi Demoted To B-Category, Fakhar Zaman Omitted

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday benched leading pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi to Category B from Category A, and did not provide main agreements to senior gamers Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Osama Mir for the 2024-25 season. Test skipper Shan Masood stayed in Category B regardless of Pakistan scoring a come-from-behind 2-1 series triumph over England just recently. The board granted the main agreements to an overall of 25 gamers simply 2 except the 27 who were offered agreements in 2015. Like in 2015, the PCB made the agreements statement after a hold-up of almost 3 months as the gamers efficiencies, physical fitness levels and behaviour were evaluated. Because context, a PCB source notified PTI that Zaman, the only Pakistan gamer with a double hundred in ODIs, was left out from the list of agreement gamers due to the fact that he stopped working 2 physical fitness tests. “Fakhar has a continuous knee issue for which he is going through rehab at the NCA in Lahore. He stopped working 2 physical fitness tests just recently and will now take another test at the end of November,” the source stated. He stated the selectors had actually notified Zaman that he required to satisfy physical fitness requirements as they may include him in the nationwide team for the trip to South Africa in December and likewise for the Champions Trophy next year. He likewise stated Zaman’s omission has absolutely nothing to do with his tweet on Babar and the program cause notification sent out to him consequently by the PCB. “He has actually reacted to the program cause notification and is apo
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