Star Pakistan players, Fakhar Zaman and Hasan Ali are likely to be rewardedfor their brilliant performances by being promoted to category B in PCB’scentral contract list. The central contracts for 2021/2022 are likely to beannounced before the national team tours England in July.——————————
According to sources, Fakhar will move from category C to category B afterhis outstanding performance in the ODI and T20I series against SouthAfrica. Fakhar scored 302 runs at an average of 100.66 in the three-matchODI series and scored 81 runs at an average of 40.5 in the T20I series,helping Pakistan to a historic victory in the limited-overs series.
Similarly, Hasan has been impressive ever since his comeback to thenational team after a prolonged injury. He picked up the player of theseries award for his exceptional display in the Test series againstZimbabwe, picking up 14 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls, in thetwo-match series. Hasan was left out of the central contracts list lastyear as he was ruled out for the majority of the season. He will likely bein category B this time around.——————————
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Elsewhere, the likes of Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Usman Shinwarimight not be offered the central contract this time around. Sohail, who wasan integral part of the ODI squad, was awarded category B last year.However, after being dropped from the team recently, he looks to be droppedfrom the central contract list.
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The young fast bowlers, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Hasnain might be in for apromotion as well. They were both awarded the emerging category centralcontracts last year. However, after establishing themselves as regulars forthe national team, they are likely to be awarded a category C contract.
Sources revealed that the final decision on PCB’s central contracts wouldbe taken after the conclusion of the remainder of PSL 6.
