Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the new central contract on Thursday and former captain Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam and Junaid Khan have failed to make it to the central contract.
The 30 players who have made it to the central contract include Azhar Ali, Muhammad Hafeez, Misbahul Haq, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah in Category-A.
In Category-B lie, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Asad Shafiq and Mohammad Amir.
Haris Sohail, Muhammad Rizwan, Imran Khan Junior, Shan Masood, Mohammad Irfan, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Sohail Khan and Sohail Tanvir have been added in Category-C.
In Category-D, Anwar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Asghar, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal have been added.
Shahid Afridi failed to convince the selectors in this account as well. Sarfraz and Yasir Shah were promoted while already under pressure Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal got demoted by one level. Central contract dates from October 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.