New Delhi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given central contracts to 25 male cricketers for the 2024 - 25 season. Which will come into effect on July 1 2024. Many young players have also been included in this times central contract list. At the same time many star cricketers have been discharged from the central contract. Pakistans fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has suffered a big loss in the new central contract list. At the same time many cricketers have been promoted to the central contract due to their performance. Which players were dropped from the central contract? Pakistan Cricket Board has dropped veteran cricketers from the new central contract list. Former captain Sarfaraz Khans name is also included in it. Apart from him opener Imam ul Haq and Fakhar Zaman have also been dropped from the central contract. Among the young players Mohammad Haris Zaman Khan Faheem Ashraf Shahnawaz Dahani Tayyab Tahir and Osama Mir have not got a place. Which cricketers got the promotion? PCB has included 5 young players in the new central contract. Mohammad Irfan Khan Usman Khan Mohammad Abbas Afridi Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad have been given place in it. All these cricketers have been placed in D grade. PCB has also promoted many players on the basis of their performance. Pakistan Test team captain Shan Masood has been given a place from grade D to grade B. Apart from him Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan have been included from D to C grades. 🚨 Revised central contracts for Pakistans mens cricket team have been announced Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are the only two players in the top category 👉 https://t.co/btP2K2rGdM pic.twitter.com/QSIdv7PfYN — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 27 2024