As per rules of Pakistan Cricket Board they have announce the central contracts for the players. They announced 19 players for the central contract. All players in world cup squad get central contract. There are three categories for the central contract based on the performance of the player.

Seven players get A category central contract and it includes Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar.

In category B there are five players. The players’ gets category B contract includes Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal and Wahab Riaz.

In category C Taufiq Umar, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Adnan Akmal, Tanvir Ahmed and Junaid Khan make their places.

There are many Pakistani players who haven’t got the contract. Danish Kaneria, Shoaib Malik and Rana Naveed Ul Hasan are the main players who are not able to get the contract.  Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal and Fawad Alam are the other players over looked by the PCB.

Muhammad Amir, Salman Butt and Muhammad Asif are suspended by ICC so they are also not able to get the contract. The players in Pakistan playing team in world cup are all awarded with the contract.

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