Pakistan have downgraded the central contracts of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Take a look at captain Shan Masood.
Babar and Rizwan, unnoticed of the squad for the T20 worldwide Asia Cup within the United Arab Emirates from September 9-28, have been relegated from the A band of offers to class B.
Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson lately stated Babar, who has not performed a T20I since December 2024, “had been asked to improve in some areas around taking on spin and in terms of his strike rate.”
No gamers have been positioned within the A class in a set of contracts that run till June 30, 2026.
Masood has dropped from band B to the bottom tier in band D after Pakistan completed backside of the 2023-25 World Take a look at Championship.
Masood steered his nation to a 2-1 victory over England final October however they had been then subsequently overwhelmed 2-0 in South Africa earlier than drawing 1-1 at dwelling to West Indies.
The left-hander’s report as Take a look at skipper reads performed 12, received three, misplaced 9.
Seam bowler Naseem Shah has dropped from class B to class C, though the upgrades from C to B embrace leg-spinners Shadab Khan and Abrar Ahmed and quick bowler Haris Rauf.
Class B: Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Class C: Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Sahibzada Farhan, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel
Class D: Ahmed Daniyal, Hussain Talat, Khurram Shahzad, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Salman Mirza, Shan Masood, Sufiyan Muqeem
