T20 World Cup 2024
\nPCB decides to \u201creview\u201d central contracts after Pakistan team\u2019s humiliating exit from ICC tournament
\n LAHORE
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to review central contracts after the team\u2019s embarrassing early exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, sources told Geo News on Saturday.
\nFollowing the late-night consultations headed by PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and the board officials, as per the sources, players with poor performances are expected to be demoted with regards to their central contracts in the first phase.
\nMeanwhile, several others are likely to lose their central contracts altogether, the sources added.
\nThe development comes as the Green Shirts have been eliminated from the ongoing mega event and failed to even proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament after losing their two initial matches against the new entrant United States and arch-rivals India.
\nWith the match between the US and Ireland abandoned due to rain on Friday, the co-hosts secured one point, consequently ending Pakistan\u2019s hopes of proceeding in the tournament.
\nThe national team\u2019s last league game against Ireland will only be a formality after which the squad will return home.
\nThis is the third time in the tournament\u2019s history that Pakistan has been eliminated in the league round.
\nEarlier, Geo News had reported that the board is likely to make significant changes in the team with players including Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan, and Usman Khan expected to face difficulties in maintaining their place in the national side\u2019s future.
\nThe sources also said that a group of three players in the Pakistan team were blackmailing PCB officials at the behest of the players\u2019 manager, who represents all three players and had pressurised the board to secure a significant remuneration increase in the players\u2019 central contracts.
\nPCB chief, earlier this week, also hinted at major changes in the national team and said: \u201cIt seemed that a minor surgery would work but after this bad performance, I\u2019m now sure that a major surgery is required. The nation will soon see a major overhaul.\u201d
\nIt is to be noted that the players had pressurised former PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf to secure a three-year central contract last year, which came into effect from July 1, provisioning increased remunerations.
\nSince then, the Men in Green have appeared and failed in multiple international tournaments including the Asia Cup 2023, ODI World Cup 2023 and the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
\nFurthermore, the national side also failed in the tours of Australia and New Zealand.
\nHowever, the board will now decide on the prospects of keeping the current remuneration packages of the players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
T20 World Cup 2024 PCB decides to \u201creview\u201d central contracts after Pakistan team\u2019s humiliating exit from ICC tournament LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to review central contracts after the team\u2019s embarrassing early exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, sources told Geo News on Saturday. Following the late-night consultations headed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-413177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n