The Pakistan Cricket Board has upgraded Test team captain Shan Masood’s central contract from D to B category.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided as part of its policy that if any player on central contract who is below A or B category becomes captain, his contract will be shifted to B category till such time. He is captaining till now.
The 34-year-old Shaan Masood was appointed the captain of the Pakistan Test team on November 15 and he has been made the captain till the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25.
Left-handed batsman Shaun Masood has scored 1597 runs in 30 Test matches and his first assignment as captain is the 3-match Test series against Australia starting on December 14.
The first Test of the series will be played in Perth from December 14 to 18, while the second Test will be played in Melbourne from December 26 to 30 and the third Test in Sydney from January 3 to 7.
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