Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) list of centrally contracted players has taken former Australia cricketer and Karachi Kings’ head coach Dean Jones by surprise.

“With two T20 World Cups in a short time? Bizarre!,” Jones tweeted.

The cricket board announced the central contracts for its men’s cricketers for 2020-21 season on Wednesday. Naseem Shah and Iftikhar Ahmad were the two new faces in the list.

Fast-bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was promoted to Category A from Category B.

Abid Ali, Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood were awarded Category B contracts whereas Imam-ul-Haq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah have also faced demotions in the category classification.