Opening batter Fakhar Zaman, who recently criticised Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for dropping Babar Azam from the Test team, has been removed from the list of centrally contract players for the season 2024-25. After Pakistan’s heavy loss to England in the first Test against England, PCB’s new selection committee took a brave decision to drop out-of-form players, including Babar, from the squad for the remaining two Tests. However, Fakhar called out the PCB over the same with a lengthy post on social media. Fakhar compared Babar’s run drought with India’s Virat Kohli, who went through a lean patch between 2020 and late 2022. Reacting to Fakhar’s omission from the list of centrally contracted players, fans suggested that the player has been penalised for supporting Babar. Imagine dropping someone with the calibre that Fakhar has, that too on pitches that suit him, bouncy and quick in Australia, yes he could have been a bit more political but you can’t punish him for expressing his opinion by strapping him from the central contract. …