Emirates Cricket Board announce central contracts for 20 recipients

Sport360 staff 17:33 17/12/2020
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  • Emirates Cricket Selection Committee have today officially announced the 20 men’s players that have been awarded Emirates Cricket Central Contracts.

    10 players will hold full-time contracts with 10 players retained on part-time contracts. Contract tenure is for a period of one-year.

    “The Selection Committee is delighted with the number of young and enthusiastic players we identified for this group. Every one of them bring a broad range of complementing skills required to strongly represent the UAE at both the associate and international stages.” said Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Selection Committee Chairman, Emirates Cricket.

    “As we eagerly wait for ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 pathway to recommence, opportunities such as the Emirates D10 and Emirates D20 tournaments will help prepare this group into a cohesive and high-performing team.” added Dr. Kamali.

    Image - T20 World Cup/Twitter

    Image – T20 World Cup/Twitter

    Mubashshir Usmani, General Secretary, Emirates Cricket said; “Such an increase in contracted player-numbers is a very rewarding milestone for our Board, and one we are committed to building upon to ensure that UAE Cricket has a good group players to call on as we move toward restarting a regular playing calendar.”

    The players named on Emirates Cricket’s central contract roster are as follows:

    FULL TIME

    Rohan Mustafa

    Ahmed Raza

    Mohammad Usman

    Chirag Suri

    Muhammad Boota

    Sultan Ahmad

    Zahoor Khan

    Junaid Siddique

    Waheed Ahmad

    Zawar Farid

    PART TIME

    Aryan Lakra

    Ansh Tandon

    Karthik Meiyappan

    Rahul Bhatia

    Alishan Sharafu

    CP Rizwaan

    Basil Hamid

    Matti Ullah

    Fahad Nawaz

    Sanchit Sharma

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