The pair were among a raft of players to be impacted by the PCB's decision to chop the total number of contract holders from 33 to 19
Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez have lost their Pakistan central contracts for 2019-20.
The pair were among a raft of players to be impacted by the PCB's decision to chop the total number of contract holders from 33 to 19.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Amir and Fakhar Zaman have been dropped from Category B deal to category C.
The PCB have also trimmed the number of categories of contract from five to three.
Sarfraz Ahmed is handed a Category A, alongside Babar Azam and Yasir Shah, indicating that he will remain as captain.
Category A: Babar Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah
Category B: Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Abbas, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Wahab Riaz
Category C: Abid Ali, Hasan Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Usman Shinwari