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Hasan Ali (Source: Google Images)

Recently the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released its annual contract players list, in which the team’s fast bowler Hassan Ali was not named.

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According to the news, Hasan Ali was out of the team for a long time. He was not even able to perform well because he had a back injury. Due to this injury, he had to lose the central contract. Now he will have to go abroad for treatment of his back injury.

According to sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board, Hasan Ali has been suffering from injury since the World Cup in England last year. Despite the injury, he played in the Pakistan Super League or PSL, due to which he got back injury.

The source said, “He has felt more of a back problem since the end of April and the PCB has sent his medical report to medical experts in Australia and some other countries for advice.”

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He said that the Pakistan Cricket Board was ready to send Hasan Ali to Australia or any other country, but sought advice from specialists to have surgery done for his back problem.

“There are two options available for Hasan, either undergoing a long-term medical treatment or undergoing surgery, but everything will depend on advice from foreign experts,” the source said.

Along with Hasan Ali, veteran fast bowlers Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Aamir have also been dropped from the Central contract released on Wednesday.

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Hasan Ali was not happy with the PCB’s annual contract and tweeted. However, he deleted the tweet shortly after.

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At the same time, the Pakistan team coach and selector Misbah-ul-Haq had said that, because of fitness, he has been excluded from central contracts.