Everyone is been discussing the future of PCB chairmanship, as Ehsan Mani, the current Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman has completed his time. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that there will be no further time will be given. Ehsan Mani’s 3-year tenure of chairmanship will end on September 4, 2021.
A private newspaper suggested that governing board has given two names for the future chairmanship. One name is of former test captain Ramiz Raja while the other one is of chairman of the Lahore Gymkhana, Dr. Jawad Sajid Khan. One of these would be appointed as the next PCB chairman.
Why Ehsan Mani Was Not Giving Extension?
Almost a month ago PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani was ready to get an extension but the decision was changed. The reason to change the decision was that plenty of officials especially government officials were unhappy with Ehsan Mani’s performance.
Pakistan Team lost to England’s B team badly and also Ehsan Mani was unable to handle the issues that rose in Kashmir Premier League when BCCI interrupted the league. This miss handling suggested everyone not give any extension to Mr. Mani.
Imran Khan Meet Ehsan Mani at PM Office
Ehsan Mani called PM Imran Khan to have a future discussion about Pakistan Cricket. Prime Minister asked him to come to PM Office to have a meeting. On Monday, August 23, 2021, Ehsan Mani came to the PM office. In meanwhile, Imran Khan asked his friend Ramiz Raja to attempt the meeting as well.
According to private news, Ehsan Mani clarified the future aspects of Pakistan cricket and requested Prime Minister to keep him, chairman, for at least next year. The reason was different contracts and sponsorships related to team Pakistan and especially Pakistan Super League.
After the meeting, some media person approached Ehsan Mani and requested him to give some information about the meeting he said, “I am sorry I cannot comment on private matters.”
A worker who was very close in this meeting was asked the same question. “Unless and until we hear something from one of the participants no one could say anything. Nothing has come out so far so at this point I cannot say what was discussed,” he replied.
PCB recently had a contract with PTV for the coverage of live matches of team Pakistan. This contract was made for the next four years. The amount for this contract is over $200 million.
Why Ramiz Raja Was Called For The Meeting?
Ramiz Raja is the next and strongest contender for the PCB chairmanship. PM Imran Khan himself suggested Ramiz be PCB chairman because of his unique ideas. Now the point of discussion is that if Ehsan Mani is continuing as PCB Chairman then why Ramiz Raja was called for the meeting by PM?
The answer to this question is that Ehsan Mani will now continue as PCB Chairman and Ramiz Raja will start working as well, not as PCB Chairman, but as deputy to Ehsan Mani. The News told that Ehsan Mani is likely to continue to be a PCB Governing Board member and ultimately contest elections as the chairman of the board for the second term in office.
Ramiz Raja will remain deputy until Ehsan Mani works and will be replaced when Mani will go back to the UK. “There is no clause in the constitution where a chairman can get elected for one year. The new chairman will be elected for a complete three years term. However, anything could happen in between. The chairman can resign due to health reasons or any change can take place in between.”
Ramiz Raja has played 57 test matches and 198 ODIs for Pakistan. Scoring 2,833 and 5,841 runs in test and ODIs respectively. Raja also has scored a total of 10 international centuries. He played international cricket for 13 years and was also the part of World Cup Winning Squad in 1992.
What Is The Future Of Wasim Khan?
Wasim Khan is the current CEO of PCB. Till now there is been no discussion about Wasim Khan and his future. Wasim Khan is been a very active and hard worker for the last 2 years. Currently, PM Imran Khan is advised that CEO Wasim Khan should be allowed to continue his work as Chairman Ehsan Mani has not given him any free hand to do whatever he wants.
Social Media Reaction On Ramiz Raja’s Selection
First of all, there is been a hell of a lot of meme stuff from Pakistan’s meme society regarding Hafeez and Raja, Yosuf and Raja, Misbah ul Haq, and a lot more. But on the serious side, many Pakistani cricketers and experts are appreciating the selection of Raja.
Kamran Akmal said, “Pakistan Cricket will get plenty of benefits If Ramiz Raja becomes the chairman”. Wasim Akram was among the happiest person for selecting Raja. Abdul Majid Bhatti, the Senior sports journalist, appreciated the selection and said that Raja has very unique cricketing ideas that will help Pakistan Cricket. He also mentioned his Youtube channel.
Conclusion
According to the all-news-related stuff, we can suggest that Ehsan Mani will remain as PCB Chairman for the next three years or will be replaced before Australia’s tour of Pakistan in 2022 or maybe after T20 WC. Ramiz Raja will keep working at some spot with PCB and will become the chairman in the future.
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