Pakistan’s political crisis: PCB chief Ramiz Raja’s four-nation tour is in doubt as he is set to resign following the ouster of Pakistan’s Imran Khan. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja is considering resigning in the wake of Imran Khan’s ouster from the post of prime minister, sources said. Follow Insidesport.IN for more updates
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Ramiz, who is also a former Pakistan captain like Imran, is currently in Dubai for a meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which ended on Sunday.
Pakistan’s political crisis: PCB chief Ramiz Raja’s four-nation tour is in doubt as he is set to resign after Imran Khan was ousted from Pakistan – follow live updates
“Ramiz only agreed to be the chairman of the board at the insistence of Imran, for which the players who played under his captaincy, including Ramiz, have a lot of respect and admiration.” A source close to the incident said on Sunday.
“Ramiz set his career well as a commentator, TV personality and expert and was busy with assignments. But at Imran’s insistence, he agreed to be the chairman of the board, eliminating all media contact. “ The source said.
“Ramiz also made it clear to the Prime Minister that he (Imran Khan) will remain on the board until he becomes the Prime Minister.”
The source said that now that Imran has been removed from the post of prime minister, who is also the patron-in-chief of the board and directly nominated chairman for a formal election process, it is highly unlikely that Ramiz will remain in office if the new prime minister does not continue. With his work.
Pakistan’s political crisis: PCB chief Ramiz Raja’s four-nation tour is in doubt as he is set to resign after Imran Khan was ousted from Pakistan – follow live updates
Ramiz has made many changes to the board since taking over as PCB chairman last September, following Imran’s insistence on a domestic cricket structure based on only six first-class provincial teams.
Shortly after taking office, he made it clear to Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis that they were no longer needed as head coach and bowling coach of the national team and should resign.
He called for the resignation of Grant Bradburn, head of the High Performance Center in Lahore, and several other coaches.
His biggest move was to create a situation where Wasim Khan stepped down as CEO of the board.
Pakistan’s political crisis: PCB chief Ramiz Raja’s four-nation tour is in doubt as he is set to resign after Imran Khan was ousted from Pakistan – follow live updates
Since then, Ramiz has brought in a new CEO but now that Imran’s government is gone, it remains to be seen what will happen to the new appointments to the board as political changes also have a big impact on the Pakistan cricket set-up.
“If Shahbaz Sharif becomes the new prime minister, then Ramiz no longer needs his services and there is a possibility of bringing back Najam Sethi as the head of the board.” The source said.
However, without any international or domestic commitment for the national team until June, changes to the board will not affect cricket matters.
Sethi resigned after Imran won the last general election because he had never been with the former captain on political issues.
Pakistan’s political crisis: PCB chief Ramiz Raja’s four-nation tour is in doubt as he is set to resign after Imran Khan was ousted from Pakistan – follow live updates
