JavaScript is not available.

Click here to read in Malayalam

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ramiz Raja Friday said that “90 per cent” of International Cricket Council’s revenues are dependent on India and if the country decides to stop the funding, PCB can collapse. Raja’s statement generated instant reactions from Pakistanis, ranging from shock, denial, anger to even agreement. Some questioned why Pakistan doesn’t have funds for cricket and how Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former cricketer, is letting “India run Pakistan”, while others called it “an uncomfortable truth”.
 

Ramiz Raja Said 50% of PCB funding from ICC 90% of ICC funding fm BCCI
that is India is running PCB.
Why we heard that , has #Pakistan not fund to Play the Cricket ? very shame full to u @ImranKhanPTI #PakistanCricket #MdcatStudentsWantJustice #SaveZehriBrothers pic.twitter.com/HcTPK3AvZG

— Fatima Begum (@f_begum786) October 9, 2021

Raja said most of the ICC’s business comes from the Indian market, which is a problem for the Pakistani board because it draws “50 per cent” of its funding from ICC.

“In a way, India’s business houses are running Pakistan cricket and if tomorrow the Indian Prime Minister decides he will not allow any funding to Pakistan, this cricket board can collapse,” Raja said to the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial affairs in Islamabad.

Raja assumed his post as PCB chief Monday and has already commented on several issues. He had earlier said that the revival of bilateral series between Pakistan and India was “impossible” and an investor had a “blank cheque” ready if the Babar Azam-led Pakistani team beat India in the upcoming T20 World Cup, scheduled to take place at the Dubai International Stadium on 24 October.