The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday threatened to take authorized motion in opposition to Ramiz Raja after a disagreement broke out between the Board’s new administration committee and the previous chairman following his unceremonious exit.
Last Thursday, Raja was eliminated as PCB chairman by the nation’s authorities, which appointed a 14-member committee, headed by Najam Sethi, to run the affairs of the sport for the subsequent 4 months.
Following his sacking, Raja alleged that he was not allowed to even take his belongings from the board workplace after the federal government suspended the structure.
“Najam Sethi tweets at 2 in the night that Ramiz Raja is out. Is this respect for a former captain? I was not even allowed to go to the office and collect my belongings,” Raja mentioned on Monday on his YouTube channel.
“The morning after the announcement was made to remove me they were around 17 people running all over the PCB offices as if they owned it. It was as if I had committed some crime and I would take some incriminating evidence from my office. What tamasha is this? These people have just come to enjoy themselves and get the publicity… they know nothing about cricket.”
The former batter mentioned that one shouldn’t count on something good for Pakistan cricket with the brand new committee in energy.
“What happened to me is just political victimisation and vendetta just because I was appointed by the opposition party although I have no political links with anyone. I was appointed based on my cricket and administrative credentials.”
Raja mentioned the committee was taking choices which is able to ultimately destroy the surroundings within the Pakistan dressing room.
He additionally spoke concerning the distinction in bills he incurred on the board as chairman and the quantity Sethi had spent as chairman prior to now.
“These people know nothing about cricket, they have just come in for the glory and limelight. I am bitter and frustrated because I was not allowed to complete my three-year tenure and all my plans for the betterment of Pakistan cricket have been demolished just to accommodate one person.”
Sethi and the committee have been clearly stung by Raja’s remarks and have issued an announcement, insisting that they reserved the best to take authorized motion in opposition to the previous captain for his allegations.
The assertion mentioned that Raja’s comparability of his and the present chairman’s bills throughout his earlier time period is deceptive and inaccurate because the circumstances are incomparable.
As per the PCB, Sethi’s bills have been greater since he needed to journey so much overseas because the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and worldwide matches have been held in UAE.
“Pakistan Super League 2016 to 2018 were held offshore, implying many visits to the UAE to organise the marquee tournament. However, no PSL allowances have ever been paid to current chairman Sethi and this information has been merely presented as a potential payable. In contrast, PSL 2022 was held under former chairman Mr. Raja and was staged only in Karachi and Lahore. Foreign tour expenses are high for current chairman Mr. Sethi as, during his previous tenure, PSL and Pakistan’s home international matches were played outside Pakistan.
“Therefore, the current chairman was required to make frequent visits to the UAE for PSL and bilateral series and for related meetings. All travel expenses were approved by the appropriate authorities and were duly audited (internally and externally).”
The assertion additionally claimed that “car allowance was paid to the current chairman Mr. Sethi as per the Board of Governors’ approval as he had used his personal armoured vehicle due to security threats.
“On the contrary, the PCB provided former chairman Mr. Raja with a brand new armoured vehicle costing Rs 16.5 million.
“Security expense of current chairman Mr. Sethi was high owing to additional security that needed to be provided to him as he was a former chief minister of the Punjab province and the Intelligence Bureau and Special Branch Punjab had issued advisory of threats to him.”
The PCB additionally mentioned it had by no means stopped Raja from coming into the stadium and his belongings can be returned to him on Wednesday and he was all the time welcome to return to the stadium.