Talking in an interview with Pakistan senior sports journalist Waheed khan on his youtube channel PCB CEO Wasim Khan has given his open opinion on various topics related to cricket.
He confirm that Pakistan cricket team will have a busy home schedule in 2021 and he also clarify England cricket team will tour for T20s in October 2021 and later in year 2022 England will do a full tour of Pakistan.
Talking on PSL 6 he said the draft process is scheduled to happen in first week of January and PSL 6 league will start from 20th Feb and run till 21 March 2021.As of now PCB is not in a mood to increase the number of franchise in PSL 6 as there is already financial disagreements between the PCB and PSL franchise owners. PCB CEO has said they want to give the current franchise owners an stability and sustainability in monetory terms as they(owners) have taken lot of effort for the success of building PSL as a Pakistani cricketing brand. PCB and franchise owners are trying to find an financial distribution model where Board as well as Owners of their respective franchise can be in win win situation.
Talking on Asia cup 2021 he said it will happen in Srilanka as they have switched the hosting rights and now PCB will host the 2022 ASIA CUP in Pakistan. Talking on this he also added that for 2021 T20WC in india, Ahsan Mani chairman of PCB has asked for an written assurance of visa for Pakistani players from ICC and BCCI.He is also said that T20 WC of 2021 can be shifted from India to UAE due to covid reasons.
He also given his opinion on Babar Azam, he quoted him as “PAKISTAN TRESURE”. He acknowledged Babar Azam’s calibar and temperament. He said that he is at par with Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson in all format and Babar Azam will lead Pakistan in all formats for years to come. Till the day Ahsan mani and me(Wasim Khan) are here in PCB Babar Azam will not treated badly. He is confident that Babar Azam will lead the Pakistan cricket team very well and will achieve new heights in cricket at global level.
Talking on ICC newly elected Independent Chairmen Greg Barclay, He said he is happy and confident as he hope that new chairman will bring freshness and will work for other small members as well and not only for “BIG THREE”. He showed his concern on working of current ICC revenue sharing model from broadcasting rights of ICC major events.As of now BCCI command the big chunk of revenue among all boards member because the revenue that is generated, 80% of that comes from India but PCB CEO is not satisfied with that statement because he said people are watching or investing because there is an oppenent against india, if there is no opponent then can they (BCCI) generate same amount of revenue? He questioned. He is also confident that PCB will try and get at least one right for hosting an ICC event from 2023-31 cycle. His vision is clear to make Pakistan cricket team strong and ruthless again in the world of cricket.
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