Karachi: Former Test Captain and Renowned Commentator Rameez Raja can replace Ehsan Hand as the next president of pakistan cricket board, a source said on Saturday.
Raja did not respond to calls and messages but media reports said that the Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is also the patron-in-chief of the board, has decided against giving Mani an extension after his term ends this month.
“In the next few days, the prime minister will send two names to the PCB’s governing board for the election of the chairman and the members will choose one of them,” a PCB source said.
The source said that while they were hearing Rameez’s name as one of the two candidates for the coveted post, nothing was confirmed.
The source said that initially the names of Mani and a senior bureaucrat Asad Ali Khan were mentioned as two candidates for the post of president, but now apparently the PM had decided to go for a former captain.
“Ramiz appears to be the ideal candidate as he is well educated, well versed, and has international contacts due to his long years as a commentator. He was also the CEO of the board in the past and left because of his other commitments. were given,” the source said.
Apparently Imran Khan, himself a former captain under whom Rameez played the 1992 World Cup, feels it is time for a former player to run cricketing affairs in the country.
Another source said that Ehsan Mani had also expressed reluctance to seek another term due to health problems.
The government and the board have already appointed a retired judge, Azmat Shaikh, as the election commissioner to conduct the election process for the post of chairman.
Raja did not respond to calls and messages but media reports said that the Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is also the patron-in-chief of the board, has decided against giving Mani an extension after his term ends this month.
“In the next few days, the prime minister will send two names to the PCB’s governing board for the election of the chairman and the members will choose one of them,” a PCB source said.
The source said that while they were hearing Rameez’s name as one of the two candidates for the coveted post, nothing was confirmed.
The source said that initially the names of Mani and a senior bureaucrat Asad Ali Khan were mentioned as two candidates for the post of president, but now apparently the PM had decided to go for a former captain.
“Ramiz appears to be the ideal candidate as he is well educated, well versed, and has international contacts due to his long years as a commentator. He was also the CEO of the board in the past and left because of his other commitments. were given,” the source said.
Apparently Imran Khan, himself a former captain under whom Rameez played the 1992 World Cup, feels it is time for a former player to run cricketing affairs in the country.
Another source said that Ehsan Mani had also expressed reluctance to seek another term due to health problems.
The government and the board have already appointed a retired judge, Azmat Shaikh, as the election commissioner to conduct the election process for the post of chairman.
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