Dubai – New Pakistan cricket leader Ehsan Mani stated on Saturday his board would overview their stance on international leagues and search assurances from the sport’s governing frame.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) previous this yr limited its avid gamers’ participation to 1 league as opposed to their very own Pakistan Tremendous League to scale back their workload.
The mushrooming of the leagues has additionally endangered the way forward for the standard five-day sport with some avid gamers giving up red-ball cricket to enure most income via Twenty20 and T10 (ten overs a facet sport) leagues.
In spite of grievance, PCB launched 10 of its highest-paid shrunk avid gamers to take part within the T10 league, held in Sharjah final yr, together with the present captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir.
The league was once a large hit and will likely be prolonged to 8 groups from six and will likely be held from November 23 to December 2 this yr.
However Mani, talking on the Asia Cup, stated his board will search assurances from the Global Cricket Council (ICC).
“I did not perceive the explanation on what foundation we dedicated our avid gamers for the leagues,” Mani informed newshounds. “The principle standards, which I perceive, was once that what quantity of money PCB will get and what sort of avid gamers gets.
“However they (the former arrange of the PCB) didn’t have a look at the avid gamers’ workload. So I can read about all of the leagues by which Pakistan avid gamers participates.
“We wish to do the due diligence in whichever leagues we’re collaborating whether or not they’re credible or no longer.”
Mani stated he has requested the ICC to offer assurance of the equity of the leagues.
“I’m keeping again my place (on T10) till I am getting complete pride… so I’ve asked the ICC to seem into it once more.
“I want assurances from the ICC as a result of they have got sanctioned it.”
The profitable Indian Premier League was once rocked in 2013 over match-fixing allegations, leading to a two-year ban on two franchises and a existence ban on global participant Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
The similar yr Bangladesh Premier League was once hit through solving scandal, with seven avid gamers charged.
Pakistan’s personal PSL — held within the United Arab Emirates since 2016 — was once rocked through spot-fixing scandals in its 2d yr that ended in five-year bans for openers Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif.