PCB CEO Wasim Khan resigns

• Wasim Khan steps down as PCB CEO after developing differences with Ramiz Raja.
• Sources say the PCB CEO was unhappy over his powers being curtailed.
• Wasim Khan’s tenure was set to expire in 2022.

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has resigned  from the post after his powers were curtailed, sources told Geo News Wednesday.

Wasim Khan tendered his resignation in a meeting with PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja a day prior. 

The PCB confirmed the development in a brief statement without sharing further details. “As is the process, the BoG will meet later today to consider the matter,” it added. 

Wasim Khan was taken on board by former chairman Ehsan Mani in 2019 to run the affairs of the board on modern lines, on a three-year contract which was set to expire in 2022.

“We have started the process of revamping the PCB and under Wasim, we now have an experienced leader of the management team who will oversee the implementation of the Board decisions. His first task would be to oversee the reforms of domestic cricket structure,” Mani had said when he had announced Wasim Khan’s appointment. 

‘Complete overhaul needed’

In his first press conference as PCB chief last month, Ramiz Raja had also hinted that a complete overhaul of the system was needed in the cricket board.

“First of all, this is an internal matter of the organisation hence I will not share anything with you,” Ramiz Raja had responded when asked about the future of Wasim Khan under his leadership. “If I were to talk about scrolls, then 90% of the PCB should be sacked,” he had said.

Ramiz then said that he was not fixating on tenures, adding that he wanted “people for the execution” of his plans.

“I was having a discussion with the Board of Governors (BoG) to whom I said that I have 10,000 ideas and wishes. To accomplish them, I need a team,” he had said. “So we discussed how we will go about these executions.”

Rumours of change within the PCB management had started circulating since Ramiz Raja’s nomination as the new cricket board chief.

Pakistan’s coaches Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis were the first to go when they stepped down from their roles after the team was announced for the T20 World Cup.

“I always thought that if I got the chance [to serve] at this position then I would reset the vision a bit. I think cricket’s compass and direction need to be reset. There are some long term and some short term goals,” he had said.