Ashraf expressed his frustration on the lack of transparency surrounding the income calculation.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf just lately unveiled a startling revelation following his meeting with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah at an International Cricket Council (ICC) gathering. Ashraf disclosed that the ICC had deducted the income of a number of member nations, whereas the BCCI’s share had remarkably elevated. This occurred regardless of Pakistan’s earnings share doubling.
Furthermore, Ashraf expressed his frustration on the lack of transparency surrounding the income calculation. He had personally requested this info from the ICC Chairman, solely to be told that former PCB Chairman Najam Sethi was already conscious of the small print.
“I met Jay Shah and different board members, and I insisted that we should always take the worldwide cricket ahead collectively. I consider we will likely be higher collectively. This time, our revenue-sharing with the ICC doubled. But they deducted different nations’ shares and elevated India’s and we took a stand.
I additionally gave a deciding vote, I instructed them you have not given us a calculation on how India’s revenue-sharing elevated. They stated they’d given the calculations to Najam Sethi. I instructed them I’ve checked with him, and he would not have it. But the ICC chairman insisted twice that they’d shared all of the calculations with Mr. Sethi, and that latter even agreed to all of them,” Ashraf told Geo Super.
Arun Dhumal, the Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) representative in the Chief Executives Committee (CEC), stated in a recent press release that the BCCI, under the leadership of Jay Shah, has significantly enhanced its international reputation as a pioneering organization.
“The BCCI has lately bolstered its international standing as a visionary board underneath the astute management of Jay Shah within the pantheon of cricket, whereby the BCCI has lead by instance be it the WPL, pay parity for ladies or the proliferation of the game globally with the IPL.
“It was thus, just a matter of time before it’s contributions to the game of cricket were recognised by the ICC the apex governing body for cricket globally. The BCCI would like to express its gratitude and appreciation to the ICC for approving the revamped revenue-distribution model during the ICC’s AGM in Durban,” stated Dhumal.
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