Pakistan-India rivalry so it can’t go wrong when four T20 sides come and play each other – Ramiz Raja
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja is all set to propose the idea of quadrangular series that includes Pakistan and the big three including; India, Australia, and England to play the annual T20I series at the ICC board meeting in March.
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja is all set to propose the idea of quadrangular series that includes Pakistan and the big three including; India, Australia, and England to play the annual T20I series at the ICC board meeting in March.
The former Pakistan cricketer has talked about reviving the arch-rivals Pak-Ind regular matches and how it will impact the world and cricket fans.
Talking about the benefits of this proposal, Ramiz explained that he will explain the idea of pooling and sharing income in front of the ICC panel while talking to a sports channel.
“The idea is to register a company that works under the ICC and has a dedicated Chief Executive Officer regulating the entire financial model, with the income divided among all the members. There are numerous rivalries like Ashes, Pakistan-India rivalry so it can’t go wrong when four T20 sides come and play each other. We need to whet the fans’ appetite as they are getting fatigued, and we need to create something outside the FTP,”
he said.
The 59-year-old said that the whole world stands still in front of the screen when Pakistan and India face each other and pointed towards their last encounter in the ICC T20 World Cup, which broke the viewership records throughout the world.
However, Raja also agreed that due to the ongoing tensions between both the countries, cricket is hurting between both the countries and well the fans but we are looking forward.
“Look at the numbers from the T20 World Cup. When Pakistan plays India the world stops to watch and it’s a great spectacle. We have to see what fans want and we have to do what is right. We have to talk about this and elaborate on what we want to do. There is a potential discussion in the works that I want to table to the ICC and see how it goes.”
The quadrangular series will be beneficial for the cricket and well profit earning for all the participants.
“Playing five bilateral T20Is is tedious, but if three or four nations play each other rather than bilateral series, that has massive potential in terms of generating revenue. It’s not like we need to create a parallel body like the Big Four, but it’s about generating interest and the income can go to the other boards too,”
he added.