PCB Under PMO: Recently, a big change has been seen in Pakistan cricket. In fact, now the command of Pakistan Cricket Board has been handed over to the Prime Minister. After which the Pak Board will be directly controlled by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The biggest reason behind doing this is to save Pakistan cricket. But now it remains to be seen in which direction this step takes Pakistan cricket.
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Pakistan Cricket Board: The condition of Pakistan cricket team is very bad at present. After being out of the top 4 in the ODI World Cup 2023, many major changes were seen in the Pakistan team. First the captaincy was snatched from Babar Azam and then there was a major reshuffle in the coaching staff also. Now once again a change has been seen in Pakistan cricket. In fact, PCB has now been placed directly under the Prime Minister of Pakistan. After this the PCB will submit all the reports to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister will run the board
Considering Pakistan cricket, this is being considered a big step. After this decision, new changes can be seen in Pakistan cricket. Actually, earlier PCB was operated under the ambit of IPC and it was controlled by the Provincial Coordination Ministry, but now it will be operated directly from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Pakistan Cricket Alert 🚨
— Abubakar Bin Tallat (@AbubakarAbbasii) February 19, 2024
🔸Caretaker government's big decision about Pakistan Cricket Board..PCB affairs have been removed from the control of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination. Pakistan Cricket Board affairs have been transferred to the cabinet division. The… pic.twitter.com/O21idNCPEr
Actually, the main reason for taking this step is to take Pakistan cricket to a new level. So that more attention can be given to the development and performance in Pakistan cricket. However, it is also expected that after handing over the command of cricket directly into the hands of PMO, big changes are definitely going to be seen in Pakistan cricket in future.
The condition of Pakistan cricket is bad
After this decision of Pakistan Cricket Board, it remains to be seen whether Pakistan cricket grows from here or not. In fact, there was a time when Pakistan cricket team had the power to compete with the biggest teams of the world. Now after his poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023, first Babar Azam was removed from the captaincy.
Landmark Move!
— Shakil Shaikh (@shakilsh58) February 19, 2024
By transferring PCB from IPC to Cabinet Division today, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been put under the direct control of the Prime Minister, who is also Patron PCB.
It would help smooth and easy decision making by ending a 3-tier bureaucratic red tapism,… pic.twitter.com/tZCFZWMPHE
Many major changes were also seen in the coaching staff. Even after this, Pakistan had to lose the three-Test series 3-0 at the hands of Australia. After this, under the captaincy of the new T20 captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, New Zealand defeated the T20 series 4-1. After which many big questions started being raised on this team.
