Islamabad (December 13, 2017): Pakistan Cricket Board’s former chairman Shaharyar Khan has termed the T-10 league a ‘circus’, saying the PCB should not have supported the idea of having this league.
Shaharyar Khan said that PCB shouldn’t have compromised on the sanctity of cricket for commercial temptation. “My personal opinion is that this is a circus and not good for cricket. It will demean the game of cricket,” Shaharyar said.
“Not good to give importance to commercial factors at the cost of cricket. They pay US$400,000 or a million dollars, T-10 is wrong in principle and we shouldn’t have supported it,” he added.
The Pakistan Cricket Board in a recent statement agreed that it charged a fee of US$400,000 for giving NOC to its contracted players for the tournament which starts in Sharjah on December 14.
Shaharyar Khan also criticised the ICC for not doing enough for protection of cricket’s purity.
“How long you will allow cricket to be degraded? You need to protect the sanctity and purity of cricket. This is our responsibility because commercialism has already damaged the essence of the game too much. You shouldn’t agree with every commercial temptation,” he said.
“I believe that this will surely damage the PSL franchises. PCB must not have ignored their apprehension. PSL should be our priority,” he stated.
