Sethi replaces Ramiz Raja

Najam Sethi replaces Ramiz Raja was eying the PCB job though he knows nothing about the game of cricket. It was quite apparent from the tone of his TV shows that he resented the delay caused in his appointment to PCB but the Ramiz Raja coterie of supporters proved it not easy to dislodge Raja. Finally, after eight months of consistent efforts Sethi attained his reward but in a rather truncated way and may find it difficult to run the PCB in his typical bossy ways that he did during his previous stint. Also, this time round Ramiz Raja would be breathing down heavy on his neck as is evident by the fiery broadside launched by him against Sethi’s appointment. It looks Ramiz Raja was fuming when he called Sethi’s appointment as political interference brought about by amending the cricket board’s constitution to accommodate Najam Sethi and ‘his thugs’. Raja added that it was a game for cricketers and was their playing field insisting that people from outside should not be brought in who “come and attack and think the work you are doing is not right”. The change will likely develop into a long-term feud and the only loser would be Pakistani cricket. TW

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