Pakistan cricket can collapse if India wants as ICC getting 90 per cent of funds from there: Ramiz Raja
India Today
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said it is that time that the board reduce its dependence on funding from the International Cricket Council and start tapping the local market.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has to reduce its dependence on funding from the International Cricket Council (ICC) as much of cricket's global governing body gets its funding from India, said the board's chairman Ramiz Raja. Ramiz said that this effectively means that cricket in Pakistan is at the mercy of Indian businesses and any political pressure in India to stop this funding can spell disaster for the sport in the country.
"The ICC is a politicised body divided between the Asian and Western blocs and 90 per cent of its revenues are generated from India. It is frightening," the PCB Chief said appearing before the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial affairs on Thursday in Islamabad.
