In the past the ICC had suspended the Srilankan cricket board [SLC] and the Nepal cricket board as they both failed to ensure that their board were free from government interference. Zimbabwes turn but a wake-up call for the PCB.
Zimbabwe’s participation in the upcoming World T20 qualifiers is in doubt after the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended their membership. At an ICC board meeting in London, Zimbabwe was suspended due to same reason.
The PCB’s constitution was approved in 2014 during ex-chairman Najam Sethi’s tenure while earlier some amendments were also made by another former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf. Though the media at the time had raised concern over those clauses which allowed government’s interference in the PCB affairs, Zaka had dispelled such concerns and had claimed that the ICC had approved the constitution.
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However, the recent decision of the ICC to suspend the Zimbabwe Cricket Board after the Zimbabwe government had dissolved their board should be an eye opener for the PCB as well as other boards who encourage such interference from the government.
Although the BCCI was not charged when the supreme court formed the famous lodha commission in 2013 to look into the affairs of the BCCI and the charges of corruption for the IPL edition that was held in 2013.
Shirke had alleged that ICC chairman Shashank Manohar, who was also president of BCCI in 2013, had submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court, focusing on the threat of the ICC suspension. However, he is reluctant to take any action as ICC chairman at the moment.
