Former ICC President Ehsan Mani will take over as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman following the resignation of Najam Sethi.
Meanwhile, Sethi decided to step down after spending a year at the office. After Sethi’s resignation, the Pakistan premier took to Twitter to announce Ehsan Mani as the chairman.
According to the constitution of the PCB, Khan, who is the Patron of the board, can nominate Mani to the Board of Governors (BoG). Following this, a special meeting consisting the governors will elect the chairman. The candidates, for the post of the chairman, and voters will be from the BoG.
“I have appointed Ehsan Mani as Chairman PCB,” Khan tweeted. “He brings vast and valuable experience to the job. He represented PCB in the ICC; was Treasurer ICC for 3 yrs and then headed the ICC for another 3 yrs,” Imran Khan tweeted.
I have appointed Ehsan Mani as Chairman PCB. He brings vast and valuable experience to the job. He represented PCB in the ICC; was Treasurer ICC for 3 yrs and then headed the ICC for another 3 yrs.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 20, 2018
Ehsan Mani, while speaking to Dunya News admitted that he would work to enhance the domestic cricket.
“I will have to understand the issues that persist in the cricket board. I will work to enhance the domestic cricket according to Khan’s vision and bring its strength back,” he added.
Ehsan Mani, a Chartered Accountant by profession, became the ICC President in 2003. He represented PCB in the sport’s world body from 1989 till 1996 from where onward, he was unanimously elected as the chairman of ICC Finance and Marketing committee. He was Pakistan’s representative on the organising committee of the 1996 World Cup and was on the advisory committee for the 1999 World Cup.
It is customary in Pakistan that the PCB chairman is changed with a change in federal government. And, with the history Imran Khan and Najam Sethi share, the resignation was on the cards.
Najam Sethi issued his resignation on social media following Imran Khan’s oath-taking ceremony.