When former PCB chief claimed Indian PM could collapse Pakistan Cricket Board

Pakistan has recently announced that their team will boycott the match against India in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

However, several experts have claimed that PCB will have to incur severe financial losses if they choose to boycott the India match. While many former cricketers have expressed their disappoint over PCB's decision, many others have termed it as a 'political drama'.

Under the circumstances, an old video has gone viral over various social media platforms in which former PCB chief Ramiz Raja is found to be claiming that the Pakistan Cricket Board would collapse if the Indian Prime Minister wants.

Ramiz claimed that as many as 90 per cent of the ICC's funding comes from India, which effectively means that the sport here is being run by 'India's business houses'.

Appearing before the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial affairs in Islamabad, Ramiz said it was time for the PCB to reduce its dependence on funding from the ICC and start tapping the local market.

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"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, adding that 50 per cent of PCB's budget comes from ICC funding.

"In a way India's business houses are running Pakistan cricket and if tomorrow the Indian PM decides he will not allow any funding to Pakistan, this cricket board can collapse," he added.