Ex PCB chief Ramiz Raja blames India's ‘BJP mindset’ for ‘marginalising’ Pakistan cricket

Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja has been making headlines ever since his ouster as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman with Najam Sethi replacing him. On Tuesday, a report surfaced with Ramiz Raja once again being the focal point but this time he attacked India.

“Unfortunately, what’s happening with India is that there is this BJP mindset over there. The properties that I had announced, be it the PJL or the Pakistan Women’s League, were done so that we could have our own money-making assets that would fund the Pakistan Cricket Board, which would take us away from the ICC’s funding, which is crucial right now,” Raja was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

“Our independence gets compromised because most of ICC’s resources are created in India. If India’s mindset is to marginalise Pakistan then we remain neither here nor there,” Raja added.

Furthermore, Ramiz Raja said that he had spoken about the issue with the Australia and England cricket boards, urging them to take over the leadership roles at ICC in order to protect Pakistan's interest.

The former PCB chief further shared the conversations he had with Babar Azam, where he told the Pakistan captain that “losing to India is not an option.”

“We have to beat India because only then can we be in a stronger position to negotiate and only then can their narratives be killed,” said Raja.

Raja also spoke about his views on his sudden exit from the Pakistan Cricket Board. “Entering from the backdoor by bulldozing the constitution and imposing someone on the cricket board – I feel this is unfair on everyone. Everything becomes rudderless. What is right or wrong gets lost in social media reports and I feel this needs to change,” the former PCB chief said.

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