PCB Paid Extra Money To West Indies Players To Tour Pakistan In 2018: Ehsan Mani

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ehsan Mani has made a shocking revelation. He has said that PCB paid extra money to West Indies players to tour Pakistan in 2018.

Since March 2009 when terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, no established Test nation toured Pakistan for over 10 years.

Recently, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  confirmed that the Asia Cup will be held at a neutral venue ending all the speculations surrounding the hosting of the Asia Cup 2020. Pakistan did have the hosting rights for the competition but they had to agree to change the venue due to India’s stand.

Ehsan Mani Makes A Shocking Revelation

PCB chairman Ehsan Mani told a National Assembly standing committee meeting that the board paid each West Indian player around USD 25,000 to come for the tour.

He also disclosed that for another tour by another team, the players were paid USD 15,000 each by the previous board set-up.

The PCB chief insisted that after he took over no extra money had been paid to any touring team to play in Pakistan.

He said that recent tours by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were all official and no extra money was paid to anyone.

Asia Cup To Be Held At A Neutral Venue

Earlier, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had confirmed that the Asia Cup will be held in Dubai this year with both India and Pakistan as participants. At that time, Mani had claimed otherwise, saying that nothing was decided.

India have suspended all of their bilateral ties with Pakistan and were set to boycott the Asia Cup in case the latter would have hosted it. PCB chief Ehsan Mani has admitted that since India’s non-participation wouldn’t enable the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to generate as many funds as with the Men in Blue, the event will be held at a neutral venue to ensure all of the teams in the continent participate.

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