Ramiz Raja, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has reportedly been sacked or will be sacked from his post soon and former PCB chairman Najam Sethi will replace him as the new PCB chairman.
The former Pakistani cricketer Ramiz Raja was appointed as the PCB chairman in September 2021 by the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan but now his days in office have come to an end as recently the current PM of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif has hinted restoration of PCB’s constitution of 2014 in an interview and he also adds that departmental cricket would be revived too.
Najam Sethi resigned from post of the PCB chairman when Imran Khan’s government came into power in 2018 because of his differences with Imran Khan. Though many were of the opinion that Ramiz Raja would be removed from the post after Shehbaz Sharif became the PM of Pakistan in April 2022, Ramiz somehow managed to save his post for quite some time.
As the news of Ramiz Raja went public, netizens wasted no time in expressing their opinions on the social media platforms. While few people did not agree with the sacking of Ramiz Raja, some even shared funny jokes and memes over the development. Check out some selected reactions:
Najam Sethi as a chairman of PCB
he has done for our greatest national brand-the PSL, Intl. cricket return to Pakistan & especially that World XI tour.😍👏
مگر اس سب کے باوجود رمیز راجہ کو عہدے سے ہٹانا زیادتی ہے ان کو اپنا وقت پورا کرنے دیں ۔۔#najamsethi#ramizraja— 🌠💫جمیل_احمد💫🌠 (@Dewana_Dil786) December 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/notoutofboxs/status/1604107033749643266
Cheap chairman gone ?? #ramizraja
— Syed Saad Ahmed 🇵🇰 (@SaysSaad) December 17, 2022
Ramiz Raja exiting the PCB also means Ramiz Raja returning as commentator. pic.twitter.com/3KS8FAPaqr
— Haider Abbasi (@HaiderKAbbasi) December 17, 2022
The man who invented PSL is making a comeback ❤️#najamsethi #ramizraja #PakvEng pic.twitter.com/tW9Giy6r44
— Muhammad Noman (@nomanedits) December 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/TasneemKhatai/status/1604123345913794560
Ramiz Raja sacked from Chairman of PCB.. Returning to YouTube.
If 🇮🇳 won't travel to 🇵🇰… 🇵🇰 Won't travel to 🇮🇳.#ramizraja#BabarAzam𓃵
# pic.twitter.com/eEGyRKktiq— Madhav (Modi ka Pariwar) 🇮🇳 (@imadhav108) December 17, 2022
Ramiz Raja contribution in PSL Success pic.twitter.com/Ns0sK9AZ5e
— Lahori Guy (@YrrrFahad_) December 15, 2022
Ramiz raja☕ pic.twitter.com/4Ooj8iB1Kl
— Arun Singh (@ArunTuThikHoGya) December 17, 2022
Removing Ramiz Raja from office would be foolish. Because of Ramiz Raja, the quality of Pakistan team is better than many teams in the world today and the departure of Ramiz will definitely affect Pakistan cricket. pic.twitter.com/eTcwV8E0O4
— Babar Azam's World (@Babrazam358) December 17, 2022
@najamsethi getting reinstated as Chairman @TheRealPCB is the cherry on top of regime change debacle. What a perfect example of getting back to square one, almost as if someone turned back the time. Is Younis Khan team captain now?#PakistanCricket #ramizraja
— Talha Lodhi 🇵🇰 (@khanxhs81) December 17, 2022
What’s happening in PCB? Are they really replacing Rameez Raja? Hasn’t he done a lot of good for them? #RameezRaja #PCB
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) December 17, 2022
Ramiz Raja has made headlines many times because of his statements regarding India especially in relation to the change of venue of the Asia Cup 2023. The Asia Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held in Pakistan but the BCCI secretary Jay Shah who also happens to be the President of the Asian Cricket Council has made it clear that team India won’t be travelling to Pakistan and the tournament should be shifted to a neutral venue.
This angered many former Pakistani cricketers including Ramiz Raja who stated that if India would not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023, the Pakistani team wouldn’t travel to India for playing the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 that is going to be held in India.
Many members of PCB and people from the Pakistani cricket fraternity were unhappy with Ramiz Raja after Pakistan lost first two test matches against England and there were controversies related to the pitches as well.
Is removing Ramiz Raja the correct decision or not? What do you think? Let us know your views.