LAHORE – Pakistan Cricket Board has refused to issue NOC to nationalplayers for the T10 league.
As per the report, PCB will not allow their players to participate in thisyear’s T10 League unless the board is satisfied with the finances behindthe league.
It is the second significant development ahead of the second edition ofthe T10 League, after the league’s president, Salman Iqbal – also a majorinvestor in the tournament – stepped down citing a lack of “transparency”and “proper systems and monitoring”. The new PCB chairman Ehsan Mani haswritten to the ICC seeking reassurances about the league “being clean”.
“I am holding back my position [on providing an NOC to the Pakistaniplayers to participate in the T10] until I am fully satisfied withspecifics on whose money is fueling this league,” Mani told reporters inDubai.
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“In fact, I have asked the ICC for reassurance because they have sanctionedit and I need it in writing that they are totally satisfied that thisleague has no such element that can bring Pakistan players into dispute.
Unfortunately, [our players] get trapped [into sinister machinations often]so my top priority is to protect my players as, for us, a reputation ofPakistan is far more important.”
