Champions Cup: Mohsin Naqvi's dream could be beneficial for Pakistan cricket?

Champions Cup: Mohsin Naqvi's dream could be beneficial for Pakistan cricket?

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi 

On a fine afternoon in March 2022, as he sat in his comfortable chair at the PCB headquarters in Lahore, Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja could not blink when the Pakistan Junior League 'arrived'. He did not care either.

Rameez Raja's 'unique' idea was to change the fate of Pakistan cricket. The tireless efforts spent on marketing it proved so financially rewarding that the Pakistan Junior League earned Rs 95 million in its first edition. 

The only problem was that 929 million rupees were spent by the Pakistan Cricket Board to organize the festival of Rameez Raja's dreams.

What is the matter in the chair of the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board that every person who sits on it starts dreaming of conquering the universe in the very first moment and self-presentation is part of his official duties as if the PCB constitution binds him.

The dreams of Rameez Raja have loosened the full pockets of PCB, but this chair's recent incumbents have already said, 'There is a lot of money.

On the other hand, the mismanagement and uncertainty reached such a level that the PCB had to scramble to sell the two-year broadcast deal. As per the hard-earned deal, PCB will earn around $6.5 million for the broadcast rights from August 2024 to December 2026.

On the other hand, the mismanagement and uncertainty reached such a level that the PCB had to scramble to sell the two-year broadcast deal. As per the hard-earned deal, PCB will earn around $6.5 million for the broadcast rights from August 2024 to December 2026.

It is better to leave the debate on the merits of this Champions Cup and the good news that it promises to Pakistan cricket, but it is still important to understand that first How will cricket benefit by introducing three new tournaments in the domestic calendar?

In other words, how will this Champions Cup reap all the benefits that previous tournaments and previous PCB chairman have not? Although investment in domestic cricket is a good thing and the participation of Pakistani international cricketers in this tournament will give some exposure to the youth, how will it improve Pakistan's international cricket?

Because, at present, the status of Pakistan's international cricketers has become such that in a Big Three Champions Cup, by keeping these superstars of ours in the emerging category, Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Virat Kohli, Joe Root. , need to be allowed to learn from the likes of Ben Stokes and Kane Williamson.

This fact may be bitter for many data-obsessed experts, but the data has given rise to some of Pakistan's recent superstars and earned the reputation of first ranking in ODIs, the quality of competition of these opposing teams and squads. It was almost the same as this new Champions Cup.

If the PCB really wanted to use this tournament to bridge the deep gap between domestic and international, then instead of mentoring its critics for huge salaries, it could spend that huge purse on bringing in some other tough international players. It should have increased international exposure like PSL.

But every new chairman has to do something new. So, Mohsin Naqvi is also burning his name in PCB's illustrious history and three weeks before the toughest Test series of Pakistan's home season, this historic ODI tournament of his vision is dawning.

Just like when mobile companies launch new models, they present the essence of their year's work in the form of bigger cameras, more memory, and new power buttons, in a similar way PCB has used expensive mentors, live Words like streaming, and artificial intelligence are frequently used.

Yes, from the point of view of marketing, all these 'keywords' can be converted into hashtags and sold, but the question is that PSL also sells well in the market, but the T20 World Cup cannot give access to the trophy.