PCB takes charge of PSL franchise Multan Sultans after Ali Tareen's exit

New Delhi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi has confirmed that the governing body will take charge of the PSL franchise Multan Sultans from next edition of the league. This decision comes after the ugly exit of the franchise's owner Ali Tareen who declined to renew his contract post his long-standing fiasco with the Pakistan cricket board.

Naqvi, addressing media on Sunday evening, said that due to time constraints the board would appoint a former Pakistan player to look after the operations of the franchise in the forthcoming PSL 11. The PCB chief further said that they will form a committee after the PSK puts up the Multan Sultan's team for auction.

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This happens to be the first time since the league was launched in 2016 that the board will be directly running a franchise. This has raised questions over this move which could possibly put the reputation of the PSL as a brand in danger. The previous owner of the Multan side, Tareen, surprisingly has been allowed to bid for one of the two new teams in the league in the auction to be held on January 8.

Ali Tareen, who was the owner of the Multan franchise which happens to be the most expensive team in the league, citied differences with the board accusing them of ghosting him when his franchise asked for the contract renewal to be sent after the valuation process.

When Naqvi was asked about whether Tareen was going to be part of the final auction for the new teams, Naqvi said he has done a lot of work on Multan Sultans.

'Unfortunately, whatever happened is an issue I don’t want to discuss. But technically, we will absolutely welcome him. If he wants to take a new team, he should definitely take it,' said Naqvi.

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The five other existing franchises in the PSL renewed their agreements with the board some weeks back but Multan was not given the option of reconsidering the renewal of their contract after the board sent Tareen a legal notice for constantly breaching the contract.

(With PTI inputs)