Former chief selector Haroon Rasheed says domestic overhaul under Imran Khan hurt Pakistan cricket.
Rasheed says a task force had recommended a hybrid model with departmental teams alongside a provincial system.
He says Imran rejected that approach and backed reducing first-class teams to five.
The reports say Rasheed compared Pakistan's setup with India's domestic system.
Rasheed also called for decentralising PCB powers.
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The reports agree that Haroon Rasheed blamed Imran Khan for changes to Pakistan's domestic cricket structure and linked those changes to the team's decline. They also agree that he preferred a hybrid model and wanted the PCB to be less centralised.
What remains uncertain is how much weight to give Rasheed's account of the restructuring debate versus other views on Pakistan cricket's decline. The reports do not add new evidence beyond his remarks and the comparison he draws with India.
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Haroon Rasheed is presented as blaming Imran Khan's domestic overhaul for Pakistan cricket's decline. The reports say he argued for a hybrid model that would have kept departmental teams alongside a provincial system. They also say he preferred decentralising PCB powers and pointed to India's domestic structure as a contrast. The coverage stays focused on his explanation rather than testing it against other evidence.
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This report from The Times of India outlines claims by former Pakistan chief selector and head coach Haroon Rasheed that the decline of Pakistan cricket stems from domestic structure changes enacted under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Rasheed states that a task force had recommended a hybrid model keeping departmental teams alongside a provincial system, but Imran rejected it in favour of reducing first class teams to five. The article notes Rasheed's comparisons to India's independent domestic system and his call for decentralising PCB powers.
This Rediff article details remarks from former chief selector Haroon Rasheed blaming Imran Khan's overhaul of Pakistan's domestic cricket structure for the team's decline. Rasheed explains that as Prime Minister, Imran dismissed a hybrid model proposed by a task force in preference of an Australian styled system with only five or six teams. The report also highlights Rasheed's views on India's successful domestic tournaments and his advocacy for decentralising the Pakistan Cricket Board.