The Chief Selector of Pakistan cricket group, Inzamam-ul-Haq, has discovered himself entangled in an internet of potential conflicts of curiosity. It seems that the previous captain is a shareholder in “Yazo Worldwide Restricted,” an organization owned by gamers’ agent Talha Rehmani. This revelation raises considerations as Rehmani manages a few of Pakistan’s high cricketers, together with Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Notably, Rizwan can be a co-owner of the identical firm.
Particulars of serious variations between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the gamers on the central contract had come to gentle. Earlier than the 2023 World Cup, tensions escalated to the purpose the place gamers contemplated boycotting business actions throughout the match. Their calls for included a share of the cash acquired from the ICC. Inzamam-ul-Haq, sharing the identical agent as the highest cricketers, stepped in and provided to resolve the dispute inside 48 hours. Finally, the intervention of Inzamam led to the decision of the problem, and all participant calls for have been met.
The fallout from this dispute resulted in historic adjustments in participant contracts. Three-year contracts, relevant from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, have been launched, and cricketers will now obtain a share of the ICC’s income. Class A gamers, together with Babar Azam, Rizwan, and Shaheen Afridi, noticed a big enhance of 202% of their remuneration, with different gamers additionally receiving substantial raises.
Now it has been revealed that Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, and Talha Rehmani are additionally a part of the identical firm, “Yazo Worldwide Restricted”. In keeping with paperwork obtainable with Cricket Pakistan, the corporate’s British registration quantity begins with 1306. It mentions the identical tackle for all three shareholders, which is Colchester, England.
All of them personal greater than 25% of the shares. Curiously, Inzamam receives a month-to-month wage of two.5 million rupees from PCB as properly. On this regard, the spokesman for the gamers’ agent firm, “Saya Company,” clarified that Inzamam, Rizwan, and CEO Talha Rehmani are shareholders in ‘Yazo’ beneath the funding wing. The spokesman argued that such collaborations between athletes and trusted people for investments will not be uncommon globally. Examples like LeBron James, Tom Brady, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and David Beckham working with their brokers and administration corporations are cited.
The corporate and its accounts have been declared in Pakistan since 2020, and the spokesman emphasised that Inzamam was not the chief selector on the time of Yazo’s institution throughout the COVID days in 2020. Additionally they clarified that firm’s whole belongings quantity to just one,100 kilos and that no present or former cricketer is a shareholder in Saya Company or its international associate organizations.