Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has disapproved the allegations leveled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan against Geo Super regarding the Sri Lanka/South Africa series.
While talking exclusively to Geo News, the former ICC president told that Geo Super had offered the highest bid for the Sri Lanka series and that Najam Sethi had nothing to do with selling the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) cricketing rights.
Ehsan Mani, who is the chairman of audit committee of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre and a member of its Board of Governors, rejected Khan’s claims that Geo Super was awarded with the series rights due to the involvement of Najam Sethi.
He told that Ten Sports and Geo Super won the cricketing rights on the basis of merit and the bids they made. The process of acquiring the series rights followed a though procedure and no undue favour was granted to any party.
Ehsan Mani further told that the bids were overseen by the independent observers and said that there was no fiddling during the process.
It may be mentioned that Ehsan Mani headed the PCB committee that approved Geo Sports bid for Sri Lanka/South Africa series and wondered why PTI chief and his close friend Imran Khan leveled baseless allegations against Geo Super.
He said that he was shocked to know about Imran Khan’s allegations against Najam Sethi.
When Geo News contacted Khan for his response over Ehsan Mani’s opinion, he did not respond to any call or the message.
