[PICTURES] Farewell ceremony for Shahryar Khan held at PCB HQ

[hadi123]

Lahore-August 16, 2017: A farewell ceremony was hosted in honor of the outgoing Chairman PCB Shaharyar M Khan today at Gaddafi stadium, Lahore. In the ceremony newly elected Chairman PCB Najam Sethi and office bearers of the PCB welcomed the outgoing Chairman and gave him a standing ovation. Talking to the audience, Chairman PCB Najam Sethi thanked Shaharyar Khan for his illustrious contribution to Pakistan’s cricket. He shed light on the illustrious career of Shaharyar Khan and mentioned his working experience with the outgone Chairman PCB. He mentioned, how he and Shaharyar Khan had worked hard to bring forward the soft image of Pakistan’s cricket.



Former Chairman PCB Shaharyar Khan speaking at the occasion thanked Najam Sethi and his senior management for their support to him in the last three years. He highlighted, how he and the current Chairman PCB had worked hard together in his tenure to take Pakistan’s cricket to a respectable stature. He lauded Chairman PCB and credited him for the successful hosting of PSL first and second edition, and second edition’s final in Lahore this year. He lauded the coaching staff performance, the selection committee behind team’s recent victory in the ICC Champions Trophy. He was all praise for Najam Sethi, and termed him the right man to take Pakistan’s cricket forward in the right direction. He wished his best wishes to the newly elected Chairman PCB and hoped he with his vision and efforts would bring back international cricket to Pakistan.

 

[Slog]

im sure he began as he started.

With a chocolate cake

Sheheryar was a good steady hand for a bit especially after the disasters of Ijaz Butt, Zaka Ashraf etc

But its clear that in the past 2 years age had caught up with him

 

[Slog]

im sure PCB spent a good PKR 5-10mn on this exercise

 

[j_kazmi]

This all seems so excessive.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Great diplomat and a great career farewell.

 

[Markhor]

One of the better folks we've had as Chairman, his tenures have coincided with some degree of stability. Oversaw the appointments of Bob Woolmer and Mickey Arthur and hasn't hired and fired captains every other series like other Chairmen. Setting up PSL and successfully hosting the final in Pakistan were major accomplishments.

In his first tenure we reached #2 in the world and reached #1 in Tests in his second tenure whilst winning the CT.

However he went overboard with his India MOU obsession and could've done more to reform domestic cricket. Substandard pitches and balls remains an issue. The culture of sifarish and nepotism is still problematic in domestic selections.

Some of his public statements were also unnecessary and not befitting a former diplomat. Still overall, he deserves a good sendoff.

 

[ExplicitAI]

im sure he began as he started.

With a chocolate cake

Sheheryar was a good steady hand for a bit especially after the disasters of Ijaz Butt, Zaka Ashraf etc

But its clear that in the past 2 years age had caught up with him

I swear Zaka Ashraf didn't do anything? He was the one who initially tried to get cricket back into Pakistan, never heard a single bad thing about him.

 

[pakistani pride]

Did he end with a press conference?

 

[ExpressPacer]

Khan is a good looking guy.

 

[ahmedzee]

I swear Zaka Ashraf didn't do anything? He was the one who initially tried to get cricket back into Pakistan, never heard a single bad thing about him.

I agree, Zaka was good. His tenure was stable as well and he was a very competent chairman.

 

[sshakir411]

Thank you for your services Sir.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Did he end with a press conference?

The question should be if he ended the press conference with "Sherry Out" and dropped the mic.

 

[Abdullah719]

The question should be if he ended the press conference with "Sherry Out" and dropped the mic.

"Honour the MOU!"

 

[King-Misbah]

Great diplomat and a great career farewell.

His diplomacy skills are over rated!

 

[Jabo]

He ran to the media for no reason

Glad he is gone
Hopefully he has something to do because we saw how bored he got as the chairman that he actually had to make rubbish just so he could invite the media in for a conference