PSL 2022 LIVE Broadcast – Pakistan Cricket Board: The Pakistan Super League (PSL 2022) media rights deal with PTV & ARY Consortium is in trouble. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been served a notice by country’s anti-corruption body Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) for the alleged irregularities in the media-rights deal – Follow PSL 2022 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
PSL 2022 LIVE Broadcast: Pakistan Cricket Board in trouble over PSL Media Rights deal with PTV & ARY, Check details
In a letter sent to the PCB, TIP said it had received a complaint regarding the rights granted for broadcasting PSL for the years 2022 and 2023 to the ARY-PTV consortium.
The complainant has written to TIP that granting broadcasting rights of PSL 2022 and 2023 to PTV and ARY consortium is a violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), 2004 rules.
The TIP wrote a letter to Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Faisal Hasnain requesting him to take action as per rules against all those found responsible for abuse of power by the PCB and PTV.
- According to the Transparency International letter, PTV in a joint venture with ARY’s A Sports submitted a bid price of Rs2.1 billion
- Geo Super submitted a bid of Rs3.36 billion.
- Clause 1.3 of the bid documents and offer letter reflect that the bids were invited explicitly for two years — 2022 and 2023.
- However, after the tender results were announced, the PCB was informed by the losing bidder PTV-ARY consortium, that their bid was not for two years but for one year though in the tender documents and in offer letter too, it was clear that the tender was for two years. Accordingly, this bid should have been rejected.
PSL 2022 LIVE Broadcast: What is the issue all about? What is TIP asking PCB?
In a bid to highlight the wrongdoings made in awarding the broadcasting contract to the PTV-ARY consortium, TIP asked some pertinent questions from the authorities concerned. “Why PTV did not bid independently? Who ordered PTV to make consortium with ARY A Sports? Why PTV has not invited open tenders and without competitive bidding, made JV with ARY? This nexus between PTV and ARY A Sports is a unholy collusion, and is also a violation of PPRA Rules,” the TIP letter says.
This year’s HBL PSL 7 Schedule 2022 has already been released by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The PSL Season 7 starts on January 27th. Follow all PSL 2022 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
