Dhaka, July 16 -- A recent audit has revealed over PKR 6 billion (around $21 million) in financial irregularities and governance lapses within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), covering a two-year period.

The Auditor General of Pakistan's report for the 2023-24 fiscal year, as cited by The News, identified the non-recovery of outstanding sponsorship dues worth PKR 5.3 billion ($18.6 million) as the most significant discrepancy.

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who also serves as a federal minister, is the third individual to lead the board in the past four years, succeeding Ramiz Raja and Zaka Ashraf.

The audit questioned the PCB's expenditure of PKR 63.39 million ($220,000) on meals for police and law enforcement personnel deployed for the ...