Ramiz Raja is not only a famous cricketer but a renowned commentator as well as a great cricket adminstrator as well. Ramiz Raja was Pakistan's 1992 World Cup hero playing a number of match winning knocks as an opener in the 1992 World Cup. His contribution to the 1992 World Cup triumph was vital and critical as he played a number of crucial innings at the top of the order for Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup. He would often see off the new ball which swings early in the innings in order to make it easier for the rest of the batting to come. Imran Khan made a great decision to appoint him as PCB's chairman.
Here are a few great decisions taken by Ramiz Raja during his tenure:
1) The decision to appoint foreign coaches like Matthew Hayden and Vernon Philander for the 2021 ICC twenty20 World Cup. The decision made great dividends as Pakistan reached the Semi Finals of the 2021 ICC World Cup without losing a single match. This performance was a great improvement by the Pakistan cricket team over two previous ICC World cup twenty20 tournaments in 2014 and 2016 where we failed to go beyond the first round.
2) The decision to appoint Saqlain Mushtaq as head coach and Mohammad Yousuf as batting coach. Under Saqlain Mushtaq's coaching before the home series against Australia, Pakistan won 14 out of 15 international matches played. Our batting showed great improvement under Mohammad Yousuf's coaching as the team chased down a Pakistani record total of 348 runs batting second in the second ODI between Pakistan and Australia at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.
3) The decision to prepare flat tracks for the home series against Australia. If Ramiz Raja didnt take this decision of preparing such pitches Pakistan might have lost 3-0 to this formidable Australian side in the test series.
In the end, I would like to say that Ramiz Raja being a former cricketer himself understands the game and knows Pakistan's strengths and weaknesses. He being a cricketer himself has vast acumen and knowledge of the sport of cricket.
