The recently elected BCCI president Roger Binny has rubbished all the claims that the umpires of the International Cricket Council (ICC) are favoring the Indian cricket team in the ongoing T20 World Cup because India is a superpower in world cricket.
Roger Binny was talking to Asia’s leading news agency ANI on the sidelines of an event that was organized on the occasion of the annual day of the Tamil Nadu cricket association yesterday. When Binny was asked about the allegations that have been labeled on BCCI and the Indian team, mainly by Pakistani fans and media, the BCCI president called the allegations “unfair”.
According to Binny, BCCI is indeed a superpower in world cricket, but that doesn’t mean they get any kind of special treatment from ICC in any way whatsoever. Each and every member nation of the ICC, whether it’s a full member nation or an associate, gets the same treatment from the umpires on the field and there are no favors done to anyone.
The allegations of ICC favoring the Indian cricket team started on social media after India got a waist-high full toss called in their favor in the game against Pakistan and then a fake fielding attempt by Virat Kohli in the game against Bangladesh was not noticed by the umpires.
Some Pakistan fans were also of the view that the umpires shouldn’t have re-started India Vs Bangladesh game in Adelaide after the game stopped and Bangladesh was ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis method because the outfield was too wet to restart the game.
BCCI President (in ANI) said "The allegations of ICC favoring Indian team is not fair, everyone gets same treatment – India is a powerhouse in cricket but we are treated the same way like other teams by ICC".
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A lot of World Cup games have been played on wet outfields which vindicates the statement of Roger Binny
Even though the wet outfield actually favors the batting side and is problematic for the bowling side, the Pakistan fans were not happy with the India Vs Bangladesh game being restarted on a wet outfield.
However, on the very next day, the Pakistan Vs South Africa game was played on an outfield that was even wetter than the one in Adelaide. Pakistan won that game and kept their hopes alive in the World Cup.
Before these two games, a Zimbabwe Vs South Africa game in the group round of the World Cup was also played on a wet outfield, which actually vindicates the statement of Roger Binny that all teams get the same treatment.
