About 70 percent of ICC's revenue comes from India. So India has the most influence in ICC. While this may be uncomfortable for other boards, all boards are taking it as normal. ICC tries to give extra advantage to India in various ICC events. Before the semi-final against New Zealand, the issue came up again! However, this time the Indian board has taken its own decision without paying attention to the ICC.
Indian cricket board on pitch controversy ahead of semi-final
About 70 percent of ICC's revenue comes from India. So India has the most influence in ICC. While this may be uncomfortable for other boards, all boards are taking it as normal. ICC tries to give extra advantage to India in various ICC events. Before the semi-final against New Zealand, the issue came up again! However, this time the Indian board has taken its own decision without paying attention to the ICC.
Like all other events, there are various rumors that India is getting extra advantage in this event. India has been accused of changing the pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai before the match against New Zealand. English media Daily Mail reported that the cricket board of the country did this without taking the permission of the ICC.
ICC consultant Andy Atkinson was in charge of preparing the pitch for this season. The host country had already finalized talks with him about the pitch but as time went on in the World Cup, India withdrew from the agreement. The organizers have changed the pitch as per their wish. The Mail claims that such a decision is mainly to facilitate the Indian spinners. The India-New Zealand match was scheduled to take place at wicket number 7 in Mumbai today (Wednesday). The pitch has not been played in this season before. But in a WhatsApp group opened with 50 officials of BCCI and ICC, it is known that the pitch has been moved from number 7 to number 6. The report also said that if India reaches the final, India will change the pitch in Ahmedabad in the same way in the final on Sunday.
The Indian board is under heavy criticism on this matter. Many former and present cricketers are criticizing the issue from social media. However, no comment was received from BCCI on this.
India is performing well in the current tournament. They won all the 9 matches of the group stage and played great cricket. The performance of the bowlers was more impressive than the batsmen. Because bowlers are so perfect, their performance has been questioned. Former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raji claims that ICC and Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) are giving special privileges to Rohit Sharma. And that benefit is being given through 'special ball'. This is exactly why their bowlers are able to bowl amazingly.
Earlier, there was a lot of criticism about the pitch of Chennai, the venue of the India-Australia match in the group stage. According to many analysts, Chennai's pitch in that match behaved like the fourth day of the Test. India's World Cup winning former cricketer Virender Sehwag made an explosive comment about this, "ICC will help India in this World Cup. Indians are preparing the pitch for the World Cup. If India plays semi-final or final, then the pitch will be made like them. ICC knows that if India is at the end of this competition, people will come to the ground, watch the game. That's why the chances of India winning the World Cup are high.
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