Is the BCCI forcing ICC to give different balls to Indian Cricket Team? This exact rib-tickling question was the centre of a storm on social media platforms after India’s yet another dominant Cricket World Cup 2023 win on Thursday.
After the hosts destroyed Sri Lanka’s batting attack in the ODI World Cup 2023, former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza gained notoriety by calling for an inquiry into the balls that the Indian players receive throughout their matches.
Hasan Raza said on a Pakistani TV channel that an investigation should be conducted into how the umpires or the ICC are supplying Team India with the balls. The full conversation was revealed when the Men in Blue defeated Sri Lanka by an overwhelming 302 runs.
“Bowlers like Shami and Siraj look like when we used to play Allan Donald and Makhaya Ntini in South Africa. We are not able to understand batsmen playing against other teams.” The ball used to seam and swing there, and there was a shine on one side of it, but in the second inning, I believe even the ball is changing. The manner in which the ICC, or perhaps the third umpire or BCCI, is distributing these balls…These balls ought to be examined, in my opinion,” Raza stated.
ICC and BCCI invloved?
In summary, Raza, who represented Pakistan in seven Test matches and sixteen One-Day Internationals from 1996 to 2005, claims that the Indian bowlers are given special balls that allow them to extract an absurd amount of seam and swing, and that there is a connection between the ICC, BCCI, and the umpire who provides the balls.
Raza doesn’t stop there; in fact, he began our chat by asserting that it is necessary to look into the claims that several DRS rulings have gone India’s way or have greatly favored India.
Former Indian cricket player Aakash Chopra posted the comment on X and expressed his shock. Aakash Chopra asked whether it’s a legitimate cricket show.
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