Reports | BCCI had taken ICC’s permission to wear camouflage caps during Ranchi ODI
According to a TOI report, the BCCI had taken permission from the ICC to wear camouflage caps during the third ODI against Australia in Ranchi in support of the martyred soldiers. Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had objected this move by India and urged the ICC to take notice.
The Indian cricket team’s decision to wear camouflage caps during the Ranchi ODI has not gone well with many in Pakistan as protests have grown against the Indian board and the Indian team since Friday. India sported military caps as a tribute to the armed forces and the cricketers also decided to donate their match fee for the betterment of the martyrs’ families.
Meanwhile, a source in the ICC has clarified that the BCCI had sought permission from the world body to sport the camouflage caps during the game. He also cited similar gestures by Australia during the annual 'Pink Test' at Sydney and the 'Poppies' in England.
"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had requested permission from ICC CEO Dave Richardson on Thursday to let the players participate in a charity fund-raising effort and wear army caps with the BCCI crest in memory of the fallen soldiers," a source in the ICC told TOI.
On the other hand, Pakistan has urged the ICC to take note of the Indian cricket team’s gesture and said that Indian skipper Virat Kohli and the team are politicising the game.
"The world saw that the Indian cricket team wore military caps instead of their own, did ICC not see this? We think that it is the ICC's responsibility to take notice of this without the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) bringing it up," Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was quoted as saying by the media.
"It's just not Cricket. And if the Indian team will not be stopped, Pak cricket team should wear black bands to remind the world about Indian atrocities in Kashmir," Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry wrote on Twitter.
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