ISLAMABAD: India’s financial power has destroyed the global game of cricket, ex-ICC match referee Chris Broad said. Broad revealed that the Indian cricket team is given a privileged treatment in different aspects, thus the game loses its fairness.
In an exclusive interview with a foreign media outlet, Broad disclosed criminal facts which caused him to suffer in silence during his tenure as an ICC referee. He told of an occasion when the Indian team was four overs short in the required over-rate in a match and a fine was imminent. But instead of following the rules, someone intervened over the phone and instructed him to resolve the issue in a way that there would be no negative consequences for India.
“Once the call was made to me, I changed the timing figures so that no punishment would be given,” Broad said. “The very same thing happened at our next game, and I received a message telling me to Sorav Ganguly if anything. There is a lot of politics behind the scenes of the sport.”
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Broad also mentioned that he is now quite happy to be out of the panel of match officials at the ICC due to factor of problems like this interfering with his work. “There are tons of political influences in cricket, and I am glad I am not part of it anymore,” he said.
