Previous India cricketer Mohammed Kaif has affirmed that India doctored the ODI World Cup Final contribute against Australia Ahmedabad. Kaif affirmed that he saw the contribute switching variety the lead-around to the final.
Previous India cricketer Mohammed Kaif has made explosive allegations that the ODI World Cup Final pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium was doctored to suit the host group. Speaking exclusively on Lallantop, Kaif has said that the final’s pitch was made slower by the Leading body of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) curators to suit the Indian side.
India had tumbled to a lamentable loss against the Australian side on a sluggish contribute Ahmedabad on November 19. The Indian group had fizzled with the bat in the final and lost the match by 6 wickets. Sent to bat first, India had raised just 240 runs, which Australia had chased down in 43 overs, attributable to a stunning 100 years by Travis Head.
INDIA DOCTORED WC FINAL PITCH: KAIF
Kaif contended that the Indian group had messed up and were beaten in their own arrangement by Pat Cummins’ Australia.
Kaif’s explosive revelations come on the background of a much controversial exit of ICC’s pitch consultant Andy Atinkson, who had left the ODI World Cup just in front of the final – claimed because of his differences with the BCCI on how the pitch should be for the final.
“I was there for three days. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid inspected the pitch consistently for 3 days in front of the final. They stood beside the pitch for an hour consistently. I saw the pitch change its tone. There was no watering the pitch, no grass on the track. India needed to give Australia a slow track. This is reality, regardless of whether individuals need to trust it,” Kaif said on Lallantop in an exclusive meeting.
“The inclination was that Australia had Pat Cummins, and Mitchell Starc, so India needed to give a slow pitch, and that was our mistake. Many individuals say that curators do whatever they might feel like doing and we don’t impact – that is rubbish. At the point when you are moving around the pitch – you need to say just two lines – please don’t put water, just lessen the grass. This happens. That is truth. And it should be finished. You are playing at home. And we did it excessively much,” Kaif added.
The previous Delhi Capitals assistant mentor contended that Pat Cummins had gained his lessons from the loss against India in their ODI World Cup opener and had effectively utilized that information.
“Cummins took the gaining from Chennai that batting is extreme toward the start in a slow match. No one fields first in a final, yet Cummins did. We messed up while doctoring the pitch,” Kaif closed.
BCCI VS ICC ON WC FINAL PITCH
During the ODI World Cup, the BCCI had not remarked on ICC pitch consultant Atkinson’s exit. Notwithstanding, PTI had cited a BCCI official at the time who had attempted to kill the controversy by saying that Atkinson’s agreement had reached a conclusion.
“Andy’s assignment is finished and he has returned. Try not to attempt to track down controversy where there is none. No place it is composed that ICC’s pitch consultant should be present before the final,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of secrecy.
Atkinson wasn’t precisely a number one with the BCCI brass at the time after he accused the host country of changing track for the semi-final among India and New Zealand from a fresh to a used one. In any case, the ICC had later sent an explanation that there is no such rule of holding take out matches on a fresh track and Atkinson was apprised of the improvement ahead of time.
After the competition, the International Cricket Council (ICC) appraised the pitch at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium as normal.
