'ICC Gave Special Treatment To India': Broad Makes Appalling REVELATION

Controversy in the world of cricket doesn’t stop, as former ICC match referee Chris Broad opened up on how he was once forced to give special treatment to the Indian team. While not naming the clash, Broad revealed how India were four overs down, which would have normally resulted in a fine.

But the match referee had to be lenient, and find ‘some time’ to bring the slow-over rate below the threshold.

"India were three, four overs down at the end of a game so it constituted a fine," Broad told the Telegraph. "I got a phone call saying, ‘Be lenient, find some time because it’s India’. And it’s like, right, OK. So we had to find some time, brought it down below the threshold.

"The very next game, exactly the same thing happened. He [Sourav Ganguly] didn’t listen to any of the hurry-ups, and so I phoned and said, ‘What do you want me to do now?’ and I was told, ‘Just do him. ’ So there were politics involved, right from the start. A lot of the guys now are either politically more savvy or just keeping the head below the parapet. I don’t know," Broad added.

Broad also opened up on how ‘India have taken ICC over’, and insisted that he’s quite happy to be not around in the scene because of India’s political domination in the sport.

“I think we were supported by Vince van der Bijl (ICC umpires manager) while he was in position because he came from a cricketing background but, once he left, the management became a lot weaker. India got all the money and have now taken over the ICC. So in many ways, I’m pleased I’m not around because it’s a much more political position now than it ever has been," he said.

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