Amid the rising tension between India and Australia in the lead-up to the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Melbourne, and Australian media channel shared a clip of a bizarre game involving some big-name local players, including Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon, Travis Head.
They were asked to describe International Cricket Council (ICC), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Indian Cricket in one word. Smith backtracked on his remark after taking a cheeky dig at ICC-BCCI, but Travis Head showed no hesitance in siding with the former’s earlier statement.
Seven Australian cricketers were part of the game organised by ABC Sport, where each were asked to describe ICC, BCCI and Indian cricket one word. The proceedings began with Test captain Pat Cummins, who chose a single word, ‘Big’, to describe all three.
Head, India’s recent tormentor across formats, was next on the list. The left-handed batter, who was the Player of Match in Australia win in Adelaide against India earlier this month, called BCCI “rulers,” and labelled ICC as “second.”
Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey and Steve Smith chose to describe the Indian Cricket body as “Powerful”, but the former two, along with Nathan Lyon called ICC as “boss”, the former no.1 ranked Test batter took a cheeky dig at the BCCI as he called ICC “not as powerful” .
Smith then burst into laughter and quickly backtracked on his response saying, “No, no I can’t say that. It was a joke.” He instead called ICC “leaders.”
You’re too naive if you can’t see ABC sports is doing this on purpose as a way to mock Star and other Indian sports media channels.
Sly pieces of shit https://t.co/9Vn7nZA8PD— 🏆 | It’s home (@VinisauceJr) December 23, 2024
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Usman Khawaja Says Pass on ICC
The senior Australian opener too was part of the game, where he was asked about ICC, but Khawaja remained silent, then put on a smile and said, “pass.”
To understand the reason behind Khawaja’s reply, one has to go back to the build-up to the Boxing Day Test last year against Pakistan. ICC had rejected his latest application to raise awareness over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The batter had requested to display a picture of a dove and an olive branch on his bat and shoes during the Boxing Day Test. Following a rejection, he took to social media to call out cricket’s apex body and outline their “double standards” over the issue.
