Chetan Chauhan still insists the Sri Lankans chickened out
An unrepentant Chetan Chauhan, the vice president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, still insists that the pitch wasn't dangerous.
Despite a damning report from the ICC match referee Alan Hurst, who deemed the pitch unfit, Chauhan still insists the Sri Lankan team chickened out.
Singing the same tune is the former BCCI Pitches and Grounds Committee chairman Daljit Singh.
"It (the pitch) wasn't the worst wicket in the world. It was not the best of pitches but I don't understand the reason behind the match being abandoned," Sing told PTI.
It wasn't just the Sri Lankan team, the ICC, or match referee Alan Hurst who thought the pitch was dangerous. Indian skipper MS Dhoni too has gone on record saying the pitch was bad.
Dhoni told The Hindu that the wicket was indeed bad. A quote below,
"If you look at my career, you will see this was the only abandoned match that I have been part of. It was certainly not a good wicket. So the match referee decided to abandon the match in consultation with the two teams. Now it is upto the ICC to decide on the issue."
Would you believe that even Indian opening batsman Gautham Gambhir has told the media that the wicket was bad, and that Hurst made the right call?
Watch the video below from TimesNow TV. Chauhan still insists the wicket wasn't bad. He claims he resigned from his post due to a moral obligation. He still insists the wicket was OK and the Lankans chickened out.
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20 November 2008
1 week 3 days
Delhi faces axe as World Cup venue after match abandoned.
Delhi is likely to lose its right to host four World Cup matches after the pitch for Sunday's abandoned game against Sri Lanka was deemed 'unfit'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket...
30 May 2009
14 weeks 4 days
It would be a shame if they didn't get any World Cup games, but this is the only punishment that could hurt the BCCI.
Money doesn't really matter, so you can't fine them. Taking away international matches until the World Cup would not be much of a deterrent either, so fining them with World Cup matches seems to be the only choice.
Is it too early to wonder if the ICC will stand up to the BCCI and slap them with this punishment?
Stupid!!
27 December 2008
24 min 13 sec
Mr. Arun Jaitley, (whom I admire as a great politician, a future PM candidate) is doing all his best to bury this up accepting the faults whereas Chauhan is making a fool out of himself giving out such foolish statements.
Yeh Hai Hindustaan meri jaan !!
I cant believe he said he quit on moral grounds on the video!!
27 December 2008
24 min 13 sec
You got to read this story now !
20 November 2008
4 days 14 hours
Well that explains a lot!
Chauhan should be lucky India didnt bat and get all out for 20 and Sachin didnt get injured. They would have hung him in public!!
20 November 2008
4 days 14 hours
Kotla could lose World Cup: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/...
"In his latest inspection, Andy Atkinson, the ICC pitch consultant responsible for certifying World Cup venues, has given the Kotla a 'red' rating — the worst of four possible colour categories."
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