3rd Test: Indian players racially abused again; play disrupted, CA offers ‘unreserved apology’ PTI
Sydney: Play was halted for a few minutes on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia after the visiting players complained of abuse from the crowd here Sunday, prompting the host board to ‘unreservedly apologise’ and promise strongest possible action against those responsible.
It was a day after a drunk spectator at the SCG allegedly directed racial abuse at Indian players Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. The BCCI has lodged a complaint with the ICC.
“Cricket Australia condemns in the strongest terms possible all discriminatory behaviour,” said Sean Carroll, CA’s Head of Integrity and Security.
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Saturday 09 January, 2021 | 11:31 PM
SYDNEY: The BCCI on Saturday lodged a formal complaint with ICC match referee David Boon after Indian team players, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, were allegedly racially abused by a drunk spectator here during the third day of third Test against Australia.
According to BCCI sources, Siraj was allegedly referred to as a monkey by a drunk spectator in one of stands at the Sydney Cricket Ground, reliving the infamous Monkeygate episode of the Indian team s tour of Australia in 2007-08. BCCI lodged a formal complaint with ICC match referee David Boon about two of their players Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj being abused by a drunk spectator, a Cricket Board source told PTI.
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