'BCCI’s Ego Responsible for Crisis Facing T20 World Cup; ICC is Damaged': Sharda Ugra

Sharda Ugra, who is widely considered India’s foremost sports journalist, says the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI's) ego is responsible for the potential crisis facing the T20 World Cup due to start on February 7. As she put it, “The ICC is basically just the Dubai office of the BCCI”.

The crisis facing the T20 World Cup emerges out of Pakistan’s threat to boycott this event. Mohsin Naqvi, the Head of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the country’s Interior Minister, has indicated that Pakistan will decide about its participation on Friday or, even, as late as Monday.

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