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CA to probe Pawar Push

Cricket Australia says it will find out what happened exactly during the presentation ceremony of the Champions Trophy.

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MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI: Cricket Australia on Tuesday promised a probe into the nudging of Sharad Pawar by its players whose conduct was deplored by Sunil Gavaskar who disclosed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India President was addressed as ‘hiya buddy’ by one of the team members.

Cricket Australia said it would go through the footage of the incident to find out what happened exactly during the presentation ceremony of the Champions Trophy in Mumbai on Sunday night. “The players have only just arrived back in Australia and over the course of the next few days we will be finding out what, if anything, did or did not happen,” CA Spokesman Peter Young said.

Young said the players were understandably very thrilled to have won the mini World Cup for the first time but stopped short of citing it as an excuse. “I do know the players were excited to win the trophy. It is a bit of a holy grail because it was the only trophy they had not won,” he was quoted as saying by The Age.

What they said...

I am not amused an Australian player who said ‘hiya buddy’ when he went up to receive his medallion from Mr. Pawar. Just receive it quietly. You are not in your country. We respect our elders. Would they have done such a thing to their Prime Minister? Australia waited all these years to win the Champions Trophy. They could have waited for Pawar to be escorted by the lady from the ICC rather than nudge him away

Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian captain

I have heard about it. It is quite unfortunate. Mr Pawar is among the most respected figures in this country. Whatever has happened is unfortunate. We would have requested him in a dignified manner to get on to one side. 

Yuvraj Singh, Indian batsman

No guest would abuse the hospitality in the manner the Australians did. It should completely embarrass the Australian cricket public and their board. Pawar had shown magnanimity in downplaying the incident but the world champions deserved a rap on the knuckles for their behaviour. He showed a lot of civility which unfortunately can’t be said about the world champions.

Mohammed Azharuddin, former India captain

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