BCCI cannot digest Pak team’s supremacy: Sarfraz

KARACHI: Former Pakistan Test pacer Sarfraz Nawaz on Wednesday said that the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) cannot tolerate the supremacy of Pakistani cricketers, which has now been proved after Indian papers exposed BCCI’s influence over man of the match decision during the recently-concluded ODI series.

According to the Indian media, BCCI influenced the jury of commentators to name Indian skipper MS Dhoni for the man of the match award for the third and final game of the ODI series that India won by 10 runs.

“Dhoni was adjudged man of the match in the first match in which he was the top-scorer with an unbeaten 113 runs. However, during the same match, Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed played a match-winning innings of 101 runs.

But if someone could justify that then certainly Saeed Ajmal, who grabbed five wickets in the third match which Pakistan lost, should have been awarded trophy in place of Dhoni, who scored only 36 runs,” Sarfraz said.

“BCCI has shown intolerance by influencing the decision of man of the match award as it cannot accept the supremacy of Pakistani players,” he stressed.

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