Former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan has made a shocking remark on the Pakistani crowd stating that he got injured after a fan threw an iron nail towards him in Peshawar. He also went on to say that Pakistan and its players should stop making a fuss about the Indian crowd behaviour.
“we were playing a game in Peshawar, a fan suddenly threw an iron nail at me which struck under my eye. We never made an issue out of that and always appreciated their hospitality. Pakistan should stop making issues on crowd behaviour in India,” said Irfan Pathan.
Meanwhile, ICC is set to take no action on PCB’s complaint. The apex body’s anti-discrimination code of conduct is applicable to individuals and it is not possible to apply it to the entire crowd. A senior ICC official confirmed the same to PTI.
“The ICC takes every complaint very seriously but code is about individuals. I don’t know what exactly is PCB looking at but it will be very difficult to take any tangible action,” a veteran official, who has worked in both BCCI and ICC told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
“The ICC may identify individuals if there are charges of racism but if thousands of people are shouting a slogan, what can you do? No player was injured by any ‘missile’ hurled from the gallery? A partisan crowd is expected. That’s pressure of elite sport,” he added.
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