ICC charge Indian team manager for inappropriate comment
Indian team manager Vinod Phadke was charged for inappropriate comments during the series against South Africa. The team manager has filed a complained against on field umpire Vinod Kulkarni. The on-field umpire for the series has taken two wrong decisions –one was in the first T20 and the second one was in the Kanpur ODI.
In both cases, tight LBW decision went against the home side, with Kulkarni, who is also the India, the man on the hot seat.
India, who have regularly opposed the use of DRS for bilateral series, believes South African batsman JP Duminy could have been declared out twice in the opening T20I at Dharmasala before he went on to help his side chase down 199 in the final over. This was followed by a decision that again went against them when Faf du Plessis was ruled not out lbw in the first ODI to the first ball he faced from Ravichandran Ashwin.
MS Dhoni criticised Kulkarni’s decision in the post-match press conference.
“We did not have quite a few decisions going our way and sometimes these can change the match,” Dhoni said after the first T20.
India team manager Vinod Phadke charged with inappropriate comments. Hearing to take place after today’s #INDvSA ODI.
— ICC Media (@ICCMediaComms) October 14, 2015
Indian team manager Vinod Phadke also confirmed the team wasn’t happy with the decision-making and revealed he was going to mention this in his report.
“I have not seen the captain’s report, but I am going to mention him in my report,” Phadke told ESPNcricinfo.
“It is obvious to everybody that the umpiring has not been good.”
Following the report of the complaint, the ICC’s media department tweeted that Phadke had in fact been charged with inappropriate comments, and would face a hearing following the second ODI.
Cricket.com.au can confirm that those charges do indeed relate to Phadke’s comments regarding Kulkarni, with the team manager having breached ICC code 2.1.3, which relates to showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.