ICC condemns racism in Sydney Test, seeks motion taken report from Cricket Australia

The ICC on Sunday condemned the incidents of Indian gamers being subjected to racial abuse by spectators throughout the third Test towards Australia in Sydney and sought an motion taken report from the host nation’s cricket board.
Play was halted for a couple of minutes on the fourth day of the third Test after pacer Mohammed Siraj complained of abuse from a bit of the gang, resulting in expulsion of some spectators and an unreserved apology from the host board.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) has strongly condemned reported incidents of racism during the ongoing third Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground and have offered Cricket Australia all necessary support in investigating the incidents,” the apex physique stated in an announcement.
ICC chief government Manu Sawhney reiterated the ICC’s zero-tolerance coverage in direction of discrimination of any form.
“There is not any place for discrimination in our sport and we’re extremely disenchanted {that a} small minority of followers might imagine that this abhorrent behaviour is appropriate.
“We have a complete Anti-Discrimination Policy in place that Members must abide by and guarantee is adhered to by followers and we welcome the motion taken by floor authorities and Cricket Australia at the moment.
“We will provide Cricket Australia and the relevant authorities with our full support in any ensuing investigation as we will not tolerate any racism in our sport.”
Sunday’s developments in Sydney got here a day after Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have been racially abused by a drunk spectator on the identical venue.
Under the ICC Anti-Discrimination coverage, Cricket Australia will now “be required to investigate the issue and provide a report to the ICC on the incident and any action taken to ensure the issue has been dealt with appropriately.”
According to BCCI sources, Siraj was allegedly known as a “monkey” and “brown dog” by a drunk spectator in certainly one of stands on the Sydney Cricket Ground, reviving the notorious Monkeygate episode of the Indian crew’s tour of Australia in 2007-08.