Ranji Trophy match delayed after two teams from Bihar turn up for game against Mumbai; sparks social media frenzy
before the match which led to all the confusion. The secretary continued the defiant tone and claimed that the President of the cricket body doesn't have the authority to select the final team. “We have picked the team on merit and that is the right team.
You see the talent that is coming from Bihar. We have a cricketer (Sakib Hussain), who is picked in the IPL. We have a 12-year-old prodigy making his debut in the game.
The other is being picked by the secretary who is suspended, so it can’t be the real team," BCA President Rakesh Tiwary while speaking to news platform TheIndianExpress. “First things first: I won the election, and I am an official secretary of the BCA. You can’t suspend a secretary.
Secondly, how can a president select a team? Have you ever seen BCCI president Roger Binny announcing the squad? You will always see the signature of Secretary Jay Shah," countered Secretary Amit Kumar. Apart from the unprecedented chaos over claims of the “fake" team, questions were also raised about the condition of the stadium. The social media remained abuzz with the videos of the stadium, where the viewers didn't even have a proper place to sit.
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