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Gurmehar-Sehwag row:Umar Khalid says Sehwag represented BCCI not India


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Since BCCI is the officially recognized sports authority that represents India in international cricket,both by the government of India and the ICC, playing for BCCI in an international match, *IS* representing India.

Out with this deshdrohi !

 

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Those idiots like Khalid who are giving this anti national statements should be dragged out of their comfort rooms and should be forced to do patrolling on the border just for one night

All their love for pak will come out

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11 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

Since BCCI is the officially recognized sports authority that represents India in international cricket,both by the government of India and the ICC, playing for BCCI in an international match, *IS* representing India.

Out with this deshdrohi !

 

https://www.google.co.in/amp/www.sportskeeda.com/amp/cricket/does-the-indian-cricket-team-represent-the-country-or-bcci

 



BCCI is not a national sports body nor a sports federation that functions under the Union Sports Ministry. It is instead a charitable organization that has been registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.

 

 

At the same time, BCCI has no legal provision to use the word “India” in its name, nor does it stand the right to field a team called “India”, since the name implies patronage from the government of India.

As BCCI has continuously refused to identify itself as a public authority and since they are not officially recognized as a national sports federation, it is illegal to insinuate government patronage.

In short, BCCI is a private body, that officially represents India in ICC, without government recognition, which is illegal according to the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950

 

 

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^^ I had read about a SC verdict also on similar lines. During the 

 

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sticking-indian-flag-on-helmets-not-allowed-govt-tells-cricketers/1/194252.html

 

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On September 29, 2004, BCCI lawyer K.K. Venugopal stated in the Supreme Court that "if India plays England, it is a match played by the official team of the BCCI and not the official team of India".

In its haste to stick its claws into the board for such lame legal callisthenics, the Home Ministry has abandoned all common sense. The only code ruling this scenario has nothing to do with flags, but with the combined ego of the BCCI and the babus.

The ruling does not affect either but hits the athletes who choose to wear the flag on their uniforms. The cricketers have, rather timidly, sought refuge behind the inanity of "no comments". Other athletes, including Narain Karthikeyan, who will surely own the most distinctive helmet in Formula One, have been vociferous in protest.

The cricketers must follow their leadership. Sachin Tendulkar, who began the practice of sticking a flag on his helmet, or Sourav Ganguly, who has worn tricoloured wristbands in the past, need to take ownership of this one.

But since, Lodha reforms everything has changed. We have national anthems played during cricket matches, so this all moot. Sehwag represents India now, even legally!

 

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