Srinivasan 'scripted' India's 2015 World Cup quarter-final win: Mustafa Kamal

New Delhi: In a startling revelation that might affect the credibility of the game itself, former ICC president Mustafa Kamal has directly accused ICC chairman N Srinivasan for single-handedly scripting India's win over Bangladesh in the World Cup quarter-final earlier this year in March.

In an interview to Cricketnext, Kamal narrates how Srinivasan staged proceedings during that match, adding: "The man who is doing all these things in India, he is the man who could do all these in Melbourne."

Asked about the controversies regarding the World Cup quarter final match between India and Bangladesh, Kamal said he protested as there was no fair play. He accused Srinivasan of scripting the match including the controversial slogan "Jeetega Jeetega India jeetega”.

“It was the decision of the ICC. Who runs ICC? It is the president or the chairman. Since I didn't do anything wrong, then who did the wrong? It is the chairman. Obviously, it goes against him. Why on that day the spider camera was not there? Why on that day technology was not used? Why on that day the giant screen wasn't used? Why? It was an ICC event. I was also a part of ICC. How could they say like that? How can they say that in that match Bangladesh is losing and India is winning?”

In the next match, India were facing Australia. Why did they show that on the giant screen? Why didn't they say "Jeetega Jeetega India jeetega, Australia haarega". Could you say like that? So why against Bangladesh,? Kamal asked.

On the World Cup final hullabaloo, he said he had done nothing wrong as it was the ICC president's prerogative to do the honors at the World Cup final presentation ceremony.

“At the presentation ceremony, Mr. Srinivasan was there. He thought that everybody would appreciate that but none appreciated. So I warned him not to do that because everybody who follows cricket knows that it's the ICC president's prerogative. Every time it has been done like that, so now when they [general public/ experts] will see something is coming up differently, in that case they will not accept it gracefully. So they were opposing it and they expressed their sentiments.”

That is his bad luck and he has defamed himself and he has defamed this grand game of cricket and the institution itself. So I think it was not a good way or a good gesture of a human being. It should not have been like that. I could do many things. I could go to the ground. I could give the trophy because I was the president and I knew my obligations. I could make an objection there. But I didn't want to go that way. I said, "Okay, fine, fair enough".

Srinivasan is yet to respond to the accusations.