Cricket Australia has told the ICC that it was unable to recognize spectators who racially abused Indian players for the duration of the Sydney Test and the six who have been ejected from the stands have been not the genuine culprits, a media report stated on Tuesday. The Age reported that the CA investigators “have cleared the six men ejected from their seats during the Sydney Test of racially abusing Mohammed Siraj.” CA has sent the findings to the ICC right after a probe. The ICC had provided the body 14 days to lodge a report.
“CA, which is awaiting a final report from NSW Police, is satisfied that the six men who were walked out of the lower tier of the Clive Churchill and Brewongle stand by police on the fourth afternoon of the Test did not make remarks of a racial nature to players,” the newspaper stated.”The report (of CA to the ICC) says while they believed players had been racially abused, CA investigators were unable to identify the culprits,” it stated.Play was halted for a couple of minutes on the fourth day of the third Test on January 10 right after Siraj complained of racial abuse from the crowd.This prompted the safety personnel to enter the stands and appear for the mischief-mongers prior to six people today have been asked to leave.The BCCI had lodged a formal complaint and the CA had provided an unreserved apology.The newspaper report stated CA “interviewed multiple Indian players and took witness accounts from spectators, among them people who contacted CA to volunteer what they saw and heard during the match.””Sources now say the Indians had warned on the ground that they wouldn’t resume play until their complaint was acted upon,” the newspaper stated.”CA was told the men were singing to Siraj, who after complaining to umpires then pointed in their direction when police arrived.”The newspaper also claimed one of the six guys kicked out had stated for the duration of the match that Siraj was upset right after getting hit for two sixes in an more than and had gone to umpires when a crowd member stated “Welcome to Sydney, Siraj”.In its complaint, the BCCI had alleged that Siraj and his senior pace companion Jasprit Bumrah have been abused racially for two consecutive days for the duration of the match in Sydney.
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