My Criticism For BCCI Was About Ticketing, Scheduling And Not Against Any Individual: Prasad

The BCCI could have handled the scheduling and ticketing process of the World Cup in a better way, says former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, who insisted that his outburst on social media on the issue is in no way a tirade against any individual. The ICC in consultation with hosts BCCI rescheduled as many as nine games, including the marquee India vs Pakistan match, which was originally scheduled on October 15 in Ahmedabad but had to be advanced by a day on account of Navratri celebrations. READ: Venkatesh Prasad vents out anger in cryptic post days after slamming ACC’s decision Prasad has often taken to social media platform ‘X’ (formerly twitter) to share his opinion and on Saturday in a series of tweets, he criticized BCCI. However one tweet caught my attention: “It takes one corrupt, arrogant guy to take away the hard work of an otherwise non-corrupt organization and spoil the reputation of an entire organization & the impact isn’t just micro but at a macro level.

This is true in every field, be it politics, sports, journalism, corporate.” While he did not mention any name, there were conjectures on social media on who could have been Prasad’s target of ire. “Nothing personal, just observation,” Prasad told PTI when asked if it was meant towards any particular official. So were you misinterpreted? “100 percent. That (corrupt) I meant generally in all aspects of life. Be it airline industry, banking industry, and even IPL franchises have been banned as well. “Since in my other tweets, I had tweeted about tickets, it looked mixed up. My criticism for BCCI was clear about the ticketing and scheduling,” he said, clarifying his position.