DHONI vs ICC, not ready to give up in World Cup season

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World Cup is the season but in the current tournament, Dhoni’s gloves are getting more headlines instead of cricket. Discussions regarding the marks of the sacrifice badge on Dhoni’s gloves have caught hold of it.

The World Cup is the season, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s wicketkeeping gloves have earned more headlines in the current tournament. Discussion about the ‘Sacrifice Badges’ mark on Dhoni’s gloves has caught hold of the discussion. On one hand, Dhoni is not ready to change his gloves, while the ICC is not inclined to overturn his stand. In such a scenario, the Dhoni-ICC affair has become the biggest dispute of the current World Cup.

During India’s first match against South Africa in Southampton on Wednesday, Dhoni was seen keeping wickets with the Badge badge. The ICC asked Dhoni to remove this scar from his gloves. But Dhoni refused to remove this scar from his gloves. BCCI has come in support of Mahi. BCCI’s COA Chief Vinod Rai said, “We have already written to the ICC to take MS Dhoni’s permission to wear a ‘sacrifice badge’ on his gloves. ‘

ICC will not change the stand

Now sources of the ICC said that there is no scope for appealing according to the rules, but BCCI has the right to write a letter to the ICC. This matter will be assigned to the technical committee. It includes Jeff Elders, David Richardson, Kumar Sangakkara, Harsha Bhogle and Steve Elvardi, but it is unlikely that they will change their stand.

Senior ICC sources say that the institution is not going to reconsider it in any way, because no other team can say something like this and the ICC has to allow it. After this, there will be religious or political messages in the playground, on which the ICC can never allow So it is almost certain that the ICC will not change its stand on it. However, he clarified that BCCI has not made any formal appeal on this so far.

Indian Army said this

On the other hand, the Indian Army does not consider this mark on Dhoni’s gloves as a sacrificial badge. According to Indian Army sources, it is a symbol of the Special Forces which is in Maroon and it is written in Hindi. It is always worn on the chest. The marks on Dhoni’s gloves are a symbol of the Special Forces.

After the BCCI, the Sports Ministry also supported Dhoni. Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju said, “In the affairs of sports bodies, the government does not interfere, they are autonomous.But when the issue is related to the feelings of the country, then the interest of the nation has to be kept in mind. I would like to request the BCCI to take up this matter in the ICC. “

Why Dhoni sacrificed badges

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army in 2011 due to his achievements in cricket. Dhoni is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to receive this honor. Dhoni was given honorary commission because he is a young icon and he can motivate the youth to join the armed forces. Dhoni is a trained paratrooper. They have done paragraph basic course and wear paratrooper wings.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has proved his rank as an honorary lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army (TA) 106 Parachute Regiment. Dhoni became trained paratrooper in August 2015. After completing the fifth jump from the Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft at Paratroopers Training School (PTS) in Agra, he had qualified for applying the prestigious Para Wings insignia. That is, with this Dhoni got the ability to use this badge.

Significantly, Dhoni had jumped from 1,250 feet height and had successfully landed near Malpura Drop Zone in less than a minute. In November 2011, Dhoni was awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army (TA). Then he said that he wanted to become an officer in the army, but fortune made him a cricketer.