Didn’t make Uturn on DRS row: BCCI

NEWDELHI: The BCCI administrators denied that they had a mood swing on the DRS controversy during the Bangalore Test.

After skipper Virat Kohli criticised Steve Smith’s multiple bid to seek dressing room support on DRS, the BCCI lodged a complaint to the ICC, only to withdraw it in less than 24 hours.

On Wednesday, the BCCI bosses were not very eager to explain what made India back off after Kohli had hinted the Australians were cheating. Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland called the cheating charges against Smith as “outrageous.”

As matters threatened to reach a flashpoint, a meeting between BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and Sutherland quickly helped settle the issue. “When an altercation happens, we have to point it out. It doesn’t mean that we have to take it to the international court of justice. The Australians wanted a discussion and had some concerns too,” said Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai.

Saying India withdrew the complaint “in the true spirit of the game,” Rai angrily denied that the BCCI made a U-turn. He even claimed that the COA “knew the Virat Kohlis more than the media knew!”