India-Bangladesh QF row: ICC Prez threatens to quit

ICC President Mustafa Kamal has threatened to quit his post alleging foul play in the second quarterfinal of the ongoing World Cup between India and Bangladesh that the defending champions had been involved in a controversial no-ball decision, which gave a life-line to centurion Rohit Sharma."From what I have seen, the umpiring was very poor. There was no quality in the umpiring. It seemed as if they had gone into the match with something in mind," he told PTI, after which he told a news channel that he may quit his post over his country's controversial defeat.

"Umpires may make mistakes. The ICC will see if this was done deliberately. Everything is on record. The ICC has to investigate and inquire the issue to see if there's anything to it," Kamal said.Also outraged by the umpiring, the Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to lodge a protest in the ICC and has got the backing of Kamal.

Bangladesh were handed a 109-run thrashing by India in the quarter-final match. The only dramatic moment in what was otherwise a clinical Indian performance was when Rohit got a close no-ball reprieve.Rohit was on an individual score of 90 and team total on 196 in the 40th over bowled by Rubel Hossain when a marginal 'no-ball' call went in favour of the Indian opener. Rohit went onto add another 47 runs in quick time to help India go past 300-run mark.

Ian Gould was the umpire who adjudged Rubel's full-toss as waist high 'no-ball' with Rohit being holed out at deep mid-wicket boundary. However, TV replays showed that it was a real touch-and-go situation which could have gone either way.BCB said it will protest the umpiring in its report to the ICC.Protests also erupted in Bangladesh after the loss with fans voicing their displeasure with the umpiring. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza had also expressed his displeasure at a few decisions going against his side, though he did not say in so many words."I don't want to say anything about the umpiring decisions. Everybody present saw what happened. So it's not fair on my part to comment on this," a peeved Mortaza said when asked about the controversy.