{"id":186083,"date":"2023-11-21T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=186083"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:27:28","slug":"modi-shouldnt-have-entered-indian-dressing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/sport\/modi-shouldnt-have-entered-indian-dressing-room\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Modi shouldn’t have entered Indian dressing room’"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Would @narendramodi allow his supporters to come and console or congratulate him in his bedroom, dressing room or the toilet?’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Retired all-rounder Kirti Azad slammed Prime Minister Narendra D Modi for visiting the Indian cricket team’s dressing room after their defeat against Australia in the World Cup final on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Modi and Home Minister Amit A Shah consoled the dejected Indian players<\/strong> in their dressing room at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n

Azad, who was part of the India’s World Cup winning team in 1983, said except for the players and the support staff nobody else can enter the players’ dressing room.<\/p>\n

‘The dressing room is the sanctum sanctorum<\/em> of any team. @ICC does not allow anybody to enter these rooms apart from the players and the support staff.<\/p>\n

‘PM of India should have met the team outside the dressing room in the private visitors area. I say this as a #sportsman and not #politician,’ Azad tweeted.<\/p>\n

‘Would @narendramodi allow his supporters to come and console or congratulate him in his bedroom, dressing room or the toilet? #Sportspersons are far more disciplined than #politicians.’<\/p>\n

He also lasted out at the BCCI for not inviting the legendary Kapil Dev — under whose captaincy India won its first World Cup in 1983 — for the final .<\/p>\n

‘Last, but not the least, the man and whose team did it for India, In 1983 @therealkapildev was also not invited. Now tell me who is doing politics?’<\/p>\n

The International Cricket Council’s ruling for Players and Match Officials Areas (PMOA) at international matches clearly states that a person without PMOA accreditation cannot enter the dressing room or other areas specified by the ICC anti-corruption manager.<\/p>\n

‘The ICC developed Minimum Standards for Players and Match Officials Areas (PMOA) in the early 2000s in support of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. To this day they continue to protect Participants from unwanted communication from third parties and prevent issues of unintentional disclosure of inside information.<\/p>\n

‘At each relevant International Match, the PMOA includes the dressing rooms used by the teams and match officials, match view areas used by teams (including dug-outs), operational rooms used by any umpire or match referee, dining areas used by teams and match officials and any other area the ICC Anti-Corruption manager determines should be included.<\/p>\n

‘You can only enter the PMOA if you have been granted, and are wearing, PMOA accreditation,’ says the ICC rules and regulations on Players and Match Officials Areas.<\/p>\n

Article 3.1.3 of the ICC’s Minimum Standards For Players’ and Match Officials’ areas at international matches further states that: ‘No individual, irrespective of their identity, job, role or responsibility, will be allowed to enter, or remain within, the PMOA without displaying an official accreditation pass.’<\/p>\n

SEE: What Modi Told Team India After Final<\/strong><\/p>\n