The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vehemently denied all the accusations of Asia Cup match between India and Sri Lanka being staged. ( Watch )
BCCI rubbished all the claims of match being staged after former Pakistan players Rameez Raja and Waqar Younis made striking comments about the Thursday's encounter between India and Sri Lanka.
In a reaction to Times Now news channel the BCCI clearly stated, "We shouldn't undermine the performance of the players".
BCCI also said that if India lose then its a proper match, if win it was staged and they went on to say that commentators can say what they want, we are not concerned.
Earlier, former Pakistan greats Waqar Younis and Rameez Raja have slammed the manner of the Lankan loss. The duo questioned Lanka's will to win the crucial encounter as the result of the match led to the hosts being knocked out.
The match was a do-or-die game for India to make it to the final, while a Lankan victory would have paved the way for the hosts for Sunday's finale.
Rameez Raja said during live commentary, "We didn't see a lot of will and determination from Sri Lanka in this game. So many batsmen got starts, but no one really carried on to play a big innings...Sanath Jayasuriya in particular looked a little bored at the crease, when he was looking good he threw away his wicket."
While Waqar Younis said, "I haven't seen Mahela Jayawardene really being proactive in Thursdy's game. He is really on his heels .the manoeuvring of the bowlers I thought was below par - He himself is always on his toes going to the bowlers."
Raja went on and said, "Sri Lanka had the choice of picking a team to play them in the final, there you see another look at the batting card, Sanath Jayasuriya got a start as did Mahela, Kapugedera and Silva..but no one really carried on."
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