Peeved at not being given the opportunity to hand out the World Cup trophy to the champions, International Cricket Council (ICC) President Mustafa Kamal on Sunday left the Melbourne Cricket Ground even before the final between Australia and New Zealand finished. It was ICC chairman N Srinivasan, who handed the World Cup to champion team’s skipper Michael Clarke. According to reliable sources in the ICC, it was learnt that at an ICC meeting here on Saturday, Kamal was categorically told that he won’t be allowed to hand over the trophy.
Kamal reportedly didn’t sit in the ICC Hospitality Box and after talking to elite group of people in Bangladesh government (he is a union minister also), Kamal decided to leave the venue as he felt that it was an insult to his position. The ICC constitution states that head of the body will hand out the trophy but since the position of chairman has been created, there is some amount of confusion as to who is the head. The president is the ceremonial head while executive powers lie with the chairman.
