Did India take permission from ICC to wear camouflage caps?

XtraTime Web Desk: The BCCI had already requested the ICC to allow Indian cricketers wear camouflage caps during the third ODI against Australia at Ranchi as they want to show a mark of tribute to Indian army and in memory of fallen soldiers of Pulwama Terrorist Attack.

During the toss India skipper Virat Kohli announced that the players had taken a decision to donate their individual match fees of Ranchi ODI to the families of Pulwama terrorist attack martyrs.

Former skipper MS Dhoni who was the main person behind this initiative presented the army cap to each member of the team and later accepted his own cap from his captain Virat Kohli.

Following that India’s arch rival Pakistan had accused India of politicising the game for their symbolic gesture, asking ICC to take some actions against them.

However, as per a report in The Times of India, BCCI had already taken a permission from cricket’s global body citing similar such initiatives from boards of other cricketing nations.

“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had requested permission from ICC CEO Dave Richardson on Thursday to let the players participate in a charity fund-raising effort and wear army caps with the BCCI crest in memory of the fallen soldiers,” the report quoted an ICC source as saying.

The initiative will become an annual affair whenever an ODI is played on Indian soil.

Several other cricket boards including that of Australia, South Africa and England have similar events of their own supporting different organisations.