It seems that the acting BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary was upset after the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) president presenting the ODI trophy to the Australian skipper, Aaron Finch at the Feroz Shah Kotla after they defeated India 3-2.

According to the BCCI protocol if its official is present during a bilateral international series, then the state association members have to make way at the presentation ceremony. However, after Australia defeated the men in blue in series-decider in Delhi on Wednesday, DDCA president Rajat Sharma handed over the series trophy to Finch even though BCCI acting president CK Khanna was present at the ceremony.

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As per the e-mail quoted by The Indian Express written by Choudhary read: “Was it a BCCI event or a DDCA event? If it was a not a BCCI event how is it that BCCI representative(s) were included in the presentation party? If it was indeed a BCCI event how is it that the trophy presentation was made by a DDCA office bearer when the BCCI Acting President was present? Whose decision was it to exclude the concerned BCCI office-bearer from making the presentation?”

Choudhary further added, “Please let me add that the undersigned has no interest in any of these and you would very kindly remember that the undersigned had volunteered himself out even at Ranchi on March 8 besides having done the same for each and every league match of 2018 IPL. Kindly let me know the answer to the above three queries.”

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However, commenting on the same, DDCA president feels that the controversy as a non-issue. He said, “I believe this is a non-issue. In Mohali too after the ODI, the trophy was given by the state association president.”