London, January 01: England all-rounder Stuart Broad has denied Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar’s claim that he gets a preferential treatment since his father — Chris — is an ICC match referee.
Gavaskar had recently written in a newspaper column that Stuart always gets away despite his bad behaviour since umpires do not want to spoil relations with his father Chris.
However, Broad junior says that’s not the case.
“I get treated like everyone else,” Stuart said.
Broad had argued with umpires in the drawn first Test against hosts South Africa when he was declared out on a late review decision but was not questioned for his conduct.
However Stuart denies crossing the line while discussing it with on-field officials.
“I think a lot was made of the incident at Centurion.
–PTI