Mumbai, July 02: Sharad Pawar today arrived from Singapore after formally taking over as the ICC President and rubbished suggestions that rejection of John Howard’s candidacy for the vice-President’s post would divide world cricket.
Pawar, who succeeded Englishman David Morgan, returned here this morning after taking charge as President during the ICC Executive Committee meeting in Singapore.
Upon arrival, the Union Agriculture minister was bombarded with questions about Asian bloc’s refusal to back Howard but he rejected talk of any divide by insisting that the former Australian Prime Minister just didn’t get enough support in a democratically-held election.
“The majority did not support him. Ultimately in any democratic organisation, there has to be support from the majority but that was not there in his case,” he said.
Asked whether the rejection would divide world cricket, Pawar said, “I don’t think so.
–PTI