Mumbai Cricket Association Vice-President Ravi Savant to Skip IPL Qualifier 2 at Wankhede Stadium
Indian Premier League governing council had shifted the June 1 T20 final from Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium and Mumbai Cricket Association's vice president Ravi Savant said his decision to skip the match was a personal one.
Deeply hurt by the Indian Premier League final snub, Mumbai Cricket Association's vice president Ravi Savant has decided to stay away from the Qualifier 2 being held at the association-owned Wankhede Stadium on Friday. (Read: IPL 2014 Final to Stay in Bangalore)
"I have handed over my accreditation and car pass to the Cricket Board (BCCI) secretary (Sanjay Patel) and will not attend the game but all cooperation would be given by MCA for the smooth conduct of the match," Savant told PTI on Wednesday.
IPL governing council had shifted the June 1 T20 final from here to Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium and Savant said his decision to skip the match was a personal one.
"The match has been shifted without assigning any valid reason to us. We had even set aside our self-respect and decided to lift the ban on Shah Rukh Khan to attend the final as demanded," said Savant.
The MCA official, who is also the vice president of the BCCI from West Zone, said he does not know what the other managing committee members of the MCA have decided on the issue.
"You will have to ask them," he said.
Savant also denied the charge leveled by IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal through a letter written to MCA president Sharad Pawar that he had threatened BCCI's interim president Shivlal Yadav on the issue.
"I had not threatened Shivlal Yadav as has been charged by Biswal," said Savant.
Asked whether Pawar would be witnessing the match at the Wankhede Stadium, Savant said "I don't think so."