ICC Politics with Inevitable Financial ICU Outcome

February 4, 2026

ICC Politics with Inevitable Financial ICU Outcome

Padmini Arhant 

The International Cricket Council taken over as Indian Cricket Council through corruption embedded BCCI – The Board of Control for Cricket in India is a case study for ICC to inevitably land in financial ICU.

BCCI renowned for incentives viz. bribes and assortment short cuts and shady deals to buy favorable decisions is classic degenerative politics prevalent in Indian political realm leading the sport cricket, originally claimed as “the gentlemen game”, drastically transformed into Indian political status quo i.e. partisanship, horse trading and gross violations. 

ICC at BCCI’s behest flouting standard rules against Bangladesh ousting the team from the international T20 2026 tournament with decisions once approved against those citing security threat such as Britain against Zimbabwe followed by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa against their expressed destinations and,

India declined against Pakistan in Pakistan, despite the absence of any such possibilities with guaranteed security were refused by BCCI chaired by Indian politics.

All of the above teams from different regions’ requests were granted by ICC allowing them to exercise preference. 

When Bangladesh Cricket team shared similar concern on legitimate grounds about playing the international tournament T20 2026 in India, especially with,

New Delhi politics at the helm direct involvement in the assassination of Bangladesh populist youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on Dec 11, 2025.

The cross border state terror and murder of foreign citizens in foreign land in Bangladesh is the latest in the slew of Indian politics’ terror overseas involving assassinations of foreign nationals.

Notwithstanding, the recent Balochistan war against Pakistan army resulting in 80 Pakistan armed forces casualty and 18 army personnel held in Baloch fighters custody trace New Delhi politics considering Indian political involvement in Balochistan is an open commitment.

The ICC at BCCI coercion barring Bangladesh from the sports event T20 2026 clarify Indian political corruption presiding over international board, that is expected to be fair and non-partisan maintaining general rule across the participating nations, rather than exceptions for majority while isolation and denial against political targets within sports consortium. 

The trend portends serious financial setbacks and economic liability for ICC in a sport with investments risking ICU condition under BCCI overarching political sabotage.

Any international organization such as ICC remaining independent without compromising ethics, principles and rules would not have to deal with reputation management bound by credibility factor and importantly imminent major financial collapse.

Padmini Arhant  

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