"Where Is Half A Million Dollars?": Michael Holding Exposes Cricket West Indies For Misusing BCCI Donation

Updated - 21 May 2020, 02:26 PM

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Michael Holding. Photo Credit: Bipin Patel/Cricinfo.

West Indies legend Michael Holding has exposed his country’s cricket board for misusing the donation made by BCCI in 2013-14 for the former players. According to the fast bowling great Michael Holding, the Indian cricket board had donate half a million US dollars for the former players but none of them have received it yet.

Holding made the shocking revelation on a YouTube show. He also held up the audit report of Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF) on cricket governance in the country and notably made the statement against his cricket board.

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Michael Holding: Never heard that not even one cent out of that half a million going to any past player

Michael Holding wants the West Indies cricket board to make their audit report public. He also said that none of the former players have received any fund since BCCI made the donation as far as he has heard. Adding, if any of the players would have received the amount they world have made a big noise about it.

“Way back in 2013-2014, the BCCI donated half a million US dollars specifically to go to past players. I am a past player, not that I want any of it but I know a lot of past players, I have never heard that not even one cent out of that half a million going to any past player.

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Michael Holding says India should have won the game on three occasions against England. Image Courtesy: Getty

“I am absolutely sure if they (CWI) had done that, they would have made a big hullabaloo about it. Where is that half a million dollars? I will tell the viewers very soon,” Michael Holding said.

Holding, one of the greatest West Indies player, retired with 249 wickets in Tests, 142 in ODIs. He also took 778 wickets in first-class cricket.

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