5. Arun Jaitley Statue Controversy
Arun Jaitley Statue (Image source: Twitter)
While teams all over the world have statues of players outside their stadiums, for example, Manchester United’s Old Trafford has statues of Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best, in India it is quite different.
Following the reveal of former Finance minister, Arun Jaitley’s statue at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium (now named Arun Jaitley Stadium), former Indian cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi wrote a scathing remark on the decision and said, “People who surround you presently will never inform you that it’s WG Grace at Lord’s..Sir Jack Hobbs at the Oval..Sir Donald Bradman at the SCG…Sir Garfield Sobers at Barbados & Shane Warne of recent vintage at the MCG…who adorn their cricket stadia with the Spirit of Cricket never out of place.”
Bedi slammed the DDCA and Indian Cricket Board and asked to remove his name from the spectator’s stand and also renounced his membership from DDCA.
‘Sporting arenas need sporting role models. The place of the administrators is in their glass cabins,” said Bedi as the Indian Cricket Board was again criticised by the fans for a wrong decision.
