Jason Gillespie, ex-Pakistan head coach, faced widespread abuse for questioning the ICC, which led to deleting his post. The former Australian bowler recently took to his social media ‘X’ and sought more clarity about the criteria to be checked to change venues. However, he met with widespread hatred and an online spat for the now-deleted post.

In his post, Gillespie wrote, “Has there been an explanation from the ICC why Bangladesh could not play their games outside of India? From memory, India refused to play Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, and they were allowed to play those games outside of Pakistan. Can someone make this make sense?”

Gillespie’s question, while aimed at a better understanding of the criteria used for arrangements on shifting matches, didn’t end up positively.

The bowler, facing many hostile comments, later took down the post. The 50-year-old cricketer later wrote, “Because I got abused for asking a simple question, that’s why.”

The apex body of cricket officially declared Scotland to be the replacement for Bangladesh, after several discussions with BCB.

Later on, a detailed statement, issued by the ICC, notified, “The ICC reviewed the concerns cited by the BCB, commissioned and considered independent security assessments from internal and external experts, and shared detailed security and operational plans covering federal and state arrangements, as well as enhanced and escalating security protocols for the event. These assurances were reiterated at several stages, including during discussions involving the ICC Business Corporation (IBC) Board.”

“The ICC’s assessments concluded that there was no credible or verifiable security threat to the Bangladesh national team, officials or supportersin India.”