Cricket Australia confirms Indian players faced racial abuse in Sydney Test

Cricket Australia has confirmed Indian players were subjected to racial abuse in the third Test of the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The board further said that the investigation is still on while it is looking at footage from CCTV cameras, and ticketing data along with interviews with spectators to assess and identify the culprits. However, the board cleared the six spectators who were evicted on the fourth day of the Sydney Test as the investigation found they did not engage in any racist behaviour.

“CA confirms that members of the Indian cricket team were subjected to racial abuse. CA's own investigation into the matter remains open, with CCTV footage, ticketing data and interviews with spectators still being analysed in an attempt to locate those responsible,”  CA head of security and integrity Sean Carroll said in a statement.

"CA's investigation concluded that the spectators filmed and/or photographed by the media in the Brewongle Stand concourse at the conclusion of the 86th over on day four of the test did not engage in racist behaviour."

"CA's investigation concluded that the spectators filmed and/or photographed by the media in the Brewongle Stand concourse at the conclusion of the 86th over on day four of the test did not engage in racist behaviour."

Cricket Australia has submitted its findings to the International Cricket Council (ICC) and has also asked the New South Wales Police if they have completed their investigation.

The first episode of racial abuse was reported when the Indian team management led by the captain Ajinkya Rahane and other senior players such as Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin reported those incidents against pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah to the match officials after the end of the third day’s play in Sydney.

Match officials took cognisance of the matter and suggested instant reporting of these issues the next time they were to face and Siraj did that on the fourth day when match officials halted the game for a period of 10 minutes when those six individuals who now have been cleared of the charges of racial abuse were evicted from the ground.

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