Balidaan Badge

MUMBAI: When rules of engagement and behavior are determined not by the rule book, but by "status", we get the unseemly brouhaha that has unfolded around "l'affaire MS Dhoni and his 'Balidaan Badge' gloves".

In a statement Friday evening, the game’s world governing body said: “The ICC has responded to the BCCI to confirm the logo displayed by MS Dhoni in the previous match is not permitted to be worn on his wicket-keeping gloves at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019.