BCCI's board refuses to give passes to Apple officials for a T20 match in Hyderabad

Calls for building the great Chinese wall are legend. One such played out recently in India, with the BCCI wearing the builder's hat between two Chinese mobile phone manufacturers and one American giant.

According to reports, the BCCI's board refused to give away 20 passes from the president's quota to officials from Apple for a T20 match in Hyderabad last month.

Apparently, the president didn't want to offend the match sponsors — Oppo and Vivo.


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When we tried to reach out to both companies about being dragged into the brouhaha, all we got was a radio silence. As they say, don't poke the dragon.