Indian fans feel irked at the BCCI after watching the ECB’s gesture for Chris Woakes.

Indian fans expressed their displeasure at the BCCI after the ECB, with an emotional tribute, stole the show for Chris Woakes.

On Monday, the England Cricket Board (ECB) shared an emotional video tribute to one of their greatest, Chris Woakes, after the pacer announced his retirement from international cricket. He decided to retire last month after suffering a brutal shoulder injury during the Test series against India.

Fans irked with the BCCI for not giving a proper tribute to Indian players.

On Monday, the ECB sat Woakes down and handed him an iPad which had a video montage of messages from several teammates, including Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Joe Root, Sam Curran, Jos Buttler, and Adil Rashid. All of them wished him well for the next chapter of his life and remembered some of the fondest moments they’ve been part of, including winning the 2019 World Cup, the 2022 T20 World Cup, and the Ashes. However, this led to Indian fans comparing the ECB’s gesture to that of the BCCI, questioning it for failing to come up with something as creative and thoughtful for their recently retired cricketers, ViratKohli, Rohit Sharma and RavichandranAshwin. Although the BCCI shared several X posts and videos when Kohli and Rohit announced their retirements, fans weren’t convinced and felt the BCCI could do much more, given its status as the most powerful cricket board in the world.

Indian fans express disappointment with the BCCI.

One fan reacted, “baffling how boards like Australia and England keep producing heartfelt, genuine content, while BCCI, with all its wealth, struggles to make anything memorable.” Another wrote, “Dream for BCCI to do this for Indian cricketers.” A third fan expressed, “This tribute video by ECB on Chris Woakes made me emotional, a must watch for every cricket fan❤️🥺 I feel so jealous of ECB, the way they give farewell to their legends. In India, even the greatest of games like ViratKohli doesn’t get such tribute💔.” A fourth fan noted, “Simple … England and Australia cricket boards compete with other sports (football/ rugby, etc) for viewers’ attention, hence they take their viewers seriously. In India, BCCI knows that viewers will come automatically, hence no such effort or even maintaining stadiums.”