The International Cricket Council has described the remarks of its own president Mustafa Kamal as 'very unfortunate ' , and insists its umpires ' 'integrity can not be questioned ' . Kamal put himself at the centre of a row over umpiring decisions which went the way of India in their World Cup quarter-final victory over Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday . India opener Rohit Sharma was reprieved as he neared his century when a no-ball was called because of the height of the delivery ; then Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah had to go when a marginal call came down in favour of boundary fielder Shikhar Dhawan , whose foot was ruled to be just clear of the rope when he took a catch at fine-leg . Shikhar Dhawan 's catch of Bangladesh 's batsman Mahmudullah during their quarter final proved controversial . Bangladeshi politician Kamal 's ICC role is largely ceremonial since cricket 's world governing body updated its constitution a year ago . He has nonetheless threatened to resign over the decisions taken by umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould in the match which finished in a 109-run win for India . Kamal implied the result was a foregone conclusion , and that world cricket is being run for the benefit of its superpower India . 'There was no quality in the umpiring . It looked like they took the field after it [ the outcome ] was pre-arranged , ' he said . 'As the ICC president , whatever I have to say I will say it in next meeting . It could happen that maybe I will resign . There was doubt about whether the fielder had made contact with the boundary rope , but the decision stood . ' I can not represent the `` Indian Cricket Council '' . If someone has imposed a result on us , in that case no one can accept it . ' ICC chief executive David Richardson has responded with an emphatic dismissal of Kamal 's insinuations . He said : 'The ICC has noted Mr Mustafa Kamal 's comments , which are very unfortunate but made in his personal capacity . Rohit Sharma was given a reprieve after being caught out off a no ball , and went on to make three figures . 'As an ICC president , he should have been more considerate in his criticism of ICC match officials , whose integrity can not be questioned . 'The no-ball decision was a 50-50 call . The spirit of the game dictates that the umpire 's decision is final and must be respected . 'Any suggestion that the match officials had 'an agenda ' or did anything other than perform to the best of their ability are baseless and are refuted in the strongest possible terms . ' Mustafa Kamal ( right ) threatened to resign from the ICC over what he saw as unfair umpiring .
Mustafa Kamal has threatened to resign after ICC lost to India . ICC were on the wrong end of some controversial decisions . But ICC insists umpires ' 'integrity can not be questioned ' in World Cup . India will play Australia in World Cup semi final on Thursday .