India, Jan. 12 -- Former Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has launched a broadside at the International Cricket Council (ICC), alleging that the game's global body has become "helpless in the face of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and warning that the ICC's purpose is at stake.

Speaking to the reporters at a function in Karachi, Ajmal alleged that due to the BCCI, the richest cricketing board in the world, the ICC is unable to take "unbiased and principled decisions in the overall interest of world cricket," and said that the global body should shut down its operations.

"If the ICC can't enforce its decisions on the Indian board, then its very existence is unnecessary," he said.

Ajmal's comments come amid a long-runni...