Daijiworld Media Network

London, Sep 2: India's tour of England, certainly not the best one for the visitors, has been marred by duels not only on the field, but off the field as well.

Now, former player Nasser Hussain finds himself in trouble for shooting comments against Indian players. In a new controversy that may well snowball into a big issue, the former England captain called the Indian fielders 'donkeys' during the Twenty20 match on Wednesday September 1 at Manchester.

The remark came after Parthiv Patel misjudged a catch off the top edge of Kevin Pietersen's bat.

"I would say the difference between the two side is the fielding. England are all-round a good fielding side. I do believe that India have few...3 or 4 very good fielders and one or two donkeys in the field still," Hussain said.

The comment evoked a storm, with several former Indian players and cricket experts slamming Hussain for making such an irresponsible and highly derogatory remark.

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas said Nasser's comment was in poor taste, and that the BCCI ought to take action against him by lodging a complaint.

This is not the first time Hussain has been in the news for wrong reasons. Earlier at Trentbridge, during the same series, he had an argument regarding the DRS issue with Ravi Shastri.

Meanwhile, BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said that the Board will look into the incident.

"Every player has to be respected and such comments should not be made. I do not think this comment was appropriate. We will definitely look into it," Shukla told reporters.