- Indian nationwide anthem was performed as a substitute of Advance Australia Truthful
- The Pakistan Cricket Board is reportedly blaming the ICC for blunder
Organisers of the Champions Trophy match between Australia and England have been left red-faced after the unsuitable nationwide anthem was performed in Lahore.
Josh Inglis posted his maiden ODI century as Australia bludgeoned the biggest complete in Champions Trophy historical past to tug off a spectacular five-wicket win over arch rivals England.
Ben Duckett cracked 165 off 143 balls to carry England to 8-351 on Saturday night time, bettering the earlier greatest Champions Trophy mark of 4-347 set by NZ towards the US at The Oval in 2004.
However England’s report lasted solely a matter of hours, with Australia chasing down the victory goal on 5-356 with 15 balls to spare courtesy of Inglis’ heroics.
Nevertheless, the match obtained off to a rocky begin with the Indian nationwide anthem being performed earlier than the match as a substitute of Advance Australia Truthful.
Realising their mistake, officers managed to get the Aussie anthem taking part in, however for a lot of followers – particularly these in Pakistan and India – the injury was performed.
In some way the Indian nationwide anthem was performed as a substitute of the Australian one – and plenty of Pakistani followers weren’t impressed
Advance Australia Truthful was ultimately performed after organisers realised their mistake
India isn’t scheduled to play any matches in Pakistan, due to tensions between the nations, so the Indian anthem blaring to the locals did not go down nicely.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is reportedly blaming the ICC for the blunder and has demanded an evidence.
A supply near the ICC advised The Hindu that the PCB has despatched a letter to the governing physique concerning the incident.
‘The PCB has made it clear that the ICC wants to supply some clarification as their individuals are liable for the (nationwide anthem) playlist of groups within the Champions Trophy.
‘Since India isn’t taking part in in Pakistan, it’s arduous to know how their anthem was performed by mistake from the playlist,’ the supply mentioned.
India have cited safety issues for not taking part in matches in Pakistan, and can play their matches in Dubai.
The rivals are resulting from conflict on Sunday.
In the meantime, Australia face South Africa on Tuesday and Afghanistan on Friday, and yet another win could also be sufficient to safe a semi-finals berth by ending within the prime two in Group B.
The Aussies pulled off a spectacular five-wicket win over arch rivals England in Lahore
‘I am over the moon, nice win,’ Inglis mentioned on Saturday night time.
‘We knew it was going to be robust going up towards England, and 350 – a variety of issues have gotten to go proper to chase that down.
‘I am simply actually pumped on a private degree, and for the blokes on the market it was an awesome efficiency.
‘It is solely a short-sharp event, so to go one from one is actually vital.’
