- The Indian national anthem was played instead of progress of the Australian Fair
- According to the reports, the Pakistan Cricket Board is blaming the CPI by mistake
The organizers of the Champions Trophy party between Australia and England were left with their red face after the wrong national anthem was played in Lahore.
Josh Inglis published his first century of Odi when Australia hit the largest total in the history of the champions trophy to achieve a spectacular five WICKET victory over archirrival England.
Ben Duckett broke 165 of 143 balls to lift England at 8-351 on Saturday night, improving the previous brand of the Best Champions Trophy of 4-347 established by New Zealand against the United States in Oval in 2004.
But the record of England lasted only a matter of hours, with Australia pursuing the goal of the 5-356 victory with 15 surplus balls courtesy of the heroics of English.
However, the game had a difficult start with the Indian national anthem that was played before the game instead of Advance Australia Fair.
Upon realizing their mistake, officials managed to play the Australian anthem, but for many fans, especially those in Pakistan and India, the damage was done.
Somehow the Indian national anthem was played instead of the Australian, and many Pakistani fans were not impressed
The Australian progress fair was finally played after the organizers realized their mistake
India is not scheduled to play any game in Pakistan, due to tensions between nations, so the Indian anthem sounds like the locals did not like.
According to the reports, the Cricket Board of Pakistan is blaming the CPI for the error and has demanded an explanation.
A source close to ICC said The Hindu that the PCB has sent a letter to the governing body about the incident.
'The PCB has made it clear that the CPI needs to offer some explanation since its people are responsible for the playlist (national anthem) of equipment in the Champions Trophy.
“Since India is not playing in Pakistan, it is difficult to understand how her anthem was played by mistake of the playlist,” said the source.
India has cited security concerns for not playing matches in Pakistan, and will play his games in Dubai.
The rivals are due to the shock on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Australia faces South Africa on Tuesday and Afghanistan on Friday, and one more victory can be enough to secure a position in the semifinals at the end of the first two in Group B.
The Australians achieved a spectacular five WICKET victory over archirrival England in Lahore
“I am on the moon, a great victory,” said Inglis on Saturday night.
'We knew it was difficult to go to England, and 350, many things have to go well to pursue that.
'I am really pumped on a personal level, and for the boys it was a great performance.
“It's just a short -term tournament, so it is really important to go one of one.”