The India vs Pakistan ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 was hyped as much as be one of many largest contests within the mega occasion. But finally, it was too one-sided a contest with the Indian cricket crew popping out victorious by seven wickets in opposition to the Babar Azam-led facet. Five Indian bowlers together with Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav picked two wickets apiece as India restricted Pakistan to 191. Then, Indian batters led by Rohit Sharma ensured that the crew didn’t face any hiccups whereas chasing.

The India vs Pakistan ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 match was being performed on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and it was a sea of blue jerseys there on Saturday. After the match, Pakistan crew director Mickey Arthur mentioned that enjoying in a stadium the place there was a partisan environment gave the texture of a ‘BCCI occasion’.

Arthur mentioned: “Look, I’d be lying if I said it didn’t. It didn’t seem like an ICC event to be brutally honest. It seemed like a bilateral series; it seemed like a BCCI event. I didn’t hear ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ coming through the microphones too often tonight.” Arthur, nevertheless, mentioned that the dearth of help within the crowd couldn’t be used an excuse for the crew’s heavy loss to India.

“So yes, that does play a role, but I’m not going to use that as an excuse because for us it was about living the moment, it was about the next ball and it was about how we were going to combat the Indian, the Indian players tonight,” he added.

‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ is a well-liked music sung by well-known group Vital Signs fronted by late Junaid Jamshed.

Once Arthur knew that he has opened a pandora’s field by taking a dig at BCCI, he was probed additional by a number of overseas journalists.

Should that be allowed to occur on the World Cup? “Look I don’t think I can’t comment on that just yet. I don’t want to get fined,” Arthur mentioned, understanding that he has clearly over-stepped the road.

When a senior BCCI official was requested, he gave a tongue-in-cheek response.

“No harm in playing Dil Dil Pakistan. But do tell us when would it be played? When Babar was bowled or Rizwan got dismissed? Or when Rohit hit Shaheen for a six. You can only play it for fans and there were no fans.”

Arthur did admit that Pakistan did not play fearless cricket on the day.

“We were a little bit timid tonight with our overall performance. I would have liked us to really take the game on just a little bit more. It’s a massive occasion, as we know, but I think we just went into our shells a little bit,” Arthur mentioned.

With PTI inputs