The Indian cricket team took their revenge on team Australia as they faced off in match 51 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Both teams were placed in group 1 of the Super 8 stage. However, India’s resounding victory did not sit well with Pakistan’s Inzamam Ul Haq, who made serious allegations against India. Rohit Sharma reacts to ball tampering allegations in IND vs AUS.
India’s win came as a big relief to the fans as their favourite team moved on to the semifinals, while also defeating Australia, the team that took away their chance at the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. For the unversed, India and Australia had come together for a final match at the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, when Australia defeated India
Imzamam’s serious claims against Indian bowlers
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam Ul Haq believes that something was done to the ball on June 24, when India played Australia. He also claimed that India’s left-arm bowler Arshdeep Singh managed to produce the “reverse swing” only because of the ball tampering during Australia’s batting.
“Arshdeep Singh, when he was bowling the 15th over, the ball was reversing. Is it too early (for reverse swing) with the new ball? This means the ball was ready for reverse swing by the 12th or the 13th over. Umpires should keep their eyes open (to spot) these things…If it was Pakistani bowlers (reverse swinging the ball) this would have been a big issue. We know reverse swing very well and if Arshdeep can come in the 15th over and start reversing the ball, it means some serious work had been done before,” Inzamam had said on Pakistani news channel.
Inzamam was in a conversation with former Pakistan player Salim Malik, who echoed his statement, agreeing with him.Malik said, “Umpires always have their eyes closed for some teams. India are one of those.”
Indian fans claim that the Pakistani ex player should “have some shame” and stop spewing false claims.
Rohit Sharma dismisses all allegations
Team India’s captain Rohit Sharma has come out and spoken up about the serious claims made against his team. Addressing the media, ahead of India’s semifinal clash against England, to be played on Thursday, Rohit sided with his team.
“What can I say. Don’t you see the rough surfaces and the heat here? This isn’t Australia or England. Here the conditions will result in the ball reverse swinging in 12-15 overs. It’s happening for all teams and not us alone. Sometime people need to open their mind and think”. Rohit said.
India will now play the semifinals against England while Pakistan was wiped out of the T20 World Cup 2024 in the group stage.
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