A sea of blue had taken over Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, and rightly so with Pakistan followers but to obtain visas to journey to India for the World Cup. Hence, the temper of multiple lakh spectators have been dictated utterly by the proceedings within the match with decibel stage being at its lowest when Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan regarded to re-build Pakistan’s innings and was at its highest for the rest of the sport. And Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan group director, admitted that it did have an effect on the guests in yet one more lopsided World Cup encounter. The weird remark nevertheless didn’t go down effectively with former India cricketers who ridiculed Arthur.
Mickey Arthur made a weird remark after Pakistan’s World Cup loss to India
“Look, I’d be lying if I said it did [not affect us],” Arthur mentioned in response to a question on the partisan crowd. “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.
“So sure, that does play a job, however I’m not going to make use of that as an excuse as a result of for us it was about residing the second, it was in regards to the subsequent ball, and it was about how we have been going to fight the Indian gamers tonight.”
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer, mocking Arthur’s bizarre claim, said whether it was the very reason behind Pakistan losing their home series to both Australia and England earlier this season
“I puzzled why Pakistan misplaced residence collection vs each Aus and Eng, however because of Micky Arthur now I do know it was as a result of stadium DJ did not play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ sufficient and majority of followers have been sporting blue jerseys :)” Jaffer wrote on X.
Aakash Chopra meanwhile gave Arthur a hard reminder on whether Sri Lanka team complained when Hyderabad fans cheered for Pakistan during their World Cup game last week.
“DJ wale babu mera gana baja do…I imply significantly???? Did we hear Sri Lanka complain about the truth that the Hyderabad crowd was chanting ‘Pakistan Jeetega’?? I’ll be genuinely stunned if the DJ at Narendra Modi Stadium performed ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ even as soon as in the present day,” he posted on X.
Aakash Chopra’s post on Mickey Arthur’s remark
Pakistan were folded for just 191 runs after being put to bat first before fifties from Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer saw India chase down the target with 117 balls to spare.
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