The incident happened in Lahore, and the Pakistan Cricket Board was left red-faced.
Pakistan reportedly was left red-faced and embarrassed when the Indian National Anthem got mistakenly played during the AUS vs ENG match. The Indian National Anthem was accidentally played before the start of the Champions Trophy match.
PCB was left embarrassed after the Indian National Anthem was played in the AUS vs ENG match.
The Pakistan Cricket Board was in for an embarrassing moment when the Indian National Anthem was mistakenly played at Lahore’s Gadaffi Stadium moments before the start of Saturday’s Australia vs England Champions Trophy match. When the Aussies lined up for their National Anthem, the crowd and the players were shocked when India’s National Anthem was played for a few seconds.
The video of the entire episode goes viral on social media.
The whole episode unfolded after the England National Anthem was completed. The cameras quickly panned toward the Australian national flag. Instead, the words “Bhagya Vidhaata” were heard before being cut out. The video has been doing the rounds on social media.
Fans give hilarious reactions to the video.
Netizens felt that Pakistan was desperately missing India. One social media user wrote, “India’s National Anthem in #AUSvENG match. Someone’s getting fired from their job today.”
A controversy emerged after India’s national flag was missing from the roof of the National Stadium in Karachi. The PCB then clarified that the directive had come from the ICC and that only four flags would be used on match days. However, India’s flag was seen back at the top of Karachi’s National Stadium during the tournament opener between Pakistan and New Zealand.