Former Indian cricket workforce opener Aakash Chopra was not happy with Pakistan workforce director Micky Arthur’s feedback relating to the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between the 2 sides being a “BCCI occasion” moderately than an “ICC occasion”. Arthur mentioned that the Pakistan cricket workforce didn’t get pleasure from any sort of assist on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and even complained about their unofficial workforce anthem – “Dil Dil Pakistan” – not taking part in at any level of time. Chopra took a jibe on the statements saying {that a} track can’t be an excuse because the Babar Azam-led facet was defeated comprehensively.

“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 will be genuinely shocked if the DJ at Narendra Modi Stadium performed ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ even as soon as right this moment,” he posted on X (previously Twitter).

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 will be genuinely shocked if the DJ at Narendra Modi Stadium performed ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ even as soon as right this moment. https://t.co/Nt6yM8Otme

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 14, 2023

Earlier, Arthur expressed his displeasure relating to the organisation of the India vs Pakistan match.

“Look, I would be mendacity if I mentioned it did not. It did not appear to be an ICC occasion to be brutally trustworthy. It appeared like a bilateral sequence; it appeared like a BCCI occasion. I did not hear ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ coming by means of the microphones too usually tonight.”

Arthur, nonetheless, mentioned that the dearth of assist within the crowd couldn’t be used an excuse for the workforce’s heavy loss to India.

“So sure, that does play a task, however I am not going to make use of that as an excuse as a result of for us it was about dwelling the second, it was in regards to the subsequent ball and it was about how we have been going to fight the Indian, the Indian gamers tonight,” he added.

‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ is a well-liked track sung by well-known group Important Indicators fronted by late Junaid Jamshed. It is sort of a second anthem that blares from loudspeakers in any respect ICC occasions.

Pakistan have been defeated by seven wickets within the much-anticipated conflict in opposition to India.

(With PTI inputs)