New Delhi (Nilesh Tiwari): People were shocked when the organisers mistakenly played Indian national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ before the game between Australia and England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday.
Australian cricketers and a few others were already on the pitch, left agog at the dramatic last-minute twist of fate.
Their anthems reach the number one country amongst all those countries to whom they are marching to the ritual start of both these festivals as well.
“Advance Fair Australia” would have replaced “God Save the King” if Australia was not made victims of their two-second lag weakness and their country blessing the national anthem singing behind a couple of seconds.
According to the robust rejection of Pakistan tour possibility by the nation for traveling to the Champions Trophy, the tournament has been arranged in a hybrid manner under which all of its matches are being arranged by India in Dubai.
It will host Pakistan on February 23, its arch-rival and biggest foe. Australian captain Steve Smith decided to bowl after the toss in their first ICC Champions Trophy match against Lahore.
Australia utilized middle-order batsman Alex Carey, who was last seen with a top knot, as an additional stumper and wicket-keeping batsman Josh Inglis. Carey did not waste any time with a top-score catch for Phil Salt’s second-over wicket.
Few controversies ever were so of the past as were seen at Champions Trophy. Pakistan name on India jersey was controversial once alone.Three telecasting mentions being printed twice were controversial to correct that problem.
Australian team: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Spencer Johnson, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Adam Zampa
England: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood
