Chaos during ICC Champions Trophy, PCB complains to ICC over Indian national anthem
ICC Champions Trophy 2025, PAK vs IND: In the ICC Champions Trophy match played between Australia and England on Saturday, the Indian national anthem was mistakenly played instead of the Australian national anthem. This incident happened before the match of the two teams started at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
However, the organizers soon rectified their mistake, but before that, the incident went viral on social media. Now the Pakistan Cricket Board has sought an answer from the ICC on this incident.
ICC sought response from PCB
According to a PTI report, a source close to the ICC revealed that the PCB has sent a letter to the ICC demanding a clear explanation of the incident.
The source said:
The PCB has made it clear that some clarifications need to be given to the ICC as their people are responsible for the (national anthem) playlist of the teams in the ICC Champions Trophy. Since India is not playing in Pakistan, it is difficult to understand how their national anthem got played by mistake in the playlist.
The logo was removed earlier
Earlier, the PCB had written to the ICC that its name logo would not be displayed on television screens when India played against Bangladesh in Dubai on Friday. According to a Cricbuzz report, footage of all the ICC Champions Trophy matches so far had the three-line branding with ‘Pakistan’ as the host nation in the tournament logo on the top left corner during the broadcast, but it was missing during India’s match. The ICC initially responded that it was a bit long and showed a smaller logo, but later admitted the mistake and agreed to use the original graphic in all the games.
Team India did not go to Pakistan
This mistake was also surprising because the Indian team is not playing any match in Pakistan in this entire tournament. Due to political tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian team is playing all its matches in Dubai. In such a situation, it was really strange for the organizers to make such a mistake.
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