Author: Subhi Saxena Date: 09/06/24
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India and Pakistan are all set to lock horns at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Sunday.
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India and Pakistan cricket matches are known to be exciting and some part of it is because of controversies that develop interest between the two rival nations. Here are the top 5 controversies between India and Pakistan.
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India set the target of 288 in this match and bowled out Pakistan at 248 which caused problems for Pakistani players back home because they were the reigning champions and lost to the rival country, India in the Quarter Finals. Fans were extremely upset because of their team's performance and caused a ruckus in Pakistan.
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Former captain of Pakistan, Inzmam ul Haq once tried to attack an Indian fan. It was said that the fan was calling him 'aalo' which is why he did so. There was a court case but because of the intervention of the Indian captain, Mohammed Azharuddin, he came off well.
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Once in a Test series between India and Pakistan in 1999. Political Party Shiv Sena dug up the pitch to prevent the match from taking place in Delhi. But later, Anil Kumble took all the 10- wickets in an innings and India won the match.
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In this controversy, Pakistani Pacer Shoaib Akhtar was bowling really well, during one delivery, Tendulkar was running to get the third run but he collided with Shoaib and the ball hit the wicket resulting in Sachin Tendulkar's run out at 9 which became a huge issue back then.
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In a match between India and Pakistan in 2007 Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi had an on-field clash. Gambhir was running in between the wickets to take a run but collided with Afridi which later turned into a heated argument between the players and went on for a long time on and off the field.
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The Group Clash between India and Pakistan will be played on 9th June, Sunday at 8 PM. You can watch the match on Star Sports Network or Disney+ Hotstar.
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