ODI WC 2023: Former Pak cricketer accuses BCCI & ICC of cheating by giving different balls to India

Former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza made huge claims on a Pakistani television channel, accusing the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of cheating during the Cricket World Cup 2023.

As per Raza, BCCI or ICC is giving different balls to India to help them with seam and swing movement.

When asked whether there is a foulplay happening in India matches that favours the home team, Raza said that there could be some changes made to the balls with which Indians are bowling and the matter should be investigated.

“The ball is changed when India comes to bowl. Maybe ICC or BCCI is giving a different ball to India. The third umpire has also favoured India in World Cup matches,” said Raza.

After watching the video of the incident going viral over various social media platforms, Former India opener turned expert Aakash Chopra wrote on X (earlier known as Twitter) that this seems like a parody.

“Is it a serious cricket show? If not, please mention ‘satire’ ‘comedy’ in English somewhere. I mean…it might be written in Urdu already but unfortunately, I can’t read/understand it,” wrote Chopra.