ODI WC 2023: Wasim Akram slams Hasan Raza for his allegation of ICC favouring India with different balls

A couple of days back, former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza had accused 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.

However, former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram has slammed Raza for his baseless allegation without taking his name. As per legendry Akram, who finished with more than 500 ODI wickets, such Pakistanis bring bad name to the whole country.

Moreover, Akram provided a clarity on how umpires keep a check on the balls given to the bowlers to bowl.

“I want to have the same things these guys are having. Sounds like fun. Because their mind is not there. They get slammed by the world for such statements and take us down as well with them,” said Akram during an interview.

“It is a very simple thing. Umpire asks the bowling team to pick the balls with which they would want to bowl. The bowlers choose from the box of 12 brand new balls. All the match officials closely watch the whole thing. The bowlers pick two balls. The umpires keep them in their pant pockets. The remaining eight balls (remember that two new balls are used these days from two ends) to the other team. They do the same exercise,” he explained.

Notably, Raza’s controversial statement had shocked the fans and former cricketers across the globe. Former India player Aakash Chopra even went to the extent of saying the comment as ‘comedy’.