Indian National Anthem mistakenly played ahead of Australia vs England in organisers' blunder
PTC News Desk: In a major blunder, the Indian National Anthem was mistakenly played for a brief time in Lahore instead of the Australian national anthem ahead of the Champions Trophy match between Australia and England on Saturday, February 22.
The Australian players and the crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium taken aback. As per the practice, the national anthems of both the teams are played before every game England’s ‘God Save The King’ was supposed to be followed by ‘Advance Australia Fair’ but instead India's national anthem was played for brief 2 seconds.
ENG vs Australia match mai indian national anthem chala diya vo bhi lahore mai ???????????????????? #ENGvsAUS #ChampionsTrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/iOHbe4wj1F — Manjyot wadhwa (@Manjyot68915803) February 22, 2025
The organiser's blunder was quite tremendous as India is not scheduled to play any match in Lahore as India refused to travel to Pakistan for eight-team tournament. Upon India's refusal to travel to Pakistan to play any matches, hybrid model was adopted and now India will play all the matches in Dubai.
The game was played in Dubai on Thursday and was won by India by six wickets. According to reports, ICC has admitted the mistake and assured that it will use the three-line logo with the Pakistan name in all games in Dubai
- With inputs from agencies
