Cricket WC 2019: "India Conspired, deliberately Lost to England - There is no Doubt," Pakistani Cricketer rakes up Controversy again!

Former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Razzaq claimed that India intentionally lost to England, in order to affect Pakistan’s progress in the 2019 World Cup.

“We as TV presenters on that day all felt the same; I had requested to the ICC that yes you are keeping all sorts of sanctions for match/spot-fixing but in cases where a team deliberately loses a game to try and disqualify another like making sure Pakistan did not get to semi-finals, there should be a fine and penalty for this also. Those who have played cricket before can see through this; If a quality bowler is not bowling on the right line and length and not trying to take wickets, is giving away runs then he can be picked up easily; You can tell if he is doing that deliberately,” he said on Pakistani Television.

“This should be part of the ICC rules and regulations; in the same way they have Level 1,2..5 breaches, etc., then they should also include that in one of the levels, so that if a team deliberately loses, doesn’t play to its calibre then there will be a fine on them,” he added.

Speaking of the Indian team, he said, “There is no doubt about this – we said this before and all cricketers are saying that; as I said, you can see this clearly; A player can hit a six but he is hitting a four or blocking the ball then that is easy to see.”

Recently, Ben Strokes had declined this claim. So did Kholi who was playing alongside MS Dhoni. Kholi had previously said, “They were just bowling good areas. We’ll have to sit down and assess and improve in the next game.”