Pakistan Minister: India had a hand in Pakistan's defeat

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KARACHI: A senior Sindh minister on Tuesday accused India of influencing umpires to get Pakistan ousted from the Champions Trophy semifinal in South Africa.

Muhammad Ali Shah, the minister for Sports and a member of the Pakistan Cricket Board governing council, suspected India's role in the sub-standard umpiring, leading to Pakistan's defeat against New Zealand.

"Definitely, it is clear that India were miffed at not qualifying for the semi-finals after Pakistan lost to Australia and they took their revenge in their own way. They influenced the umpires to favour New Zealand," Shah said.

Australian umpire Simon Taufel had wrongly adjudged Umar Akmal leg-before-wicket at a crucial stage of the match and even admitted to the mistake and apologised later.

Shah said he would not refrain from pressing the PCB to see that the International Cricket Council impose at least a one-year ban on Taufel.

"Taufel must be banned. He was against Pakistan," Shah fumed.

The minister, however, dismissed allegations by the Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports Jamshed Khan Dasti that Pakistan had deliberately lost the matches to Australia and New Zealand for ulterior motives.

"Nothing of that sort happened in South Africa. We fought till the end against Australia and against New Zealand we got some very bad decisions," he said.

Wasim Bari, the chief operating officer of the board also said that he was surprised at Dasti's statement made to some television channels on Monday night.

"All I can say that the Champions Trophy is an ICC and it is their property and they organize it so we don't want to comment on something which is not our territory," Bari said.

He said that the ICC anti-corruption and security unit kept a close watch on the tournament and it was their responsibility to ensure it was clean.

"Since the ACSU is there to ensure there is no corruption in any match we are not in a position to make any comments on the allegations by Dasti," he said.

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Gosh these guys are quick...!! Cracked the case so early.

They surely will give Scotland Yard a run for their money.

Taufel must be banned. He was against Pakistan
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If they had it their own way.. more than half the world would be banned by now. :rofl:
 
So threw the game, made off handsomely and most important got to blame the defeat on us :D

nice out-of-the-box thinking here.
 
Oh yes.... next time the wells go dry or the apples don't taste sweet in Pakistan, we know the reason.. :P
 
Spacescreamer said:
If they had it their own way.. more than half the world would be banned by now. :rofl:
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LOL

More like half the world would have been bombed by now. That too with fake bombs purchased from China.
The thing is, India is slamming them every week with the 26/11 dossier and they don't have anything on us at the moment. Hence these lame tricks, trying to hit some raw nerve. LOL :rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
phoenix844884 said:
The thing is, India is slamming them every week with the 26/11 dossier and they don't have anything on us at the moment. Hence these lame tricks, trying to hit some raw nerve. LOL :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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You do realise that the sindh minister's statement is purely for domestic consumption, right ?

It loses its magic abroad but he's not worried bout that.
 
Not to be a party-pooper here, but the new Pakistan team really does look menacing!

I'd anyway dismiss such under-hand gimmicks. In fact, even they know it for a fact that they would not be taken seriously..
 
So Pakistani media (which is a joke) takes a statement (which again is a joke) from this Paki Minister (who's obviously a joke) and publishes the news (a.k.a. joke).... sigh!! only if it was funny. :no:

... by the way, where was this news article published? Comic Strip section, by any chance? :bleh:
 
iGo said:
So Pakistani media (which is a joke) takes a statement (which again is a joke) from this Paki Minister (who's obviously a joke) and publishes the news (a.k.a. joke)....
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you can replace the word 'pakistani' with 'indian' and you'd still have an equally valid statement.
 
@spindoctor: lol... true mate... considering the current crop of news channels and politicians here, it's really funny how it really works.

@Chiron: agree with you mate... for once. :P
 
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