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Cricket ODI world cup 2023

'Review kya karege? Dil Dil Pakistan song nahi Bajaya ye?' - Fans react as international cricket board likely to review Mickey Arthur's statement

Mickey Arthur had criticized the hosts for not playing Pakistan's song in the match. In the words of Arthur, it felt like the match was played in a bilateral series. The international cricket board is set to review the statement of the Pakistan coach.

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Pakistan lost the match against India in the ODI World Cup 2023 in Ahmedabad. The loss of Pakistan did not go well with the supporters of Pakistan. But the Pakistan coach mickey Arthur gave a bizzare statement that Pakistan felt like playing a match in the bilateral series, than a match in an international series. Arthur was not happy that Pakistan's song was not played in the match. 

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"Look, I'd be lying if I said it didn't. It didn't seem like an ICC event to be brutally honest. It seemed like a bilateral series; it seemed like a BCCI event. I didn't hear 'Dil Dil Pakistan' coming through the microphones too often tonight." Arthur, however, said that the lack of support in the crowd could not be used an excuse for the team's heavy loss to India," said Arthur. 

"So yes, that does play a role, but I'm not going to use that as an excuse because for us it was about living the moment, it was about the next ball and it was about how we were going to combat the Indian, the Indian players tonight," further added Arthur, who said that it was not an excuse from their side for the loss against India. 

There is always criticisms from various quarters - Greg Barclay

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Speaking about the accusations of Arthur, the President of the international cricket board, Greg Barclay, said that they would be reviewing the statement. "Every event that we have, there's always criticisms from various quarters. Things that perhaps we'll take away and try to work on, try to do better… so this event's only [at] the start," said Barclay. 

"Let's see how the whole thing plays out and we'll go away and we'll review what could change, what we can do better, how we can improve World Cups and the general offering around cricket. We will just take it as it plays out, get to the end of the event. I'm satisfied that it will still be an outstanding World Cup," added Barclay. 

Here's how the fans reacted to the news:

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