The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 saw Group B teams England and Australia face off on Saturday, February 22, at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Due to the hybrid model implemented for this tournament ！ with India opting not to travel to the neighboring country due to political tensions ！ it was expected that there would be no sign of India in Pakistan, apart from the Indian national flag displayed alongside the flags of the other seven participating nations.
While India is preparing for their clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai, an unexpected moment unfolded in Lahore just before the Ashes rivalry match, as the teams stood in line for the national anthems.
In a surprising turn of events, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, was mistakenly played at the stadium instead of England's God Save The King following Australia's Advance Australia Fair. The DJ at the stadium quickly realized the error and switched to the correct anthem.
Interestingly, this mix-up happened just a day before the highly anticipated India vs. Pakistan match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The incident did not go unnoticed, and videos of the blunder quickly went viral on social media ！ especially on X (formerly known as Twitter) ！ sparking a wave of reactions and memes online.
For Mohammad Rizwan's Pakistan, this is a must-win encounter as they previously lost their opening match against New Zealand at The National Stadium in Karachi. As for the Men in Blue, they won their first clash against Bangladesh and will be playing this match to secure their spot in the semi-final of the tournament. India holds the second spot in Group B standings while Pakistan is at the bottom of the table.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.?
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