Indian National Anthem: In a bizarre and shocking incident, the sound or music team at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore made a massive mistake when they played the Indian national anthem instead of Australia’s national anthem for a couple of seconds ahead of the Australia vs England match in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
England took on Australia as both sides kicked off their Champions Trophy tournament on Saturday in Lahore. Australia’s stand-in captain, Steve Smith, who is leading in place of the injured Pat Cummins, won the toss and chose to bowl first on a flat pitch in Lahore, while also citing dew in the evening as a reason for his choice.
Australia are without their premier pace trio of Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood and also will have to do without the services of Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis. Recently, they lost 2-0 in Sri Lanka in the ODI series.
England, too, has come into this tournament on the back of a horrific series against India, in which they were whitewashed 3-0.
AUS vs ENG: Indian National Anthem Gets Mistakenly Played In Lahore, Watch the Video
As is the tradition in ICC tournaments, both teams geared up their national anthems ahead of the match. First, it was England’s national anthem that was played out, and then before the Australian national anthem was played, the ground sound team made a huge error and blared out the Indian national anthem.
They immediately halted the music after the words “Bharat Bhagya Vidhata.”. Everyone in the ground heard it, and it was also captured live on the broadcast.
Watch the video here:
In a shocking blunder, organizers at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 played the Indian National Anthem instead of Australia's before the England-Australia match in Lahore. The mistake was quickly rectified, and the Australian national anthem was played.
— The CSR Journal (@thecsrjournal) February 22, 2025
The incident occurred… pic.twitter.com/eaQyu8H4FR
Talking about the match, England lost Phil Salt and Jamie Smith in the first six overs, but after that, Ben Duckett and Joe Root motored along comfortably for their respective half-centuries in their partnership that is nearing 150. At the time of writing, England are 179/2 after 27 overs with Duckett on 82* and Root on 58*. England would be aiming for a total in excess of 330 from here on.
Playing XIs of both teams:
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Matthew Short, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis
England (Playing XI): Ben Duckett, Philip Salt, Jamie Smith (w), Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid
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