CT17 final between India, Pakistan was 'fixed', claims KRK
He said Pakistan was brought to the Champions Trophy final only to defeat the mighty India
(Web Desk) – After Pakistan cricket team has been crowned the Champions after defeating India in Champions Trophy 2017 final, some people continue to raise eyebrows on how the struggling green shirts got the better of the extremely powerful men in blues.
Indian actor Kamaal R Khan has claimed recently that the match between India and Pakistan was fixed while the International Cricket Council (ICC) also took part in the act. He believes the Indian team would have never been defeated by ‘an eighth ranked team’ if it wasn’t for ‘external help’. He defended his opinion by saying there are interests of bookies and a large amount of bets are placed on both teams.
VIDEO: How Kamaal R Khan accused CT17 final to be "fixed"
He accused the Indian cricket board BCCI and ICC of taking bribes to help the Sarfraz XI win. The cricket board then approached players and forced them to play mediocre game, according to him. Khan pointed out some turning points in the match. He claimed Indian skipper Virat Kohli did below average captaincy as he retained two spinners, made Kedar Jadhav bowl after 40 overs, missed several run-out chances and helped the green shirts score beyond 300. Khan told his team could have chased the total of 339 if they wouldn’t have lost early wickets, which neither happened by chance nor brilliant bowling from pacer Mohammad Amir.
Khan claimed that the strong Indian top order including Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni departed in quick succession according to the ‘fixed’ plan. “Hardik Pandya struck huge sixes because he was not part of the plan,” he opined.
This is not the first time someone from the region has accused the teams of match-fixing. Former Pakistan skipper Aamir Sohail had also accused the Sarfraz and co. for being ‘helped’ to enter the semi-finals. He had later on took his statements back and clarified.
