Petition in Pakistan HC alleges India-Pakistan match was ‘fixed’

By CricketCountry Staff

 

The petition filed in the Lahore High Court by Muhammad Irfan Mukhtar, sought a probe into the India-Pakistan semi-final, alleging that the match was fixed by the bookmakers and the "cricket diplomacy" was used as a "conspiracy" to cover their crime. 

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India shakes hands with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India looks on prior to the start of the 2011 ICC World Cup second Semi-Final between India and Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium on March 30, 2011 in Mohali, India.

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Lahore: Apr 1, 2011

 

The petition filed in the Lahore High Court by Muhammad Irfan Mukhtar, sought a probe into the India-Pakistan semi-final, alleging that the match was fixed by the bookmakers and the “cricket diplomacy” was used as a “conspiracy” to cover their crime. 

 

The petition named the Interior and Information Ministers, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, cricket team captain Shahid Afridi, players Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal and Karman Akman and Pakistan’s envoys to to Britain, India and the UAE as parties to the crime.

 

The petitioner alleged, “The way the Pakistan team surrendered the match to India is obvious that the match was fixed and for the realising of which, even cricket diplomacy was initiated under a deep-rooted conspiracy wherein the role of two Pakistani ministers may also not been ruled out.”

 

India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs to make it to the finals of the World Cup.

 

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