Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has made a number of outrageous claims about India’s World Cup campaign. One of the many shocking claims made by Ali was when he said that India will deliberately lose their matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh so that Pakistan does not make it to the semi-finals of the ongoing World Cup.”India have so far played only five matches. India will always wish that Pakistan never makes it to the semifinals. India’s remaining matches are against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. We all saw how they won against Afghanistan (by 11 runs). So according to me, Pakistan should only focus on the New Zealand match,” Basit Ali told ARY News before Pakistan’s six-wicket win over New Zealand on Wednesday.
India also have to play host and World No. 2 side England before its final two pool matches. “People won’t say they lost intentionally but they are capable of doing it. We won’t even know if they are playing to lose. How did they play against Afghanistan? How did Australia play against India? David Warner also played poorly.
“Cricket is not a game of chance. In 1992, New Zealand lost intentionally to Pakistan (in the league stages). Even Imran Khan would agree to that. They lost on purpose so that they could play against us in the semifinals,” said Basit, who has two international hundreds to his name.
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