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India vs Pakistan Once Team India Boycott ODI Match Against Pakistan In Middle Of The Match: The controversy over the ICC T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan has ended. The nearly 10-day drama between the PCB and the Pakistan government came to an end after the ICC meeting on Monday.
Controversy over ICC T20 World Cup match play between India and Pakistan ends. The nearly 10-day drama between the PCB and the Pakistan government came to an end after the ICC meeting on Monday. The PCB had placed several unreasonable conditions before the ICC, which were not met. It was clear from the beginning that Pakistan could not boycott the match against India. Finally PCB agreed to play the match. What Pakistan could not do, but India did once. Even in the middle of the match. The then captain Bishan Singh Bedi took that bold decision.
Where Pakistan threatened to boycott matches against India, India had set such a precedent almost 50 years ago. On 3 November 1978, India became the first country in cricket history to concede a match to an opponent. Such an event has happened only once. England vs Pakistan in 2001 Pakistan needed just 4 runs from 61 balls to win. At that time, when the spectators entered the field, England declared Pakistan the winner without playing the match.
In 1978, India were on their way to victory in an ODI against Pakistan. But Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi decided to abandon the match after being angered by the biased decision of the umpires. Pakistani umpires have previously been accused of favoring the home team. That’s exactly what was seen in Sahiwal that day. Pakistan scored 205/7 in 40 overs. In reply, India scored 183/2 in 37 overs. India needed 23 runs from 18 balls to win, with 8 wickets in hand.
Sarfaraz Nawaz came to bowl for Pakistan. He was supposed to bowl the 38th and 40th overs, while Imran Khan was supposed to bowl the 39th over. Before him Surinder Amarnath scored 62 runs, Anshuman Gaikwad was playing for 78 runs and at the other end was Gundappa Vishwanath. India’s victory seemed almost certain, but the situation suddenly changed.
What was Pakistan’s strategy?
Sarfaraz bowled a bouncer, which was out of Gaikwad’s reach. The ball goes straight to wicketkeeper Wasim Bari. Gaikwad deemed it wide but the umpire gave no signal. The same thing happened with the next two balls. When the same situation occurred for the fourth consecutive ball, everything became clear. Pakistan were deliberately bowling beyond the reach of the Indian batsmen and the umpires were not willing to award wides.
The batsmen were not sure what to do in this situation, as 23 runs were needed from 14 balls. Captain Bishan Singh Bedi understood the whole thing. In order not to turn the situation into a farce, he decided to give the match to Pakistan. The match was awarded to home team Pakistan and Pakistan won the series 2–1. After that incident no international match was ever held in Sahiwal.
Kolkata, West Bengal
Feb 10, 2026 10:08 AM IST
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