USA vs PAK, T20 World Cup 2024: The biggest talking point in the cricketing world at the moment has been Pakistan's shock defeat against the United States of America (USA) in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener in Dallas. While Pakistan are a former champion side and were the finalists of the 2022 edition of the competition, their loss came against a side who were making its debut in the tournament.
And now even before they would have been able to digest the defeat, another shocking news is coming from the Pakistan camp with their pacer Haris Rauf being accused of ball-tampering. Former South Africa pacer Rusty Theron, who is currently a member of the USA senior national cricket team, took to social media, levelling some serious charges against the Pakistani speedster.
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Rauf wasn't at his best with the ball. In his 4 overs, he conceded 37 runs for one wicket. As per Theron's claims, Rauf rain his nails through the new ball, in a bid to try and get extract some reverse swing and deceive the American batters.
"@ICC are we just going to pretend Pakistan aren't scratching the hell out of this freshly changed ball? Reversing the ball that's just been changed 2 overs ago? You can literally see Harris Rauf running his thumb nail over the ball at the top of his mark.
@usacricket #PakvsUSA," Theron wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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Pakistan's next encounter will be against India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 9 (Sunday). While the Men in Green have started off with a defeat against the co-hosts, India, on the other had dominated the match against Ireland before their meeting against the arch-rivals.