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    "title": "Five Controversial India-Pakistan Moments In ODI Cricket",
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    "excerpt": "Pakistan and India clash in a blockbuster group match at the Champions Trophy on Sunday in Dubai.AFP Sport looks at five controversial moments on the pitch between the arch-rivals in one-day cricket. ",
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    "editor1": "<p>Pakistan and India clash in a blockbuster group match at the Champions Trophy on Sunday in Dubai.AFP Sport looks at five controversial moments on the pitch between the arch-rivals in one-day cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>- Miandad&#39;s kangaroo jump -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan&#39;s Javed Miandad always found a way of unsettling his opponents with his batting or sledging, and a match against India at the 1992 World Cup was no different.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Excessive appealing by Indian wicketkeeper Kiran More seemed to have irked Miandad during Pakistan&#39;s chase in Sydney.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The batter had a word with More, who was constantly chatting behind the stumps, before taking guard on a delivery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Later, after completing a cheeky run, Miandad hopped like a kangaroo in a bid to imitate the glovesman in his appeals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Commentators and fans saw the funny side but not Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin, who looked visibly furious at Miandad&#39;s antics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>- Prasad&#39;s revenge -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Opener Aamer Sohail was steering Pakistan&#39;s chase in the 1996 World Cup quarter-final when a moment of rashness from the left-handed batter cost his team the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chasing 289 for victory in Bengaluru, Sohail and fellow opener Saeed Anwar made the team race to 84 in 10 overs before Anwar departed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sohail kept up the charge as he hit Indian medium-pacer Venkatesh Prasad for a boundary and sledged the bowler with a finger pointed in the direction of the shot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prasad hit back, bowling Sohail next ball to a huge roar from the crowd and a send-off gesture from the bowler to derail Pakistan&#39;s chase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>- Inzamam attacks fan -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan&#39;s usually cool Inzamam-ul-Haq infamously confronted an India fan in the stands at a match in 1997 at Toronto and the incident became a talking point for years to come.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Inzamam was standing at the boundary when an India supporter heckled the batter with chants of &quot;Aloo&quot; (Potato in Hindi), referring to the cricketer&#39;s bulky frame.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When the calls became louder on a megaphone, Inzamam directed one of his players to bring a bat from the dressing room and was soon inside the stands to go after the heckler before security intervened.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Inzamam was reprimanded for the act and years later said the chants were personal and abusive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>- Gambhir-Afridi trade abuse -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India batsman Gautam Gambhir -- now their coach -- smacked Pakistan spinner Shahid Afridi for a boundary in a match in 2007 and words were exchanged before the two nearly came to blows.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gambhir and Afridi refused to back down after some verbal volleys and the batter and bowler collided -- seemingly on purpose -- in between a run.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two again had a go at each other with expletives clearly visible in dramatic TV images, before the on-field umpire intervened to douse the fire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gambhir and Afridi have kept up the rivalry even after retiring and indulge in ugly exchanges on social media on cricket and politics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>- Akhtar triggers Harbhajan -<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar never backed down from a fight but in a duel with Harbhajan Singh at the 2010 Asia Cup the Indian spinner had the last laugh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Akhtar bowled a dot ball to tailender Harbhajan in India&#39;s chase and threw a few sledges, but that only triggered the batter to hit a six for an India victory in the final over off Mohammad Amir.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Harbhajan celebrated wildly in front of Akhtar, who told him where to go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/highest-tax-paying-cricketers\">Highest tax paying cricketers<\/a><\/p><p>Akhtar and Harbhajan recently playfully re-enacted the moment on TV in a promotion video for the Champions Trophy.<\/p>\r\n",
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