Australia vs England Champions Trophy 2025 match underwent at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. The world champions Australia led by stand-ip captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bowl first. While the entire cricketing nation focused on AUS vs ENG Champions Trophy 2025 match, the internet had a field day after the DJ mistakenly played the Indian National Anthem before the start of the match.
Yes! you heard it right. Before the start of the play, when the Australian and English teams were on the field for their national anthem, the DJ played the Indian National Anthem at the Lahore stadium. In the viral video, it can be seen that fans sitting at the stand started to scream as soon as 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' was played. However, the DJ soon stopped the Indian National Anthem. Still, it was enough to generate memes on the Internet, and as usual Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) got trolled on social media.
A user on X wrote, "Lmao, they played the Indian national anthem instead of Australia at Lahore for a couple of seconds by mistake."
Another user wrote, "In a hilarious mix-up during today's England vs. Australia match, Pakistan decided to give Australia a "surprise warm-up" by playing the Indian national anthem instead of Australia's"
One more user wrote, "They played Indian national anthem instead of Australian national anthem."
It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) did not put the Indian flag onto their stadium despite the ICC's protocol. PCB's action was seen as a protest against India as they refused to travel there to play Champions Trophy 2025. For the unversed, the Indian Team is playing their Champions Trophy match in Dubai. Later, it was reported that due to ICC's intervention, PCB had to put up the Indian flag in their stadium.