*LAHORE: Pakistan’s fast bowler Hasan Ali made a surprise entry to theflag-lowering ceremony at Wagah Border last week and participated, thoughbriefly, in the parade with his signature wicket-taking gesture towardsIndia’s Border Security Force, prompting Indian media to call it“provocation”.*
The Pakistan cricket team was visiting the Wagah Border to witness the flaglowering ceremony after their training camp before leaving for England.
The Pakistan Cricket Board also tweeted a picture of the team visiting thehistorical site.
As crowds cheered on the Pakistani side, Hasan Ali, showed off hissignature move. A video which has gone viral on social media shows theroughly 40-second act of the cricketer, doing his popular act, to celebratewicket taking on the field.
According to Indian Express, the BSF has taken strong note of a ‘civilian’from Pakistan “interfering” in the ceremony on the Pakistani side. As perprotocol, the ceremony is to be conducted only by the BSF on the Indianside and Rangers on the Pakistani side, the report claims.
“The act has hit the sanctity of the parade. We will lodge a protest withPakistan Rangers,” BSF Inspector General (Punjab Frontier) Mukul Goel toldthe IndianExpress.
*And the Zee News just didn’t stop here…they also published another articlewith the headline shown below*, *And BSF was apparently not happy with theHasan’s victory dance*