Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has taken a dig at Pakistan's coach Mickey Arthur over his bizarre comments after his team's defeat against arch-rivals India last week.
The Babar Azam-led side suffered their first defeat in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 against India followed by the loss against Australia to slip down from the top four in the table standings.
Vaughan cheekily mentioned that Indian captain Rohit Sharma told the DJ not to play "Dil, Dil, Pakistan" or else Babar Azam and company would have picked up the victory.
The Men in Blue hammered Pakistan by seven wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 14, keeping their winning run in the tournament alive.
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During a recent interaction with Aussie legend Adam Gilchrist on a podcast, Vaughan expressed his views on Arthur’s comments in a cheeky manner. While Gilchrist praised Rohit’s captaincy during the chat, Vaughan responded:
"Gilly, you are absolutely spot on about Rohit. His tactical awareness out in the middle, just managing the players, as you mentioned [Mohammed] Siraj, giving him an extra over just to give him a boost," Vaughan said.
"But his best move without doubt, the move that won the game and the Pakistan coach alluded to it afterwards, is Rohit obviously said to the DJ, just do not play 'Dil, Dil, Pakistan'. If you play, Pakistan will win. Do not play that song. Make sure that they don’t hear that inspirational song. That was clever from Rohit. Most captains don’t think about things like that - DJs, music. Rohit is ahead of his time,” the former England captain added.
After the match, Pakistan’s team director Arthur commented that the India-Pakistan match looked more like a BCCI event rather than an ICC event. He also referred to not hearing chants of "Dil Dil Pakistan" during the match.
Talking about the match, Pakistan were bowled out for just 191 runs while batting first, despite having been in a strong position at 155/2 at once.
The Rohit Sharma-led side chased down the target in 30.3 overs with the skipper leading from the front as he scored 86 runs in just 63 balls.
India followed the all-important victory with a win against Bangladesh as well to remain unbeaten in the tournament as they continue to hold the second spot with eight points in the standings.