Amritsar: Pakistan captain Shafiq Chishti alleged umpires being biased towards opponent team after they lost the Kabaddi World Cup final 42-45 to India here on Saturday.
The players accused the organizers of bias and foul play to ensure that India won. They accepted the prize money as runners-up but only under protest.
Pakistan led virtually for the whole of the match before India took the lead near the end and Shafiq said the umpire had also shortened the game to let India win the title for a fifth time in succession at the Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium.
"They [umpires] didn't event allow us to have water and the third umpire also threatened us, asking us to get on quickly with the game," Shafiq, who scored 15 points for Pakistan, told reporters.
"They ended the game prematurely," he added, referring to the fact that the umpire ended the game as soon as India took the lead. The Indian Team will receive INR20 million with Pakistan bagging INR10 million.
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