USA cricket team member Rusty Theron made a post on his social media before the match on this revelation.

Theron took to X, accusing Haris of intentionally scratching the newly-changed cricket ball with his fingernail. They believed this action led to the ball exhibiting a reverse swing.

He tweeted: “@ICC are we just going to pretend Pakistan aren’t scratching the hell out of this freshly changed ball? Reversing the ball that’s just been changed 2 overs ago? You can literally see Harris Rauf running his thumbnail over the ball at the top of his mark. @usacricket #PakvsUSA.”

Pakistan decided to change the cricket ball in the 13th over, with the home team’s score at 94 for one.

The USA continued their strong performance, with captain Monank Patel hitting Shaheen Afridi for a four and a six in consecutive deliveries in the following over.

However, in the first ball of the next over, Haris dismissed Andries Gous. The delivery showed signs of reverse swing, as the good-length ball struck the top of the off stump.

There has been no official statement from ICC on this matter yet.

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