Pakistani media has blamed ICC President Chairman and Food Minister Sharad Pawar and India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for the match fixing scandal which has rocked Pakistan. The reason, it claims, is India wants to oust Pakistan from international cricket!

Daily Mail, a Pakistani newspaper has carried a story with the title 'The Lord's episode another RAW ploy'. ICC President Chief Sharad Pawar has been working to get the Pakistan team banned for three to five years and the bookie, Mazhar Majeed, is a RAW man, who was introduced to Indian cricket by RAW officials the newspaper said.

The report says further that, "The bookie met Pakistan players in South Africa at a dinner for the first time in 2009. 50,000 pounds was paid to the English journalist to organize the fake sting operation from RAW and charged that the Indian High Commission in London played a key role in the bookie's bail" the report said further.