Pakistani sports presenter and commentator Zainab Abbas has tendered an apology as she left World Cup 2023 midway after registration of a first information report (FIR) against her.

Indian media had reported that the Pakistani presenter had been 'deported' from India.

However, an ICC spokesperson said that she had left India due to a "personal reason" as he rebuffed the reports that she was deported.

She was in India as part of the ICC's list of presenters for the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023.

Her latest post on X clarified that she 'was not deported from India'. But, Zainab Abbas said that she was horrified by the reaction online.

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Background

Her stay took an unexpected turn when an Indian lawyer filed a complaint against her with accusations of making derogatory remarks on social media platforms against India and the Hindu religion based on her almost decade-old tweets.

However, she had moved to Dubai from India according to our sources.

Meanwhile, Pakistani fans and journalists are still waiting for visas to travel to India for the World Cup.

Visas for the Pakistan team were granted barely 48 hours before they left for what is their first tour of India since the T20 World Cup in 2016.