Zainab Abbas is a Pakistani presenter and sports journalist who was covering the Cricket World Cup in India as part of the International Cricket Councils (ICC) digital team. However, she left India on Monday, October 9, 2023, amid a backlash over alleged "derogatory" posts on social media. Some local media organizations claimed that she was forced to leave, but an ICC spokesperson told the BBC that she had left for personal reasons. The controversy surrounding Abbas departure from India revolves around the re-emergence of her old anti-India tweets on social media. A lawyer in Delhi lodged a police complaint against her last week over her alleged old tweets, and she faced a huge backlash on social media. Abbas has made no public statement on her departure.