English curator Andy Atkinson has found a novel way of taking a dig at detractors who still blame him for 'shaving' the grass at Multan - he has shaved off his moustache and is blaming it on Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq!

The jocular protest may not cut ice with the cricket establishment and the local media who continued to blame Atkinson for preparing a 'grassless' pitch at Multan despite the burly curator's clarification that it was Inzamam who had asked for the grass to be removed.

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When asked by a reporter about his 'missing moustache' on the eve of the second Test in Lahore, the Englishman replied in jest: "Inzy asked me to shave it off."

Interestingly, even four days after the home team's loss in the Multan Test, the curator was still at the receiving end of local mediapersons who have now kicked off a fresh row over his chat with Indian cricketers.

"Is Atkinson pro-India?" read a headline in Lahore daily The Nation on Monday. The newspaper said Atkinson refused to talk to the media about the nature of the Lahore pitch citing a PCB order but at the same time he was seen speaking freely to Indian cricketers.