Dubai: Having caused some sort of a social media storm after posing for a picture with the Indian cricket team's jersey, Roger Federer has come clean on his pet choice for the cricket World Cup. And it's not India or Pakistan, but South Africa, where his mother hails from.


Roger Federer with the Indian cricket team jersey on Feb 14 

Speaking to the media on the eve of the Dubai Open on Sunday, Federer said he did not mean to "spark any fire" between arch-rivals India and Pakistan.