Pakistan's Victory- Fairy Tale or Heroic Stint

So, should we call it a real time fairy tale, just like Cinderella or a great heroic stint like Spider man and superman? Our supermen in green have done, what was termed as IMPOSSIBLE by many of todays so called cricket critics. Beating India 2-0, with one match still left, is not a bachon ka khel. They were saying, Aa Raha Hai Pak, Ane Do. I guess, now it would be something like Pak Series Ura K Ja Raha Hai, Janey Do.

Jokes apart, let’s have a look on the impact of this series. First of all, in this time, when even a team like Bangladesh doesn’t want to visit Pakistan, we are hungry for cricket and on top of it, our young players need cricketing games, which can provide them a competitive challenging level and this event was surely not less than a blessing for the young guns and the fans of cricket around the planet. Our youngsters must have learnt a lot. Cameras all around and a jam packed stadium, when 80k people are cheering NOT for u but in favor of your opponent. In such a scenario, staying calm and building morale out of no where is a victory in itself.

Coming to the performances, some of the new guys were a treat to watch. Stand out shows produced by stylish Nasir Jamshed and the quicky Junaid. Will it be too earlier to say that Jamshed is the future Saeed Anwar for us? Well, I really don’t think so. He is without any doubt a very bright future for Pakistan. This guy impressed me as an opener, after a very long time. Perfect technique and equally beautiful execution. What he needs is a bit more experience and it would be the icing on the cake for sure. Junaid is a class apart. We were worried that Amir is no more in the side. No need to worry now, we have Junaid. Hafeez has again proved his command over the game. Par excellence performances are making Professor Sb much more dependable now. Saeed Ajmal, as I always say, is a magician. Irfan needs to work hard on his fitness now. What was really appealing for me in the T20 n ODI series was the athleticism shown by Pakistanis on the field. They took nice catches, created chances by running them out and stopped many singles and extra runs on the field. On the whole, Thumbs Up for the Great fielding!

Now, as we are the Asian Champs and Semi Finalist of both T20 and ODI mega events with series victories against top cricketing sides England and India, ICC should give us some more chances to prove ourselves. If we can perform this great outside our homeland, we can surely play far better in our country. We are a peace loving nation. We love Pakistan. We love cricket. We need cricket in our country. Pakistan Zindabad.

Review By: Shahbaz Ali Naqvi