Pakistan Super League Concludes... Wins Hearts- Special Edition by Shoby
Our land was desperate for cricket. Our nation was waiting anxiously for this one moment and ALHAMDO LILLAH March 5th, 2017 witnessed Pakistan celebrating the return of cricket in our very dear homeland, when Quetta Gladiators took on Peshawar Zalmi for the biggest bonanza of Cricket i.e. HBL PSL 2017 Finale.
It is one of those rare moments when questions like which team won or which player played the better cricket do not matter at all. It was a simple equation. Pakistan was playing against terrorism and at the end of the day, By the Grace of ALMIGHTY ALLAH PAK, we the Pakistanis have won... Cricket has won... Pakistan Super League has won and ultimately it is the victory of Pakistan.
PSL Final saw a handful of foreign players participating and without any doubt, these players especially the captain of Peshawar Zalmi Darren Sammy made the event a huge success. And it is not about the final only, the whole tournament was a wonderful success, much more successful than the edition one of PSL courtesy super performances & entertainment provided by the foreign & domestic players along with the commentators and hosts.
As already committed by the PSL Chairman Mr. Najam Sethi, PSL 2 Final was meant to be played in Pakistan and this was a dream come true for this cricket crazy nation when houseful jam packed Gaddafi Stadium located in Lahore, Pakistan saw thousands of people from all over the country chanting just one slogan Pakistan Zindabad.
PSL closing ceremony featured some powerful performances by Ali Zafar, Farhaad Humayun (Overload) and Ali Azmat. When Sammy tried some dance moves on the stage, the crowd went crazy. Fans never hesitated taking selfies with their favourite players and the evening concluded with Peshawar Zalmi standing tall on the victory stand.
Although, it is too early to say that all is now well and everything is settled in terms of bringing international cricket back in our country but this one thing is for sure. The way people has welcomed the return of cricket was exceptional. I feel, this one game was mandatory to be played in Pakistan. The reason is pretty obvious. We just wanted to show the world how peaceful, fun loving and united we are as a nation and we reject, oppose & hate any sort of terrorism. Our message was quite loud. We love cricket and we want more & more international cricket in our country. And yes, we can arrange tournaments of this big scale.
I hope, we shall have an even bigger tournament with bigger cricketing stars from all around the world participating in the next season of Pakistan Super League.
At the end, I want to share my latest poem, which was written exclusively for PSL:
At the end, I want to share my latest poem, which was written exclusively for PSL:
