Pakistan in World Cup 2023
Afghanistan defeated Pakistan on 23.10.2023, in a World Cup match, on the pitch of Chennai. The defeat hurt Pakistan's campaign badly and it set back Pakistan's hopes to qualify for the Semi’s. Currently, Pakistan is at number 5 with 2 wins and 3 losses and a net run rate of -0.400.
The way forward for Pakistan
The next four matches of Pakistan are with South Africa, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh. To qualify for the Semi’s Pakistan has to win all these matches with a handsome margin because their net run rate is negative and also wait for the results of other teams. One more loss will end their campaign and with their current form, it looks impossible.
The cry of Pakistan’s exports
Yesterday, I was watching the reaction of Pakistan’s Public and expert’s reaction on YouTube. It surprised me as everybody was cursing the team. These were the same people who were on the seventh sky after the win over Sri Lanka.
Understandably, the people are connected highly with Cricket in the sub-continent, but the way they are cursing their team is scary. Now, the experts find loopholes in the team, the players and the management.
What happens suddenly?
Pakistan is a country where one needs to show oneself religious to become a hero of the country. Often, this tendency backfires.
Waqar Yunus the legendary fast bowler praises Rizwan not for their game against the Netherlands but for the Namaz he offered in the cricket ground of Hyderabad, and he became the superhero after he dedicated his century to the Palestine residents.
There is no problem with any of the religious behaviour of the problem until it hampers the game and it exactly happened in the case of Pakistan. Waqar Yunus praised the act by Saying “Rizwan Reading Namaz In Front Of Hindus Was Very Special”
It inserted religion into the game. The comment showed hatred against a religion and it provoked the local spectators. It resulted in hooting against Rizwan in the Ahmedabad stadium. Pakistan which is dealing with different game-related problems add one more problem to their kitty. These are the same Indian spectators who are cheering Afghanistan in their every match which is a team of 100% Muslims.
The act of Rizwan and the comment of Waqar Yunus diverted the focus of the team. Their game leaves behind and religion replaced it. It appeared in the cry of Mickey Arther which was another attempt for the same purpose.
Notably, it is the festival season in India. Most of the Indian players belong to Hinduism but they don't show their religious activity on the ground. Religion is a personal matter for them. To become a hero they don’t need their religion and this is the reason they are focused in their game.
The same thing happens with the other team. Bangladesh and Afghanistan are the teams of Muslims. The players of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England and Sri Lanka never show religious acts on the ground to show their heroism. They chose games instead of religion to show it.
Who are these experts?
Waqar Yunus, Sohail Tanveer, and the other Pakistan’s so-called experts are those who failed to show their mettle against India in the World Cup. Now they are criticizing the Pakistan team for letting down the country. They do not understand that it is a game, and here the best is to survive.
As a country, Pakistan has failed to protect its citizens rights, human rights and the basic needs of the common people. This is the country where the minority lives in fear. The ruler and administrator find religion as a solution for every problem of the country. They use religion to fool their citizens, unfortunately, the same tactics are adopted by the players of Pakistan’s team.
But there is a cache in these tactics, a politician gets some years to be exposed but a player gets only one or two matches for the same.
Pakistan has some wonderful players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Imam ul Haq and a few are expected to be axed for this failure. But will this cure all problems? The answer is a big NO!
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