I must say that I am a greater fan of Bangladesh Team from now on. The way they played, the resilience they showed, the way they fared so well, the way they tackled the pressure and the way they played against the top teams in the game is simply amazing. It has taken many by surprise. They used to do one or two upsets here and there but this time they simply thrashed the Indians, the Sri Lankans and the Pakistanis. I will call it thrashing that they did not let Pakistani batsmen stand on the crease and when it came to batting after the initial slow start they played like good batsmen. Then in the end they could not speed up. But if we look at the required run rate and the overs available towards the end it is clear that despite losing the match they still fared well. The world has seen what a brilliant team they are turning out to be and with the same hard work they can no doubt be one of the top teams of the world in 3 - 4 years.
Though as a Pakistani I prayed for Pakistan my heart goes out to our Bengali brothers. My full support is with them.
Now coming to Pakistan - the winners of the Asia Cup 2012. Winning this title was so important for Pakistan as a whole for so many reasons. There has been so much going on in Pakistan and the Pakistanis as a nation have been going through so much all these previous years that winning this tournament is a ray of light for them. This people - they are so excellent, so passionate, so loving, so sacrificing, so hard working, so hopeful and so special that it is in their destiny to live their lives as they are doing at the moment. Allah has predestined for them to live through the test after test and still come successful at the end. Terrorism, corruption of their leaders, inflation, joblessness, complete failure of electricity and so many other things have made them 'a bit' tense. They really deserved to have this moment of happiness and celebration. Only these are the things due to which we specially wanted to win this final. And thank Allah we did.
Another reason that Pakistani people are feeling miserable is the lack of cricket at home. We are THE cricket-starved nation. Some would argue about why we are so passionate about this game. I do not want to go into the details here. But our people do need a break from so many things going on in Pakistan and at international level concerning Pakistan.
Now a few words on our team - one of the most brilliant teams in the world, I must say. Our players have their incompetence in a few ways, they do lack one or two things which I hope they and their coach and management will work on. But looking at this event they played some good cricket and they won. Well done team Pakistan!
So as a Pakistani I prayed for Pakistan though I am still feeling for Bangladesh. They are a happier nation, they do not have the problems that we do. They will have their many other happier moments especially in cricket. O yes they surely will. The way their team played today it is phenomenal and giving the same hard work they are bound to come up as a world class team.
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