ISLAMABAD: Disappointed Pakistani cricket fans on Wednesday blamed a sluggish Misbah-ul-Haq for defeat in the World Cup semifinal thriller with arch-rivals India. ( Click here for full coverage of India- Pakistan World Cup semifinal )
India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in an action-packed match to set up a World Cup final showdown with Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday, leaving fans across cricket-loving Pakistan dejected.
“We lost because of Misbah, as he did not score well when it was most required,” angry fan Awais Shakir said on Islamabad’s main Jinnah Avenue as thousands of disappointed viewers were leaving screenings of the match.
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For a fact about India as a nation we are all warming to – via twitter comes this interesting statistic,
India’s Population 1.21 Billion, 623.7 Million Males & 586.5 Million Females; Larger Than The Combined Pop Of Indonesia, Brazil, PAK, US, BD
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Why we should we watch cricket in the USA?: Sachin Tendulkar‘s sports profile is used by ESPN to get Americanos up to speed on the game. Go here to read that. A snippet of the interview, is so dramatic it’s like reading sportsnews that’s fused with Bollywood overtones. Hilarious. Here it is:
“Sachin is both the riddle and the answer. That’s what I’m told. You must understand India to understand Sachin, but you must understand Sachin to understand India. They created each other. They are the same.
This, obviously, makes no sense to me.
How could it? Just a few hours ago, on a mid-February morning, I landed in Dhaka. I came with a copy of “Cricket for Dummies.” The 2011 Cricket World Cup starts tomorrow, India at Bangladesh, and I know nothing about the sport, not even about the tremendous pressure on the Indian National Cricket team to win its second World Cup after a three-decade drought. How tremendous? The Hindustan Times’ logo for their cup coverage says, every day, in enormous letters: A Billion Dreams … 28 years of yearning.
I don’t understand that the sport itself is at a crossroads, in crisis even.
I don’t realize that Sachin Tendulkar is likely playing in his final World Cup, still searching for his first title. Tendulkar is probably the most famous man in India. He’s so famous that people who worked for him are famous: a well-known Bollywood movie character is based on his first agent, Mark Mascarenhas, who died in a car wreck.”
Blimey! Lay it on!
India know faces Sri Lanka who beat the Black Caps of New Zealand. Alright, go Sri Lanka!!!
Just kidding … may the best team win. Namaste India, congratulations!!!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.30.11~
