Saturday, October 29, 2011

Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Passion has beaten adversity



The stadiums at Karachi, Lahore or Rawalpindi are left empty. There is no festival of cricket in Pakistan as because a sad incident two years back has made Pakistan isolated. Countries don’t travel to Pakistan due security reasons. The passionate fans out there are unable to see their heroes in action and their sadness is hard to express in words.

But, cricket is still breathing in Pakistan.

Pakistan as a nation, over the years, has been kicked in the abdomen, slapped on the face, and tortured mentally. But despite all these pathetic events have failed to dent their passion for cricket.

At Dubai, today, Pakistan have just completed another Test series win by beating the 2011 World Cup runner-ups, Sri Lanka and with this, Misbah’s tremendous run as the captain of Pakistan cricket team is reaching towards new heights. Mishbah is yet to lose a Test series as captain.

Controversies kept on haunting Pakistan cricket again and again but still, they have been able to conquer all the adversities in style. They are not lucky enough to play on their own home soil, they don’t have a powerful board to support them or their financial status is not like their neighbours. But still their cricketing achievements have been better than many other countries despite all these awful events.  

It’s all because of their passion for this game and for this passion Pakistan cricket is still alive. The victory at Dubai is another victory of passion against adversity.  

Thank You
Faisal Caesar

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