CricDigs Blogs

If there ever was a nation that desperately needed to see its team win a major tournament to bring some hope in a state-of-affairs that only seem to be deteriorating with every passing day, then it has to be the modern-day state of Pakistan. Nearly every bit of news emerging from this nation is typically about terrorist attacks, the counter-attack measures by the military and more body count. It should be stated that besides cricket, the nation just does not endorse any kind of sporting achievement and so it is befitting that when the nation needed the game to bring some degree of happiness into the lives of the suffering millions, the Pakistani national cricket team has delivered. I guess, now that the team has won, their captain, Younis Khan, would like to change his view of T20 not being “serious” stuff. Once again Pakistan has proved that they are the true dark horses in any tournament.

Like Nasser Hussain says, “With Pakistan, you are not sure which team you will face — the one that self-destructs or the one that destroys you.”