It hurts!!
Right now, I have one thing against the nation of Pakistan... a feeling of pure jealousy that is burning me from the inside. I could not watch the T20 world cup finals on 21st evening till the end. It was pretty clear early on which is the better team and who is gonna win this cup.
On 22nd morning when I switched on the TV, I changed the channel immediately that was showing all the Pakistanis dancing in streets on Islamabad and Lahore. However, it was pretty depressing to watch India specific news on other channels that were showing Lalgarh and Kashmir violence. On one other channel, Dhoni was busy selling the PSPO with koney koney me jyada hawa, while his cricket in the tournament was Pretty Stupid, Pretty Ordinary. Suddenly India seemed a depressing place to be and the only glimmer of good news was that some Indian scientists had managed to clone a buffalo.
What hurt more is that the winners from the 2007 world cup exited without a fight because they were too weak to put up one. They got hurt making money for themselves in some WWF style lousy fist fight.
Indian cricket was not always like that. I am sure you all remeber that in 1893, a bunch of villagers managed to beat the then imperial powers over a small issue of few hundred rupees in taxes and a big issue of pride. Almost a 100 years later, in 1983, we beat the then reigning kings West Indies and became world champions against all odds. In 2007, a bunch of kids playing for nothing but joy of cricket beat the mighty Aussies and SA and went on to win the finale too.
This Pakistani team is a lot like the 1893 Indian team that beat the British. They are playing for themselves, against the system and against the mega power the Imperial Premier League. None of the players were allowed to play for the IPL and worse, one of the major bowers Razzaq was a part of IPL's poor cousin the ICL.
Hats off Younis Bhai. You are the real hero. May God bless you.
