Hi,

Yesterday, I was watching match between Pakistan and England. England was amazing. Never for a minute they looked down because the lost their last match with the Netherlands. Their approach towards the game was simple aggressive cricket. The way Kevin Pieterson played was amazing. And he got very good company from Luke Wright too. Pakistan just had glims of spark in them every now and then. 

This is not the Team Pakistan that I know. The Pakistan team that I knew was aggressive. They never where great batsmen. (Other than Saheed Anwar. And little glims of Afarid’s Brillinace. Every now and then.) But man they had bowlers. They generated Pace machines like no other country. A Team that gave Cricket reverse swing. The Team that fought it through gave hard time to the opposition. If not every country atleast India. But seeing them just let go the warm up match. That was sad. They did not have the X Factor that normally we see in Pakistani Team.  I am not a Pakistani Supporter. I am an Indian. I want my team to win. But I enjoy the rivary India and Pakistan had on the field. That tough cricket they played on the field. Damn it was good to see that. What I want is a Final where India beat Pakistan. But I dont see that spark in pakistan team. I dont think they will make it to the super 8 itself. Pakistan team is lost in some other world. They should realize their strength. And theirs is Bowling. I think Bangladesh gave a better fight than Pakistan gave against India or England. Its high time they pull up their socks. Or they will say bye bye to the cup pretty soon.

I wanted to write this not  because I am Pakistan cricket supporter. I love my country and will aways support India. But the way Pakistan play cricket these days shows the mirror Image of whats going on in their country. I think there should be lot more determined than any other team in the competation. I am sure a win will help many people back home for them.  Yesterday, The interview given by Younis Khan was even more sad. Singling out your players in you team sends a wrong signal to the supporters. No matter how bad you do we must never single out any player and say he did not play well. You loose as a team You win as a team. Younis Khan should look up to players and Captain like Dhoni. And the way he projects himself and his team.

There is lot of work that Pakistan needs to do if they want to be in the tournoment. 

 

Jagdeep Singh Virdi