If NZ's population of 5M can produce a competitive 11, year-on-year, I do not doubt that there is talent amongst a population of 250M people.
I suspect that societal and infrastructural issues are responsible for the promotion of our talent, in the same way much of the country's non-sporting issues are struggling. Pakistan has potential in all areas but there is no substitute for hardwork.
I don't want to make sweeping statements about the people or the country but we seem happiest looking out for number one, and settling when content. There is no drive or strive for becoming the best. We are easily pleased and that is probably attributable to the poverty in the country (societal/infrastructural issues I mentioned) when one has enough for a decent life, they're content with that.
I know that we are a resourceful people.
I generally feel South Asians are really really bad at sport.
There are many people from the UK on this forum, so they would be able to answer better but how is it that not even a SINGLE person from South Asian diaspora has ever made it to the Premier League? Not even in the top 500 players in the country?
The racism argument doesn't stand as you have a PM of Indian origin, the Mayor of the largest city of Pakistani origin, there are more than a dozens self made billionaires of South Asian origin.
Discrimination sirf football mai hei honi hai??
Even look at the Olympics, India literally won ONE GOLD at the last Olympics and celebrate it like they have conquered the World.
The only reason India and Pakistan do decent in cricket is because no other country takes it seriously.
Australia does to a degree and have won the most ICC titles- double than the second country on the list. They have a population 60 TIMES LESS THAN INDIA.
My brother lives in South Africa and tells me no one cares about cricket there. The World Cup is going on but hardly anyone is interested. Rugby is by far the most popular sport there.
If South Africa, New Zealand, England start taking cricket seriously, we would not be able to compete with them. In a hundred years time, if cricket reaches Europe, China, US
Both Pakistan and India would be wiped out from cricket as well.