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This time I am not even following the tournament. We have been awful for last 2-3 years. Worse than 2008-10 levels.
Yup t20 09 was the only bright spark during that period. Asif was banned for 2 years during that period. Akhtar was given a life ban which was later reverted and spent most of the time on the shelf. Yousaf was ICL bound for the most period, same with A Razzaq.2008-2010 Pakistan wasn't bad actually. They won a World T20 in that period.
You had --> Asif, Shoaib Akthar, Muhammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq etc.
Yup t20 09 was the only bright spark during that period. Asif was banned for 2 years during that period. Akhtar was given a life ban which was later reverted and spent most of the time on the shelf. Yousaf was ICL bound for the most period, same with A Razzaq.
The thing is despite having a really really solid talent pool, we were losing for fun back then. There was infighting in the team right after the wt20 09 win. Every day there was some new controversy.
This time I am not even following the tournament. We have been awful for last 2-3 years. Worse than 2008-10 levels.
This brings me memories from the World T20 2022. I will never forget what we did in that tournament. We could have a movie on that.
We years prior before the World T20 2022 event takes place, somewhere in Zimbabwe, someone hosts an event where they invited Mr. Bean. However, by mistake the wrong Mr. Bean is contacted, and some guy called Pak Bean from Pakistan boards the plane, goes to Zimbabwe, cons the people into making them believe he is Mr. Bean, has a good pay day and all is happily ever after.
Well not quite.
World T20 2022 comes up, while Pakistan gears up for the India match, the African nation of Zimbabwe is gearing up to take revenge from Pakistan. Some guy called Lublow (i think) makes a twitter post where he shares the whole ordeal of the Pak Bean and how his team will take revenge, and everyone laughs it off as some joke.
Meanwhile Pakistan losses to India, and thats when Saqlain Mushtaq comes up with the infamous Qudrat Nizam. Surely, Pakistan will beat Zimbabwe right?
Well not quite. Shadab does a big bottle job, and out of no where, the Zimbabweans steal a victory. Celebrations are all around, the revenge of Mr. Bean has been taken. Now Pakistan chances of getting into the semis just lingers on a false hope. A hope that that Netherlands will beat South Africa.
And than behold. Out of nowhere David beats Goliath, and South Africa are knocked out from nowhere creating a chance for Pakistan, who come down to the same ground, beat Bangladesh on the same day, reach the semi finals, win that semi finals and ends up playing the Finals of the World T20 2022.
What a memory that was.
There were more bad days than good.Despite all those controversies, Pakistan at that time played an exciting brand of cricket. Pakistan was exciting to watch.
Current Pakistani team is a bit on the timid side. It is unrecognizable. Not the old Pakistan we grew up watching.
you dont get the point do you.And then getting owned in the final .... you left off the most important bit![]()
you dont get the point do you.
we were not suppose to reach the final and yet we did.
Where did India come from. This is a thread about how we are wishing for a comeback out of no where like we have seen before. And i just shared a story just to rejoice the occasion.you don't get my point ... which is that... losing in a final for your team is a very good achievement whereas if the same thing happens to Indian team then its cake cutting time for many Pakistani fans lol
Choti choti khushiyan I suppose
Where did India come from. This is a thread about how we are wishing for a comeback out of no where like we have seen before. And i just shared a story just to rejoice the occasion.
Where did India come from here? Seems like taking arrows is a habit
is that being discussed here? Im not even celebrating us reaching the final, just sharing a story of hwo the odds were against us.My bad ... I thought you were a big fan of "if your team doesnt win the final then they are just no good ... " or words to that effect?
Bangladesh is not a rival..Corner Pak at your own risk.
Just imagine the scenario- beat rival India, beat another cultural/historical rival Bangladesh, play another rival Afghanistan and then win the final against England another “historical rival” : I feel you will end up thanking Jay Shah in the end for this![]()
My bad ... I thought you were a big fan of "if your team doesnt win the final then they are just no good ... " or words to that effect?
Naa, some indians live in a fools paradise where they try to equate there team to the Australia of 2000 that was actually winning tournaments left and right, while India losses semi finals and finalsThink the difference is that India should be winning tournaments more often than not. There’s a lot of factors for that i.e Money, youth development, population, IPL hype etc.
All the talk about being the greatest team etc, you don’t hear it from Pakistan fans. We’re rubbish, we accept it.
Indian fans however…
Reason I started the thread was that in my silliness I was thinking, challo usual Pakistan start - we'll make it up soon. Then the realization that there is literally no time to recover. One more loss and then it down to sit on jay-e-namaz![]()
get ready to be kicked out fom ur own hosted tournament
but when they chased 350 against SA it gave me a ray of hope.. now boys are back to their real form so things are very much clear now!Anyone who has watched Pakistan cricket over the last few years would have been ready before the tournament even started.
Typical stuff. Lose to India on Sunday. Then pray that Bangladesh and India beat New Zealand and Pakistan beats Bangladesh by a big margin.
is that being discussed here? Im not even celebrating us reaching the final,
just sharing a story of hwo the odds were against us.
Why are they not rivals? You do play against them.Bangladesh is not a rival..
They might be India's rival lol, but there is no rivalry bet Pak and them
Expecting Netherlands to bear SA is one thing a d expecting BD to beat Pakistan in a tournament in pakistan is another thing. BD will go back 0-3as is their sporting level.Typical stuff. Lose to India on Sunday. Then pray that Bangladesh and India beat New Zealand and Pakistan beats Bangladesh by a big margin.