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What time have you felt the most patriotic whilst watching cricket?

Sher Khan

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For me personally, that time Shahid Afridi won us the Asia Cup match vs India and the other time :amir2 got Virat Kohli out in the CT final. Maybe also for some reason, that spectacular chase by Maqsood and Fawad Alam against Sri Lanka in an odi.
 
Same for me , When Afridi hit back to back 2 six to Ashwin . What a Moment that was.
 
Pak beating Ind in the CT final. The moment was huge ICC event final / 50 over game.

It really felt like if we lose this 1 we better stop playing them during big icc events.

Amir for that single spell will always be a LEGEND in my view.
 
Fakhar Zaman tearing the Indian bowling apart in CT 17 final, along with Afridi's six, Amir getting Kohli out the next ball hes was dropped. Junaid Khan bowling against India in 2012 the last bilateral series two teams played and Pak won.

Yasir's second last over wicket and win against WI on Misbah and Younus farewell match.
 
Mohali Semi final. Both Pm present and then national anthem. Goosebumps. Can't forget that moment.
 
For me personally, that time Shahid Afridi won us the Asia Cup match vs India and the other time :amir2 got Virat Kohli out in the CT final. Maybe also for some reason, that spectacular chase by Maqsood and Fawad Alam against Sri Lanka in an odi.

Def pak vs India in the 2004 Samsung series!

Never had I watched cricket so passionately and enthusiastically as I did during that series :)

Followed by our CT final win over India
 
Def pak vs India in the 2004 Samsung series!

Never had I watched cricket so passionately and enthusiastically as I did during that series :)

Followed by our CT final win over India

Well, brother I am too young to have witnessed the 2004 Samsung series ☹️
 
Asif vs India - Karachi 2006


(I was at the ground, the atmosphere was amazing and it is always lovely to see India taking a knee)
 
WC SF in 11'. Woke up early for it only to be disappointed by our fielding. No cricket match has ever captured tension like that one and perhaps never will.
 
1. August 2016 - Younis Khan scoring a double century and cries of Pakistan Zindabad reverberating around the Oval.

2. WC Final 1999 - trying to forget 19 years on

3. January 1999 - Chennai and the most incredible test win imaginable
 
1. India V Pak 96 WC
2. India v Pak 98 independence cup 3rd final
3. India V Pak 03 WC

But, the 2004 Samsung series changed it all for me. For the first time an India Pak match became a game to enjoy and not a rivalry. Since that day series, cricket does not make me patriotic anymore. I appreciate an opponents effort more. And somehow I enjoy watching the sport even more.
 
Any Pakistan India match but especially the CT final last year :). Felt like every single Pakistani out there was proud :)
 
1996 WC QF in Bangalore.

Can never forget the excitement when Prasad took care of Amir Sohail. And then with every Pakistani wicket that fell, the entire town erupted. Could hear cheers and clapping from neighbors houses too. In the end, everyone was on the streets celebrating.

Even the power cut was postponed by the Electricity Office until the match was over. What a day it was.

Have not seen such excitement over a cricket match since then. Even for the 2003 WC against Pak and the 2011 Mohali match that excitement was missing. It was just another match.

I guess the 90's era was different. Cricket and DoorDarshan was the only entertainment available. People followed Cricket religiously.
 
Asif against India in Karachi my favourite too! This is my favourite too!
 
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Since I started following cricket regularly:
2009 t20 WC, 2010 Pak test tour to England before the spot fixing saga, 2011 WC before the semi final, 2012 Asia Cup final, 2012 Pak tour to India, 2014 and 2015 were very forgettable years, 2016 England test series, 2017 West Indies test final, 2017 CT
 
1996 was the last time I was heartbroken due to a cricket loss. After that I just appreciated good cricket.
 
Patriotic? In 2003 WC against India. I was literally reciting Kalma and had a flag wrapped over my head that day.


Then I grew up and realized that this country is based on imaginations and there is no good in supporting the cause. I do support to the team because they are locals for me, but not the national/patriotic stuff.
 
The 2nd Test in the 2011 Pak vs Eng in the UAE tour, the SL T20 match where Afridi and Anwar Ali won it for us from an almost impossible situation, the match against BD where Afridi did an Afridi and had all the women crying in the crowds, and the CT 2017 final.
 
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