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That one moment or an over or two that began to tilt the game in Pakistan´s favour? Let´s take a look at the potential candidates one by one....
1. Fakhar´s no-ball dismissal.
Not quite in my opinion. He had to bat a long way afterwards to get a century, and the way he was struggling at that time and given the iffy running, a substantial score from him initially looked a bit long to go. If anything at all, that moment gave the first impression of it may after all not being India´s day perhaps.
2. Hafeez´s 57 off 37.
Instead of a turning point, I´d put it as something that put Pakistan way ahead and made the total a hugely challenging one for the Indian batsmen. A lot of the job was done through this innings, but by then Pakistan had started to look slight favourites.
3. Amir´s spell.
It sealed the game as opposed to turning the game. It was almost like final rites being performed and killed any chances that India could´ve had of chasing such a huge, huge total. It was an ICC tournament final mind you, not a group match.
Here´s my candidate that I´d set my eyes on immediately the moment came:
33 runs off two overs, the 26th and the 27th combined. The score shot up from 134 to 167 in a jiffy and Pakistan looked on for a score well beyond just the 300-run mark. Up that point, being on 61 off 78, Fakhar was quietly knocking around in singles and doubles and just hung in there. He never looked back from that moment, smashing 53 off the next 28 balls. Those overs were the moment when I messaged my friend that "Pakistan (is) gradually batting India out of the game", and so it happened.
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On turning point of the whole campaign, people would surely mention the win over England, and rightly so. That was the day when Pakistan ran into the most destructive batting line-up of the tournament, and, well, just ran through it. So that´s a fair and obvious choice.
However, I´ve my own theory on it when a team wins a global event in cricket. I always look back on the match that the team might´ve won from almost the jaws of defeat, because nothing else gives you as much confidence as they do. Therefore, it was the win over Sri Lanka from an impossible situation that for the first time gave me those special vibes about Pakistan´s chances. I was just reluctant to declare it openly though because that could well have been another one of those false starts by them, and bigger, much bigger opponents were waiting for them in Engaland, and winning that, India in the final.
So yeah, whereas most of you would say that the win over England was the turning point in Pakistan´s campaign, my choice slightly tilts towards the match that Pakistan won from a lost position. Well done Sarfraz and Amir on giving Pakistan a chance from nowhere!
1. Fakhar´s no-ball dismissal.
Not quite in my opinion. He had to bat a long way afterwards to get a century, and the way he was struggling at that time and given the iffy running, a substantial score from him initially looked a bit long to go. If anything at all, that moment gave the first impression of it may after all not being India´s day perhaps.
2. Hafeez´s 57 off 37.
Instead of a turning point, I´d put it as something that put Pakistan way ahead and made the total a hugely challenging one for the Indian batsmen. A lot of the job was done through this innings, but by then Pakistan had started to look slight favourites.
3. Amir´s spell.
It sealed the game as opposed to turning the game. It was almost like final rites being performed and killed any chances that India could´ve had of chasing such a huge, huge total. It was an ICC tournament final mind you, not a group match.
Here´s my candidate that I´d set my eyes on immediately the moment came:
33 runs off two overs, the 26th and the 27th combined. The score shot up from 134 to 167 in a jiffy and Pakistan looked on for a score well beyond just the 300-run mark. Up that point, being on 61 off 78, Fakhar was quietly knocking around in singles and doubles and just hung in there. He never looked back from that moment, smashing 53 off the next 28 balls. Those overs were the moment when I messaged my friend that "Pakistan (is) gradually batting India out of the game", and so it happened.
----
On turning point of the whole campaign, people would surely mention the win over England, and rightly so. That was the day when Pakistan ran into the most destructive batting line-up of the tournament, and, well, just ran through it. So that´s a fair and obvious choice.
However, I´ve my own theory on it when a team wins a global event in cricket. I always look back on the match that the team might´ve won from almost the jaws of defeat, because nothing else gives you as much confidence as they do. Therefore, it was the win over Sri Lanka from an impossible situation that for the first time gave me those special vibes about Pakistan´s chances. I was just reluctant to declare it openly though because that could well have been another one of those false starts by them, and bigger, much bigger opponents were waiting for them in Engaland, and winning that, India in the final.
So yeah, whereas most of you would say that the win over England was the turning point in Pakistan´s campaign, my choice slightly tilts towards the match that Pakistan won from a lost position. Well done Sarfraz and Amir on giving Pakistan a chance from nowhere!
