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Misbah's crime
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In sports, heroes are born under pressure. When it comes to cricket, nothing can match the pressure of an Indopak world cup final. Such was the case in the inaugural T20 World Cup Tournament in 2007. Misbah's magical hitting had brought Pakistan within the sighting distance of the world cup trophy, but his inability to finish resulted in a disappointing loss and that too to India in a world cup final. He was deemed guilty that day and that perception has not completely changed since. He has managed to become a temporary hero, however, first by guiding Pakistan to light after darkness of spot-fixing scandal and then by leading team to an historic whitewash of England in the Test series in UAE. However, Pakistan's (not just Misbah's) failure in Mohali and then drubbing against England in UAE have revived memories of Misbah as a villain. My question is: what's Misbah's mistake (yeah, you read it right)? Has no one ever failed like Misbah before? The answer is simply no. One example that comes to mind is Lance Klusenar against Australia in the 1999 world cup semifinal. Therefore, in my opinion, Misbah's mistake is that he failed against arch-rivals India at a crucial stage. A country that still cherishes Miandad's last ball six against India over 25 years ago, would never be able to overcome a heartbreaking loss to the same team. Hence, in sports, not only heroes, but villains are also born under pressure.
actually we Pakistanis are extra ordinary emotional!previous achievements are checked when some one performs extra ordinary other wise life time insult!I agree misbah is a pathetic captain instead of choosing his " Favorite players" he should choose "best players".But yeah there are other reasons too he isn't the only one causing falier again and again ,weak openers,afridi the grate ,and most importantly team politics are also effecting,its not only Him.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you. Misbah is the scapegoat now. All the blame is on him whether we win or lose and rest are innocent just because Misbah is always the culprit
DeleteI think you are right. People forget that in that particular match(final T20) without misbah we had lost that match by fair margin he gave hope and just could not finish.....he is villain ok but what about other big guns who fell down without doing anything?
ReplyDeleteI am not a great supporter of Misbah but we should be fair with everybody.
I concur, but i also understand the other side. Misbah brought us so close and when the match was ours to lose, we lost it. He is not a great finisher (by the way, he finished the last match against SL in Asia Cup), but that doesn't mean, he is the sole culprit. By making Misbah the sole focus of our criticism, we are giving a free pass to the rest of the team. This is not only unfair to Misbah but bad for Pakistan cricket.
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