T 20 goes to Pakistan

well.... as promised, the t 20 world cup came up with more surprises than ever... the underdogs who were written off by most experts went on to win the covetted trophy... pakistan was never in the fray but unexpectedly it won the cup beating the mighty lankans who were unbeaten through out the tournament... as i pointed out in by earlier blog post that pakistan is the most unpredictible team in the world and rightly so the men in green showed they are ..... a few months ago pakistan cricket was thrown into the turmoil with attack on sri lankan team at lahore ... and strangely , the two teams involved in that incident were in the finals of the t20 world cup... this seemed pre ordained by destiny... and this is the fitting culmination of all the events that unfolded... this victory is a shot in the arm not only for the pakistan cricket but also for the pakistani paople who had nothing to cheer for almost last 2 years as the country is witnessing the worst phase in its history with threats from the terror outfits and attacks every second day.... The heroes for opakistan in this world cup were shahid afridi ,who bowled well initially and later in the semi final and finla shoed his batting prowess to dazzle the cricket field... umar gul picked up 13 wickets and the off spinner saeed azmal with 12 wickets were main contributers.... not to forget the role of captain cool yunus khan ,who was confident about his selection and also adamant to a certain degree when he pressurised the selectors to send abdul razzaq in to replace the injured yasser arafat .... and razzaq proved his captain right by taking 3 wickets in the final....
Sri lankans played great cricket upto the finals but faltered when it really mattered.... but it does not take anything away from this grt island nation which continues to bring new talents .... there are a lot of positives for sri lanka from this world cup... the emergence of tillekeratne dilshan as an explosive opener(dilshan was top scorer of the tournament with 317 runs and was awarded the man of the series), the discovery of isuru udana , angelo mathews and jehan mubarak will strenthen their side too..... above all the captaincy of sangakkara was good too... tillkeratne dilshan's trademark shot over the keeper's head will always be remebered by fans.... and from now on this shot may be called dilshan shot....
this tournament destroyed the established myth that t20 is all about batsmen .... the bowlers like umar gul, ajmal, malinga, mendis, afridi etc proved the theory wrong.... from now on the teams will have different approach to the t 20.... the t 20 version is a new one and is still evolving so there might be few more theories to come up and surprise us in the future.... one thing is for sure....t 20 is the most entertaining form of cricket and i just get the feeling that it is going to harm 50 over cricket in the long run, exactly the way 50 over cricket did to test cricket 3 decades ago.....
talking abt south africa, i am really sad that the proteas yet again fell prey to the semi final zinx and gave in tamely to the comparatively weaker team,without giving any fight .... The cricket south africe should look into the psychological aspect of the whole issue ....why the team loses inspite of being hot favourites..?? there are many more questions asked and believe me they wont be easy to answer for the proteas think tank.....
Pakistan winning the world cup is in a sense nature's justice too....bcoz last time they lost inspite of the wonderful performance by misbah ul haq... so this would compensate the loss of 2007 w cup....and misbah will sleep easy now,as i i know the poor guy would hav had a terrible time after the failure at 2007 cup.... with the frentic pakistani fans are very emotional and impulsive ............

India will hav a tough time in west indies as the team is struggling with injuries and zahir,sachin,sehwag and raina missing out the tour owing to injuries courtesy I.P.L.
so wait n watch..... the team india and its captain should always remeber that "just when u think that u hav got the game in ur grip,the game gets you" so nothing is bigger than the game... no individual is indispensable.... right mr dhoni?so change urself or u will be changed......