Maa Shaa Allah !! What an extraordinary way by the "Hero" to thank his wife for motivating the husband to get through the tough challenge!! This is the first time, I appreciate Sakib Al Hassan for something other than cricket. I mean we hear lots of stories of valiant triumphs by heroes and also the story of them getting inspired by their wives. But, when we see in such a glorious occasion, such a triumphant husband in such a surprising way utilizing the privilege of his hard earned fame to declare the contribution of his wife behind his success, how the lady inspired him and took his spirit up against all the odds, a lot of other wives get inspired to inspire their men in the same manner. A lot of other husbands get inspired to be inspired by their wives ahead of any tough challenge in their lives, to overcome any tough hurdle in their way. May be for the first time from me Sakib , Hats off to you !! You’ve just inspired the entire nation to produce more heroes, Ma shaa Allah!! Al Hhamdulillah.
Yuh...!! At least 40 runs short of a good first innings total against England on such a placid track....I should say...!!! Innings acceleration was badly missed specially in the later part of the first 50 overs of the match what otherwise was an impressive show of Bangladeshi batting. In my words, that actually was the point where the game got shifted towards English side giving them a breath of relief and confidence as well of getting back on the match from a stage where Bangladesh was cruising along at 260 for 2. The bad thing about this sort losses defending 300 odd runs is that the bowlers of the losing side get demoralized .....let alone the batters..!! That being said, I do divulge, Bangladesh Al Hhamdulillah has done fairly better than what was feared after that batting disaster against India in the Practice match just two nights back. And take it or not , it still is a learning curve for Bangladesh playing so intensely competitive " Champions Trophy " after a decade and that too on English Conditions against the Team of England who are at the pick of their ODI Form in recent months.
Talk about the old glorious unpredictability of Pakistan cricket in the 80's and 90's that the world thought washed away by the Arabian Sea. Now it has truly made it's glorious return in it's very own "Unpredictable and Unsubmissive" manner to it's birthplace, Al Hhamdulillah. This second edition of Pakistan Super League, PSL 2017 in UAE from the very beginning provided its fans with the unique Pakistani taste of nail biting contest till the last over, till the last delivery, tremendous fighting spirit and absolutely unthinkable match results at the end of crunch moments after a lot of twists and turns. And that very much has set the tone of whole tournament so far if you look at the match results. How many times do you see teams in a franchise T20 tournament successfully defending 120 or 130 odd runs chasing 200 runs with extra ordinary coming back from periodical collapses and then wining or losing by a factor of a single run at the very last delivery of the match in a regular basis !!? Alongside the international game changers, like Kevin Peterson , Chris Gayle , Darren Sammy, Tamayl Mills etc I have seen some impressive performance and fighting ability from some emerging local talents of Pakistan. It's really amazing to see a country deprived of international cricket for near about a decade, still producing adequate amount of game changing young talents who can deliver when the team needs them to perform and gradually become a formidable player to their opponent teams. As a very old fan of Pakistan cricket (from the 90s when I was a high school boy) I can now be optimistic about getting back the old unpredictable Pakistan (with the likes of Wasim, Waqar, Injimam, Ijaj, Saeed Anwar, Shoib Akhtar, Sawlain Musthaq, Afridi) with a new bunch of emerging talents who truly posses the quality to bring back the Pakistani spirit of getting back on the game from an absolute wreckage. Behold world cricket !! The surpriser , the stunner, the mind blower, the cricket redefiner spirit and power and has truly been brought back by the brave people of Pakistan who are truly unsubmissive to any threat from their enemies In shaa Allah, Al Hhamdulillah. Wish I could see the final between my favorite Peshwar Zalmi and my wonder, Quetta Gladiators in Lahore. Never the less, here from Bahrain, from the core of my heart I congratulate the victorious and gallant people of Pakistan on their win over all the ominous attacks against their cricket, against their great nation. You guys rock !! I wish you all, all the very best In shaa Allah. Pakistan Zinda Baad.
