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COLOMBO: Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh starred as India thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets Sunday to stay alive in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
India, who would have been knocked out of the tournament had they lost, skittled Pakistan for 128 on a slow pitch and then surpassed the modest target in 17 overs, thanks largely to Kohli's unbeaten 78 off 61 balls.A sell-out crowd of 35,000 at Colombo's Premadasa stadium, including Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, saw India continue their stranglehold on Pakistan in major world meets.
Pakistan have never beaten India in either the 50-over World Cup or the World Twenty20, in which they contested a thrilling final in 2007.
Sunday's match was only the third Twenty20 international between the two countries and the result set up a thrilling shoot-out for the two semi-final berths from group two.
Australia lead the group with two wins, India and Pakistan have one each, while South Africa have lost both matches so far.
The last round of group matches will be played on Tuesday with Australia taking on Pakistan and India playing South Africa.
India lost Gautam Gambhir off the second ball of the innings, offering a tame return catch to 20-year-old left-arm spinner Raza Hasan, but Kohli and Virender Sehwag denied Pakistan another immediate break.
The pair put on 74 for the second wicket, with Sehwag making 29 before he holed out in the deep off Shahid Afridi.
Singh, who is making his comeback from cancer treatment, claimed two wickets and threw a direct-hit run-out in Pakistan's innings. He then scored 19 not out in an unbroken third wicket stand of 54 with Kohli to carry India home.
The impressive win was set up by the bowlers as seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji claimed three wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two to leave Pakistan in tatters after they elected to bat.
Shoaib Malik top-scored with 28, but only one other batsman managed to touch 20 in the face of steady bowling by the Indians.
The match began on a scintillating note as the first two overs produced 13 runs each, besides a dropped catch in the slips by Sehwag and the wicket of Imran Nazir.
India hit back to grab four more wickets in the next nine overs, two of them in successive overs by Yuvraj, to reduce Pakistan to 59-5 by the 10th over.
Big-hitter Afridi, who was promoted to number three, had made 14 when he lofted Balaji to deep mid-wicket where Suresh Raina was perfectly positioned to take the skier.
Yuvraj, who was treated for a rare germ-cell cancer between his lungs earlier this year before returning to action at the World Twenty20, ran out Yasir Arafat with a direct throw.
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Oct 02, 2012 01:24am
What you want????
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Oct 02, 2012 09:16am
Thanks for the analysis. I hope Hafeez calculated the same, coz now i think who ever wins, they must win with big margin...
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Oct 01, 2012 02:55am
Nope, Australia's already in - so only one other team would have a chance to be in the final...unless Pakistan beats Australia and India beats South Africa with great margins
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Oct 01, 2012 03:14am
We all expected more from Ajmal, actually. He is one of few "thinking" spinners and that sets him apart. The team prolly didn't support him with an attacking field (why didn't Pakistanis attack on the field yesterday?). I'd hand the best batting display to Kohli, though he had a couple of lifers. Good match, unlike the "non-match" IN had with AUS.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:21pm
that match wasn't official (record doesn't count as 12 players played, and no man of the match, no match referee) neither in the world cup (before world cup started).
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Oct 01, 2012 03:32am
Pakistan have got to replace bits n piece cricketers with specialists. They should adopt a horses for courses policy while selecting their final eleven before a match after inspecting pitch conditions. Too many marginal players are placing pressure on the few good ones. I believe asad shafiq, azhar ali and abdul razzaq deserve to be in the team. Finally it is but a game and should be treated as such. The hype and pressure got to the team who could not handle the situation. But congrats to the Indian team who played remarkably well.
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Oct 02, 2012 03:34am
Individual Pakistani players are even better than Indians, but they lack a good leader on the field and have a GREAT MISMANAGER called Pakistan Cricket Board...I heard that even some of the board members are involved in betting
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Oct 01, 2012 04:06am
Not only Dawn is an excellent news site, it's readers are also very mature. Most of the comments were very decent and even the indecent comments were replied with dignity.
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Oct 01, 2012 02:28am
i am so disappointed. that's what happens when you let the rope of Allah slide through your hands. you will get humiliated again and again.
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Sep 30, 2012 08:05pm
batsmen let the team down yet again
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Oct 01, 2012 02:11am
Pakistan's batting is below standard; India's bowling is average. Even if India could make it to the semis, it will be a miracle to win the title. BTW, I am Indian fan. Srilanka, on the other hand, will make sure that pitches are made to order for them. If Australia, the form team, meets Srilanka, they will get a square turner. Australia have not seen anything like that so far. I am keenly interested for an Australia-Srilanka match.
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Oct 01, 2012 02:05am
i think this pakistan t20 side is much better than indian side...it was just not their day...well both the teams have chances of moving in further...lets hope for the best...as so many of u were saying..pakistan and india combined would be the strongest team one could ever imagine...australia vs rest of the world ...u can't consider those matches as a test...one nicely bonded team when playing against a newly formed eleven its easy to win against them...
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Oct 01, 2012 01:51am
over and out !
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Oct 01, 2012 01:44am
Both teams knew they were playing under pressure of the eyes of over a million people at least. The better team won and congrats to India, Kohli and MS Dhoni. Yes if there was ever a sub-continent 11 against any team, hands down they know we will win! With love from Pakistan..
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Oct 01, 2012 02:09pm
'Times of India' is a tabloid not a newspaper. Have you read 'The Hindu' or 'Hindustan Times.' Just as bollywood represents hardly 20% of India where a majority have not heard of SRK (like in south), you must not take TOI to be the voice of India. But oh yes, even in 'Times of India' the business and tech news and blogs are great, especially the write-ups on personal finance like which you cannot find anywhere in south Asia. Suppose 'Dawn' does not have censorship quite like TOI, then you must make the analysis.
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Oct 01, 2012 03:28am
Every game has some strategy and Pakistan was missing that. If Pakistan wants to win against Aussies they must use their triumph cards I mean their spinners. If four spinners were properly used against India they would have chance to give very hard time to Indians.
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Oct 01, 2012 01:35am
I still think Pakistan is a better team. To me, in T20, the bowlers win the matches. India got away this time with its mediocre bowling. Though, Pakistanis seem to be so unpredictable and cracks much easily under pressure.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:45pm
Pakistan team was relying on Mr. Luck but it did not work this time as it did with South Africa. No batting plan and switching places during crucial match. Razaaq and Asad Shafiq should have been picked in place of Yasir Arfaat and Kamran Akmal and give gloves to Umar Akmal.
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Oct 01, 2012 02:14am
Simple Straightforward reporting and surprisingly good comments here. If you go to TimeofIndia website you find garbage there. Well done Dawn.
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Oct 01, 2012 03:31pm
As a Indian, we miss, Imran Khan, javed Miandad, Abdul qadir, Wasim Akram & Sayeed Anwar..We hope to see such type of standard again in Pak team, and then we can really enjoy..India Pakistan match.............. :)
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Oct 01, 2012 04:04pm
Afridi is a spent force and he is not doing justice with bat or ball.Pakistan selection must look for fresh faces and groom youngters
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Oct 01, 2012 01:12am
kaun jita?? INDIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Oct 01, 2012 03:22am
Actually, I beg to differ. Paks have a pretty good bowling attack. I think the captain let them down by not backing their bowlers with an attacking field. Nobody could explain the "no slips" field that most of the Pak bowlers got.
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Oct 01, 2012 01:10am
India has now got a mental hold over Pakistan, and in fact has had for some years since they won in Pakistan back in 2003-2004. You could see in both teams' body language which one was confident and which one was not. Pakistan lacked self-belief which was surprising given they way they had won in the warm-up game. Hafeez is not captaincy material. The bowlers like Gul lack aggression which players like Akram and Waqar had and now the meek Indian of yesteryear has been replaced by the timid Pakistani. Another competition which India will win and have the added pleasure of having beaten their arch-rivals in the process. Ultimately, one should blame the PCB since the Misbah-Mohsin combination was working so well, Whatmore did we need?!
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Oct 01, 2012 01:09am
Its Indias tradition that after every big defeat his performance becomes supurbs......andno one can defeat after that..!!!
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Sep 30, 2012 09:34pm
Congrats India. Their bowlers are still 'bakwaas' its just that our batsmen are 'ultra bakwaas'. Well deserved WIN! Kohli is a superstar. Very timid performance from Pakistan, have got no attitude. Failing just like the nation itself. Sad and sorry. I hope we can wake-up and learn a few things from India.
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Oct 01, 2012 01:04am
I hope Australia beats pak. and India beats south africa....!!
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Oct 01, 2012 01:03am
Warm-up matches don't count! And aren't official so not taken into account for statistics and records. Surely you knew that?!
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Oct 02, 2012 10:46am
i like indianexpress, decan chronicle & mid day.
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Sep 30, 2012 08:41pm
Pakistans tactics were good, +ve, attacking however was not meant to be the day today, congrants india.
U won today we will win the cup Inshallah
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Oct 01, 2012 12:51am
I still think Pakistan has better T20 side than India. Indian players are aging except for few young players like Virat. Also the bowling is very ordinary. But Pakistani players when playing against India are under lot of pressure and they make too many mistakes and loose confidence very soon in the match. Pakistan should stop thinking that they a fighting a war in a Indo-Pak match that their army could not win for them and take it easy and just treat as another game. Game is just a game and not a proxy war. We Indians have moved on and now its time Pakistanis also move on and focus on more important things in life.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:45am
It was a pathetic performance by the Pakistani team on all fronts - smacked of a matching fixing peformance but credit goes to India for performing well. How can Pakistani players drop catches, perform poor fielding and the captain was just useless - he played a defensive game and why would you want to place fielders close to boundries rather than close to batsmen where they could have put pressure on the Indian team. What have they learnt all these years!!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:51pm
You never know !!
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Oct 01, 2012 12:32am
Any team that wins will look better team. So a team need to be judged over it's performance against many teams
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Oct 01, 2012 04:21am
Its a good series we all want to see india pak in final.
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Oct 01, 2012 11:06am
Thanks.
What's your predictions? :)
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Oct 01, 2012 08:14pm
i think Pakistanis should have their own team in IPL.That will be real fun.all tickets will be sold out and probabaly help in getting the relationships better between the two countries.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:14am
Sorry state of all other games?? Well, I say this...We do win medals in the Olympics now....and we are trying our best to improve the situation. My advise to you would be to worry about your own country. India is capable enough of making things right on its own. The moment you guys quit comparing your country with India, I think you will start improving. You must understand India competes with China and US, not with Pakistan for god's sake.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:00pm
How can u say that ,in this wc India has played 4 matches and 3 times Indian bowlers have taken all ten wickets ,no other team has done that...!!
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Oct 01, 2012 12:09am
India were professional in doing the basics right even though Pakistan got of to a flier with the bat, Pakistan did not manage the BIG match pressure and paid the ultimate price. This games once again demonstrated the unpredictable nature of the T20 format, Victory well deserved. Shame both will not go through.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:07am
Sarthak??? They have a better side T20 side than us??? Either you don't understand cricket or are living on an entirely different planet. On what grounds would someone make such a ludicrous comment, that too on a pakistani forum? Come on, there are other ways to get attention. This one didn't work for you, trust me.
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Oct 02, 2012 10:37am
no the comments are mdified then shown here unlike timesofindia.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:12pm
Indian Team should be as follows.
Opening
1) Robin uthappa Batsman
2) Sehwag Batsman (Spinner) Part time
3) Kholi Batsman
4) Yuvraj Batsman (Spinner) Part time
5) Dhoni Batsman
6) Raina Batsman
7) Yousuf Pathan Batsman (Spinner) Part time
8) Ashwin (Baller)
9) Ishanth sharma (Baller)
10) Zaheer Khan (Baller)
11) Irfan Pathan (Baller)
But unfortunately Selector of indian team is Srikanth, and he plays politics whom he wants he selects
He dint give chance to robin who is a good hitter
we dont need class player like Gautham and Rohit Both are not good to play T20
we need Hitter like robin and yousuf.
The indian selector Srikant is useless and he selects those who play for IPL for chennai supers
thank god he is been remove from selector post. god is Great
pakistan team is tlented and good fielders may be they must give chance to Abdul razzak he is all rounder and they need partnership am sure they can win this title if they play as team..
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Oct 01, 2012 11:59am
IF AUSTRALIA WIN - Aussies are through with maximum points, India will join them if they win (by any margin). If South Africa beat India then SA, India and Pakistan will all be on two points and it goes down to net run rate.
IF PAKISTAN WIN - Australia and Pakistan will both be on four points, and South Africa are eliminated. If South Africa beat India then Australia and Pakistan go through. But if India beat South Africa, then Australia, Pakistan and India will all be on four points and the top two will go through on net run rate.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:54pm
o" yes we will see in final.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:55pm
True.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:03am
Millions of fans have been disappointed.Our team has a habit of losing crunch games.
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Oct 01, 2012 07:34am
The Better Team won, it's that simple. Get rid of mediocre players. Bring in the specialists for the job. Too many players picked on past laurels/recommendation/parchi for Pakistan. Batsman need to show some guts, correct their techniques and learn from past mistakes. You need to build partnerships to make an innings. Moreover you need to play proper cricketing shots and not just slogs to post big scores as shown by the Indians and the Aussies. Still not over, but have to regroup and come back hard at the Aussies. If not for anything else, play for pride, Team Pakistan.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:59pm
India has a very strong batting lineup and a below average bowling. They are capable of chasing any target in any format of the game. Most teams would put India to bat and that is what Australia did, and that is what Pakistan also experienced in their warmup game. The fact that, after winning the toss, Pakistan elected to bat first looks very fishy on its Captain. There could be a match fixing angle to ponder upon.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:56pm
Inshah allah we will see again in final. And we wiil Put?????????
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Sep 30, 2012 11:52pm
if india wins with SA and Pakistan wins with Australia, then, there will be 3 teams with 2 wins each. So, it is still open, but highly tilted towards Australia because of their superior runrate. But stastically, they are not through yet. Hypothically, both India and Pakistan have a chance
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Sep 30, 2012 11:48pm
Well done India. You deserved to win. Pakistan still has a chance to be in semi final if they can learn and try their best to perform their best against Australia. If these Pakistani players cannot learn and improve then they deserve to be humiliated and kicked out as quick possible.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:46pm
was the better team...on that day to be sure. However, Pakistan still has a better T-20 outfit while India are superior in ODI and probably even when it comes to tests.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:38pm
India was in full command of the game today. Disciplined with intent to 'just do it'.
Pakistan was just trying to find their way around in a circus. Shameful performance. Especially when India bowling is well under par as always.
Most intriguing is Afridi being in the team let alone coming one down!
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Oct 01, 2012 04:04am
Actually, Pakistan team is better than Indian team in T20. Good bowling and batting attack. I think Pakistan players could not handled pressure well. And probably this is the reason behind Pakistan defeat. Years ago it was happening with Indian team, against Pakistan. Now things changed because of Captain Cool Dhoni. Any how I always love the game of Pakistani Team. And always attend T.V. when Pakistan plays with any team. Better luck next time Pakistan.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:22pm
All games have survived the same way my dear
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Oct 01, 2012 07:10am
It was warm up match. No doubt but Pakistan developed cold feet!
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Oct 01, 2012 07:01am
I am an Indian, This is very true, Pakistan has talent but no leader.
India has a great captain Dhoni
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Sep 30, 2012 11:17pm
I think Pakistan has the best bowling attack, but today defensive fields and mindset let them down. They are one of the best T20 sides. I am sure they will trounce Aussies to make it difficult for India.
Nevertheless, well done team India.
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Sep 30, 2012 11:17pm
Hafeez played the worst
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Sep 30, 2012 11:16pm
Razzaq should play and Arafat should sit on bench ....
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Oct 01, 2012 06:54am
At least Pak women team is better. Today they took revenge to mighty India women team by beating them 1 run. Please bring Sana Mir as a captain and she will show Hafeez and co. how to keep their head cool in pressure game.
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Oct 01, 2012 01:11pm
I think its you who is day dreaming and hence you did not read his comment properly. He was talking only about this particular india pak match and not in general. That way in the last T20 tournament even australia was all out for 89 against pak and in the 3rd T20 of same tournament in UAE Pak was all out for 74 against same Aus side. so that means no team is professional in this word ? is it ?
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Oct 01, 2012 01:12pm
LOL....
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Oct 01, 2012 01:17pm
Yes Md Indian........
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Oct 01, 2012 06:01am
Does pak cricket team needs mediocre players like yasir arafat or Nasir Jamshed ? They should rather go with raw talent like Junaid khan, Abdur rehman and Azhar ali who showed class act against Australia in the UAE. How is their non inclusion justified by the pak selectors?
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Sep 30, 2012 11:06pm
Stick to the basics, is the lesson of the day. We do too many thanks on an ad hoc basis. Shahid Afridi has no place in the team. He is not bowling well, he cease to be a batsman for over three years now. Nasir Jamshed was doing a wonderful job when he moved to one down and than two down that really ruined him. Akmal brothers are back to their old ways, they should be closely watched due to their poor past and links with betting industry.
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Oct 01, 2012 05:46am
Pak needs umar akmal to play upfront at number 3 or 4 & it's high time to drop players like imran nazir, kamran akmal, afridi, who have lot of talent yet little impact on the opposition . To win you have to improve your lethargic feilding as well! Sorry state of affairs at Pak cricket! No match winners like injimam, ramiz, salim malik, ijaj, waqar, shoib akthar or Wasim bhai.
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Oct 01, 2012 05:42am
I Agree in Future Virat Kohli will Match Sachin Tendulkar ..
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Oct 01, 2012 05:40am
Pakistan congratulating India..Pleasure to see the forum. thank you all.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:00pm
Pakistan has the weakest Batting lineup and India has the weakest Bowling line up in this super 8. But still if this weakest attack can restrict a team to 128 then think of the quality of Batting.....How weak is it....Do they fit to play International Cricket? What will an inform team like Australia do to them........That must send shivers down the spine of Hafeez & co.
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Sep 30, 2012 10:42pm
Well deserved defeat. Pakistan team is by chance team. India displayed well balanced
attack. and played very well. India deserved appreciation this is just a game we should take it like game.
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Sep 30, 2012 10:38pm
Its too early for India to rejoice...... but at the same time it is surprising to find that Pakistan get regularly choked against India on international platforms.......may be their coach has to look into this....
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Oct 01, 2012 06:47pm
The civility of these comments baffles me. I cant recount any comments on any article from any subcontinent-based publication being civil in recent time.
As an Indian, I have followed the decade-old rise of the Indian team from back when our tail used to start at one-down. While the quality of cricketers has gone up significantly since back then, I think the big difference is the mental strength, the winners attitude - even if you're not a winner. The beginning of this was during Ganguly's time. Dhoni today can afford to take bold decisions, and can afford to be wrong. Not so for any Pakistani captain of recent times.
A large part of this game is mental. When Akram used to come in to bowl, or Saqlain used to warm up, or Sohail/Anwar used to take guard opening, you knew that this was a winning team - whether they won or not was a different point. Not so anymore.
In the interest of thrilling cricket encounters, lets hope that the Pakistani team gets their act together soon. Too much talent that believes that it cant win. In the interest of the Indian team, I hope that the Pakistanis dont figure out that they actually *do* have a winning team anytime soon. And for the record, I believe that they do.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:39am
No doubt Inida is better team but only in batting, their bowling and fielding are not up to the mark
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Oct 01, 2012 03:26pm
What Allah has to do here...?? Surprised
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Sep 30, 2012 09:59pm
its not possible. only one team other than Australia will qualify.
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Oct 01, 2012 06:35pm
what disgraceful performance. Tactically very poor. Why decide to bat when batting second has been proven to be earlier. Also when Pakistan decided to bat first they were trying to post 180 runs when only 148 would have been sufficient. The batters were out to ordinary bowling. Pak batters basically are very poor in assessing the conditions and the opposition strength and are not able to de die what is required to win a game, particularly against India. This is due to lack of education.feel sorry for Pakistan bowlers, in any other side they would win the tournament. Finally what great player Kholi is ....please learn from him.
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Oct 02, 2012 03:18am
You are outdated....Srikanth is no more the Indian selector
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Sep 30, 2012 09:52pm
poor display and maintained a losing streak in a world competition. it was predecided and it happened. Pakistani players are not professional, they play for money and fame not for the country... Indians play for country and get the money and fame eventually... winning fame is much satisfied and good than losing fame.... so Indians are FAMOUS and the Pakistanis are NOTORIOUS... they don't deserve any other word
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Oct 01, 2012 02:15pm
Don't try to act smart. What do you want to prove here?
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Oct 01, 2012 03:31am
Pakistan facing India has become like Federer facing Nadal. They are petrified and just freeze. They have become the constant whipping boys of India. It has become a third class outfit, at least against India, no matter how much they boast of their World Class spinners. These spinners are consistently thrashed by the Indian batsmen. Abdurrehman who is indeed an excellent spinner was left sitting in the UK. They should be ashamed of being humiliated by India so thoroughly and so often
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Sep 30, 2012 09:34pm
That's the true cricket spirit.The better team won on the day.Who knows what happens when they meet again.
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Sep 30, 2012 09:31pm
India played a composed and controlled game and they desrve praise for the victory. On other hand
pakistani players were too cooky. Horroundus and sensless change in batting order to send Afridi at no
3. The defeat was written on the wall but was not read by any of the player. For how long Afridi is playing this and still is in the team. Any player with least amount of common sense will select his shots
in a world tournament caously and hit the ball on its merit. It is like living in the paradize of fools to hit
every ball a 6. Bad fielding, drop catches and a senseless hitter how can you win against a compatable team like India. We won the gameagaist S.Africa by luck or you can say by fluke and this went into the head of our every player and none of them played with dicipline and responsibilty. What improvement one can see in Akmal's keeping and batting. How long Afridi will be portrayed an iconic player, where
the reality is this that he himself proved that he is a spent bullet and a beaten pawn. We lost the game
on merits Indians played well and won the game. Mr.professor your or the management decision in batting order change cost us the match.
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Sep 30, 2012 09:13pm
Do you think, that is true.
Pakistani player took big money to loose.
They are not really so bad. But they put down Pakistan for their selfish needs.
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Oct 01, 2012 10:05am
I still remember the match in Sharja where Imran led Pakistan defeated India in the last over(pl correct me if i am wrong)! where that Pakistan gone? Anyway. all credit to India for their incredible win yesterday especially to Virat & Yuvi!! well done & keep it up.
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Oct 01, 2012 02:10pm
In my opinion Pakistan was a good bowling unit in the past & not any more . Saeed Ajmal is an exception but he too got exposed in match against India & kohli took him to cleaners ! After the W Cup is over the PCB should do some introspection & only select brilliant cricketers on merit otherwise the cricket in pakistan will perish. I mean the players have already lost confidence amongst their fans and are looked upon as match fixers! They should play for the pride of the nation and money and fame will follow them.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:10pm
lol
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Sep 30, 2012 08:43pm
I sincerely appreciate your honesty. Very unlike a lot of Pakistani fans (and some professional sports journalists) who have taken to abusing Virat Kohli and worst Yuvraj Singh on twitter and other forums. Of course, I completely understand, all of us want our respective teams to win, but losing a match can never be tolerated as a reason by any means for people to hurl abuses at two brilliant sportsmen / a team who played a fair and sincere inning!
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Sep 30, 2012 07:09pm
My friend, not to take away the credit from the Australians, let us face it the Australians are an economically spoilt and divinely blessed nation with plenty of economic resources and time on their hands to indulge in leisure activities, like sport. Indians and Pakistanis however have less time and money to spend on leisure activities. So, Australians are not inherently better than any nation for their superior performance in sport. They have nothing else better to do !!!!
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Sep 30, 2012 08:49pm
Though India overcame from the humiliating defeat from its most recent match; but Pakistan still reeling under the pressure of loosing to India in world cup matches..
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Sep 30, 2012 08:42pm
god knows why pak always lose matches against Ind in WC competition.Pak must produce some really dependable world class batsmen like saeed anwar,inzamam ul haq,,they were true batsmen,not all rounders and multi specialist players..
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Sep 30, 2012 08:28pm
I think Pakistan lost because India made more runs that them. Had India not made more runs that Pakistan, then Pakistan would have won.
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Sep 30, 2012 08:23pm
Players like Imran Nazir , Afridi etc can change game on their own course ...They are not great technically but all are big hitters . I am big fan of Imran Nazir but was disappointed to see him drop a dolly
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Sep 30, 2012 08:21pm
I dont agree ..Not in T20
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Sep 30, 2012 08:06pm
Yes India is better team.They are not emotional.Although the total was not big but since they played calmly and achieved the target.They are two other factors which helped easy Indian victory.One Pakistani fielding and first two decision of umpire goes in Indian favor.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:16am
Well finally I hope we learned that we don't have a good team.... where is our pace attack. Afridi needs to go, he needs a time out. Australia, although qualified, are going to crush Pakistan. We are out !
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Sep 30, 2012 08:03pm
Very well said Imran! Kirket is the Afim for masses so that they can be looted and plunder in ishtyle!
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Oct 01, 2012 10:21am
Where is Razzaq?
I can't understand the person in charge who decides on the final 11.
Unbelievable they are leaving out their best batting allrounder. Razzaq has had great impact in english counties both with bat and ball.
Is it again something personal/politics that a player of his calibre is kept out?
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Sep 30, 2012 07:59pm
so what is your point dude. Of course economics drives everything.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:55pm
I am an Indian, and frankly I am embarrassed by comments like yours.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:43pm
Kohli is a gem, he keeps his cool, keeps rotating strike by gathering runs in 1's and 2's and waits for bad balls to hit. Thats very sensible cricket from him, as opposed to trying to hit every ball or slow down too much due to pressure.
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Oct 01, 2012 10:23am
Pak can qualify in following 3 cases:
Case 1: Beat Aussies & SA Beat India
Case 2: Beat Aussies, India Beat SA but with a lesser Net run rate as compared to Pak
Case 3: Lost to Aussies & India vs SA match rained out.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:40pm
Better in this one game ALONE-- Aussies screwed them well in the last game.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:35pm
I think the credit goes to 'Dhoni' to take the risk with part time bowlers like Yuvraj Singh and Viraat Kholi....the risk that paid this time.... and maybe the 'Lady luck' was beside India.....like any match ever played amongst in any World Cup Senior XI Match be it 50 overs or 20.
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Oct 01, 2012 10:25am
Sorry Case 3 is not valid as in such case India will have more points 3 than Pak 2
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Sep 30, 2012 07:35pm
ashfaq just replay aus vs india i hope it will end your day dreaming habit
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Sep 30, 2012 07:34pm
if mr whatmore can not bring change in pakistani cricket he should be sacked immediately .PCB should provide whatmore new blood and stop wasting hard earned nation money on those who don't even know how to bat bow or field.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:34pm
Pakistan elected to bat was big mistake. historically in 20-20 its easier to chase. They face a "must-win" challenge with australia now.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:27pm
Pakistan panicked and payed the price. On the other hand India showed grace by applying themselves in a professional manner. Well played the world Champion
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Sep 30, 2012 07:28pm
lets speak truth tonight you cant win matches with 2 players its 11 players game . pakistan has 3rd class batting line up and awful bowling attack.indian team is far far superior than pakistani team specially they have world class batsmen.kudos to virat kohli he is winning matches for india.
one day he will supersede sachin tendulkar in indian cricket.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:27pm
Cricket is played by more Indians and Pakistanis than anyone else. If you play against your own family members it is obvious that one of you will win. When you go to a game that others in the village also plays there are chances that you may win, But when you go for a game the world plays then definitely you have to be really good to win. That explains the sorry state of all other games in the Sub Continent. Come the day when other nations start taking interest in Cricket, and neither Pakistan nor India will be heard of anymore. The game of cricket has survived simply because of the obsession to the game by Indians and Pakistanis. The television channels love the games as they have something to show without having to write a script or produce, yet is a sure fire success, and millions are guaranteed to watch. The press show the game because of sponsorship by insurance companies, Coke, Pepsi, Mobile phone services etc, who sell their products by advertising, This rakes in crores of Rupees for the television channels, crores of rupees by way of sales for the sponsors. Finally it is all because of this money that the game has survived.
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Sep 30, 2012 07:24pm
The days of Pakistani dominance over India are long over. The "last ball six" syndrome of the Indians is done and dusted with and now what hangs heavy on the psyche of the Pakistanis is the fact that they have never ever beaten India in any WC game so far.
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Oct 01, 2012 09:32am
Does anybody know what result Pak needs to qualify?
Thanks
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Sep 30, 2012 07:07pm
The Pakistanis are not the same. The one under the great Imran khan was a fearless unit. i still remember how Imran will win matches with an inexperienced but raw talented younsters during the 80s. I still remember 27 years back the great Wasim akram and there was another left hand bowler his name starts with "S" were doing wonders under Imran though there we just in early twenties. Pakistan has still talent but no leader.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:59pm
Nope, not yet.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:58pm
India always play with a cooler head .. Akmal dropping Kohli early on .. was a turn around.But,India always have kept their nerves hence perform better when they play Pakistan in big matches and Tournaments.Pakistan need to stop being over confident and create a big hooplah before they play the matches.Shahid Afridi is now a liability for the team .. his magic is gone.
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Oct 01, 2012 03:12pm
You certainly have eye on statistics..
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Sep 30, 2012 06:56pm
India-Pakistan Zindabad!!
Twin brothers can crush any country in the world!!!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:55pm
Shahid Afridi as CAPTAIN !!!!!!!!!
I guess he might not be in against Australia, He is History
All the best Shahid for TV ADS
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Sep 30, 2012 06:53pm
It is pathetic, that Pakistan batsmen are not able to play Indian bowling which is considered
very ordinary. They are unable to face India in big matches in recent years.
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Oct 01, 2012 03:11am
Can'tr any of the womaen' s team qualify to play in the Pakistan 's team?? Maybe they will be able to handle the pressure!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:54pm
India-Pakistan Zindabad... Twin brothers can crush any country in the world.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:55pm
India & Pakistan looks most unpredectible team in this tournament. India beat england by record margin and in next game thrashed by austraila very comprehensibly. Pakistan also in great form with excellent bowling and in form few very good batsmen. They played very well all their match in this tournament but against India, their batting totally flopped.
So....picture abhi bhi baaki hai dost.......!!! This is just game...please dont take it so emotionally. Both India and pakistan have now equal chance to qualify into semi-final. May be best team qualify.....!!!
(Ofcourse, my support will be with India)
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Sep 30, 2012 06:52pm
Khurram you are a funny guy .. keep dreaming.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:58am
As an Indian, I was disappointed that Pak did make up to a big total. Otherwise it would have been a great match. Whoever wins, doesn't matter. We all need entertainment.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:44pm
Yeah right. I know you want to express some sympathy with the Pakistanis. But, 20 million Australians versus 1.5 billion Indians and Pakistanis, and still we get a hiding in Hockey and Cricket. Have you not seen the matches, where the Australians crushed the rest of the world in cricket ?
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Oct 01, 2012 04:51am
What a Paethetic Captaincy by Hafeez. It was so obvious last night that he is a defensive captain and not even close to the types required for this T20 format. In my opinion this so called, self proclaimed "Professor" should return back to his Kindergarden classes. we dearly miss the fighting captains like Younus Khan and Afridi.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:48am
Here all comment with respect for each other. In times of india only abusive language used, i am sorry for that.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:48am
T20 is a funny game, you get walloped in one game and next match can beat the best team. It is very difficult to change the the momentum quickly. Anyway the team that plays better on that day deserves to win. This is just sport so losing a match is no big deal.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:47am
Paksitan still to win any match against india in World cup :) loving it...
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Sep 30, 2012 06:40pm
Good to know that we didn't get ourselves kicked out so early . Still going by NRR ,Pakistani Team has better chance than ours .
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Sep 30, 2012 06:39pm
Very happy that India won but got to say expected a tougher fight. I think Pakistan are a better T20 side than India and still one of the favourites in World T20. However mentally they seemed tame where Indians were oozing out confidence.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:37pm
All I can say is India handled the pressure better to win the match.
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Oct 01, 2012 10:03am
Congrats to Team India for putting in a clinical performance. For Team Pakistan, it's pretty much back to the drawing board. Firstly they need to pick team according to the pitch conditions. Secondly drop marginal players and bring in specialists. Thirdly our batsmanship leaves a lot to be desired. What are Messrs. Javed Miandad and Dav Whatmore doing? Our batsman display poor technique, application and temperament, which needs to be addressed and rectified. It's proper batting at the end of the day that wins matches and not the wild slogs. Fourthly our fielding is going nowhere, with the umpteen dropped catches and misfields. Kamran Akmal needs to get back to wicketkeeping lessons, presumably from the great Wasim Bari, Moin Khan or Rashid Latif. Lastly get a therapist for improving players mental fitness and destressing before big/crunch games. If they select team on merit and not based on somebody's recommendation, parchi or relation then may be we can get over this stigma that haunts us especially in India/Pakistan matches. But all is not lost, regroup and come back hard at the Aussies for one last and mighty try. Who knows what may happen. If not for anything else, play for your pride, for your country and for your teeming fans. Good luck.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:35pm
An average Indian bowling attack made Pakistan look inept. Considering that Australia already has qualified for the next round if they decide to play the will destroy Pakistan.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:34pm
Australia is already in semis and there is only team from the 3 to reach semis so there is no chance of meeting.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:33pm
I quite like Mohammed Hafeez, when he openly praised Virat Kohli for his match-winning innings. I only hope, he doesn't do a volte-face like Shahid Afridi and start spitting venom against the Indians. India v Pakistan is always a lip-smacking encounter but these days, with a slew of youngsters in the Indian team, its become unafraid and can tackle pressure much better. Not to say Pakistan is a bad team. Combined together, the Asian giants can form an invincible team!
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Oct 01, 2012 04:47am
For most of the 80s and 90s Pakistan dominated the Indians at Cricket. No matter how many stars India produced, they mostly failed agaisnt the arch rivals. It had become part of the Indian psyche and they were losing because of a mental block. Then how did India regain their confidence? Well, I think this came about because of the stoppage of cricket between the two nations, either due to political reasons or because of terrorism. The upcoming Indian players were not exposed to the 'lose agaisnt Pakistan' psyche of the old India. Similarly, upcoming Pak players could not participate with the teams that always beat India. This gap in play not only nuetralized the psychological advantage that Paksitan held but au contraire has reversed the roles. Pak players are now always under more pressure to reproduce the victories of the 80s and 90s against India.
I believe India have also been producing some great batsmen of late. The Indian batting legacy is safe in the hands of Kohli, Raina and Sharma. In Ashwin they have a strange but effective spinner as well.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:35pm
agree, dawn is a much better newspaper. surprising to see such decent comments
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Oct 01, 2012 09:55am
The only 'housefull' match of the tournament !!. Wonder why cant we have more encounters of this kind than the ones we see at the border..
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Sep 30, 2012 06:45pm
It was nice show by both the teams. Was really scared of Jamshed, and Akmal brothers (Not to mention BOOM BOOM), but thanks to Allah (again please don't take it literally) They went out cheaply.
Thanks Pakistan for playing with us. Hope to see more encounters, it only bring us together :).
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Sep 30, 2012 06:31pm
It ain't over, yet...!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:29pm
Abey phir milein gey, See you very soon.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:25pm
ok, agreed!!!!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:24pm
pakistan team became to nerve wrecked and dont play to their full potential in any important event.cricket is just a game dunt play beneath the piles of false suffocating aspirations cricket just play it. lastly congratulations to both the team :)
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Sep 30, 2012 06:24pm
That was Dhoni's brains...let Pakis be happy by winning the warm up and they fell for Dhoni's trap.
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Sep 30, 2012 10:46pm
It is only against India they choke. Australia all of a sudden looks very good. Lets see what Pakistan side shows up.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:23pm
@Khurram. It was a warm up game only and not World Cup Match. Know your facts without emotions.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:21pm
India is a better team.... No doubt!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:21pm
good fun ..
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Sep 30, 2012 06:18pm
So its better for Pakistan to play gully cricket with India from now onwards, so that they can win..
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Sep 30, 2012 06:14pm
Agreed!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:14pm
abey.......Warm Up Matches are un-official
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Sep 30, 2012 06:16pm
Well done India. We might meet again in the final.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:15pm
good humour :-)
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Sep 30, 2012 06:15pm
Well played to both teams. T-20 is anyone's game on a given day. India was better team today but both India, Pakistan have a chance to move to semis
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Sep 30, 2012 06:13pm
Warm up and exhibition matches are not counted as per the rules. But yes, Pakistan is a pretty strong team, and things could change!
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Sep 30, 2012 06:03pm
India is better team and so won.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:06pm
Pakistan won the world cup warm up match against India. So, we can't say Pakistan has never beaten India in a World Cup match.
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Oct 01, 2012 06:15am
Indian team is more organised than Pakistani team.Last match was the proof of that.After all those criticism M S Dhoni has proved his mettle as captain.
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Oct 01, 2012 11:01am
I remember how in 90's Pakistan used to dominate India in cricket. If the match was in Pakistan then the chances for India used to be very thin. But with Saurabh Ganguli taking over as captain, things changed and we became even. After Dhoni, it changed even more and now Pakistan is dominated by India.
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Sep 30, 2012 06:47pm
Pakistan messed it up, India held it together and won. Well played India !!
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Oct 01, 2012 09:33am
pakistan cricket board is making a big mistake by selecting so many young players in every tournament even though they are having highly talented experienced players like Mohammed yusuf , this young players lack experience which is most important in international cricket , they have to rectify this mistake otherwise pakistans cricket will be in deep crises
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Sep 30, 2012 06:32pm
Pakistan has shot themselves on the foot. Now they have to win comprehensively against in-form Australians to dream about the semis, and hope that South Africa beat India. Hafiz's attitude in this match was strange. I thought the over defensive approach was the reason they got rd of Misbah and brought him. BUT I guess he hung around Misbah for too long. Except for young raza Hasan nobody is bowling according to plan. Batting always let us down in big matches. I won't even comment on fielding.
Afridi should be made captain for ODIs and 20Twenty at least he has confident and brave approach, which rubs off on to rest of the team.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:29pm
Kohli is a great bat,but Sachin he will not be.
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Oct 01, 2012 12:31pm
over and out!
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Oct 01, 2012 09:02am
Virat bowled too and got a wicket..Yuvraz... what to say.... bowling great, fielding awesome, and batting sensible... the run out he took.... man that was a class..
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Oct 01, 2012 11:31am
Very true. I think it has something to do with the quality of the players too. India in last 10-12 years has been blessed with some very quality players on the other hand our cricket standard has been deteriorating since last 10-12 years. The last time I saw Pakistan as a dominating and quality team was back in WC 1999.
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Oct 01, 2012 02:45pm
Pakistani fans have to be realistic. I dont think with 18 crore people backing them the Paksitani cricketers would even contemplate cheating. The high after defeating India must mean much more for any player representing Pakistan.
It just happens that at present the Indians are a better team.
Please give them a chance I am sure Pakistan will bounce back.
Moreover, you cannot expect that evry match with India will be a winner for Pakistan.
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Oct 01, 2012 11:30am
The entire Pakistani management failed math/statistics. All teams bating first are loosing and they opted to bat first. It is due to the conditions, bat first team trying to score big loose wickets and the chasing teams are not under pressure due to a small target in sight.
Can I be hired to hep the team in case of winning the toss?
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Oct 01, 2012 11:28am
We will continue to get these results because of political interference in the game at the highest level. Cricket should be freed from greedy politicians
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Sep 30, 2012 09:04pm
India is better than Pak team mentally so Pak team need mental strength.
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Oct 01, 2012 08:16am
i second it.. stress management is the art, which Hazeed definitely lacks.
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Oct 01, 2012 08:10am
That is true, TOI is poorly moderated and makes me feel ashamed at times. The readers of Dawn are far more mature and dignified. Kudos to Dawn.
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Oct 01, 2012 08:15am
to begin with, Azhar Ali is not a T20 player. yes, Asad shafiq could be the option. secondly, how come Nasir Jamshed a mediocre player? he is being dubbed as another great find by Pakistan. yes Arfat shud be replaced with Razzaq....
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Oct 01, 2012 01:27pm
Pak should pray that india and pak do not meet in final since pak team might choke again. its the 8th time Pak has been defeated by India in the world cup matches. it is better that if Pak goes to the final, it should be against a non asian team and then have better chances of winning.
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Oct 01, 2012 07:57am
Beat the BEST TEAM - eh ? I love your audacity :-)
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Oct 01, 2012 07:55am
it was surprising that hafeez said we have a edge over india, yes he was right, the pakistan team went into the green patch with pressure of batting against india, they were more worried of not losing than winning, that put them on a defensive note, i advise the pcb to drop the greats like afridi, k.akamal, they did thier job now its time they sat back and relax, also was pleased that afridi for once did not blame his loss to the indian media.
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Oct 01, 2012 09:36am
Pakistani cricketers are not as professional as Indians.Our players are on field on 365 days a year playing local,national international apart from crazy IPL matches.There is defiantly great imbalance between the two teams.It is regrettable that pak players are not exposed to int cricket as much as Indians due to their domestic issues.The disturbed social condition should be first solved.Then only they can tri other tings like cricket,hockey,and other sports.
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Oct 01, 2012 08:52am
I think Pak team couldnt handle the pressure of breaking the age-old jinx of losing streak against India in World Cup events...Hafeez shows promise as a captain but has a lot to learn in terms of managing pressure and taking crucial decisions...as an Indian I would have certainly preferred more of a fight then eventual meek surrender by the opposition but nevertheless its the unpredictability of both sides is something that leads to their downfall always. Good job Dawn again for putting up a balanced story on this yet again!!
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Oct 01, 2012 08:51am
the team who performed well on the day won the match, congratulations to India. Pakistan team play itself to this loss. Playing better under pressure was the key and Indians handled it well.
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Oct 01, 2012 08:38am
Another theoretical possibility, if Pak beats Aussies with a Huge Huge margin & India register a comfortable win over proteas, than India & pak will qualify for semi final ;). Cricket can be a funny game sometimes....
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Oct 01, 2012 04:27pm
agreed. Robin uthappa Batsman also secondary keeper.
But we need a real quick bowler dude
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Oct 01, 2012 09:53am
I agree 100%. I would love to see the back of Afridi. It should actually have happened many many matches ago.
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Oct 01, 2012 04:17am
Pakistan has one of the best teams for the WC, but, alas, they couldn't handle the pressure. Ind Vs Pak matches are not as much about cricketing skills as about pressure handling abilities. Congratulations to men-in-blue. #BleedBlue
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