Pakistan's legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram shares his views on why the Pakistani cricket team recently won hearts and minds with their stellar performance in T20 World Cup
Sitting in a TV studio in the suburbs of Karachi, Wasim Akram, like millions of other Pakistanis, watched in disbelief as Matthew Wade hit three consecutive sixes to take Australia into the final of the ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday night. The shocking defeat ended Pakistan’s unbeaten run in the tournament, leaving them with yet another World Cup heartbreak.
“It was heartbreaking to see them lose but at the same time I was proud of the way they went out there and played their hearts out throughout the tournament,” said Wasim, who was Pakistan’s star performer in their historic title-winning triumph in the 1992 World Cup. Legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis, who had to quit as Pakistan’s bowling coach just weeks before the T20 World Cup, could have taken this opportunity to settle scores with the country’s cricket authorities. But instead the former Pakistan captain chose to join the chorus in praise of the national team.
“Two years ago we had a new head coach and a bowling coach in Misbah and Waqar. It's true that during the best part of those two years we didn't win many matches against the top teams. But the homework was being done. The core nucleus of this current Pakistan team was formed by Misbah and Waqar. The current coaches have just taken over and are more or less relying on the same players, who were drafted in the team and prepared by those two.
There were lockdowns and there were the depressing bio-secure bubbles. Then there was this talk of players’ mental health and how the pandemic was affecting it all over the sports world.
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