I heard my mom saying to my dad "You should have told if you didn't wanted to eat, I had to cook all this quickly, and I even hurried for flour perhaps I am missing the match for this" Dad sighed "You wanted to see the match, whats left now?"...the pressure of match was encumbered on everyone and you could see kids patrolling on the roads with slogans, burst of fireworks when ever it was a boundary, the jazba songs, facebook dps and not to forget the early morning everyone was chanting over this! They say that a picture is equal to a thousand words, and at Mohali, the image of Pakistani woman in the stands really said it all. Dupatta firmly in place on her head, her lips moved feverishly, with her face turned up in desperate beseech to the heavens, as she prayed earnestly for Pakistan to win.
What ever happens Pak and Ind will never be friends, I was crying as I saw them, Sonia Ghandi yippy-ing, this was the real final. What fate did was made us lose from India the only worst enemy so far. And when Misbah stopped to shake hands they ignored him and I felt like someone had slapped me concrete on the national highway. How ever 4 next years and another worldcup maybe the next time we'll smile. Under Shahid Afridi the setting of bowling was great and was better than batting through out the tournament. He went on eating his heart out till the end, India got the better of there rivals in their race of life. Although the team tried hard to bridge over but you could see the sadness through the long faces they pulled. We all know the captain was feeling crestfallen on suffering a heavy loss because he had nothing left to tall back upon! Once again Wahab Riaz (and others except of the ones who couldn't grip the ball well or get glued to wicket) did a great job.
I wanted the HBL commercial to put "....for reaching the Finals" instead of "...for reaching the semi-finals" this time. I wanted my nation to win on that same land which once restricted us to play. Hafeez you shouldn't have played that ball which was too wide, you were playing better and I thought you'd be that cream which would be the reason for our happy-sniffs. When Umer Akmal you hit the ball so hard that it resulted as a six with just one hand, for a moment I thought maybe we would win. I had never turned out to be so patriotic, maybe because this was about my nation and the 1000's of hopes attached and the shouts with every wicket being detached, maybe the pressure was mounting as the Indian bowlers cheered, maybe I couldn't bare the loss and just maybe I was being a bit or too emotional on the pak/national songs. I went in the room, thinking this was just a nightmare. I didn't wanted to see that mess, just incase there was a boundary my sister clapped and I breathed at ease, but every time I heard the ball hitting the bat and making the sound that I knew was of being bolded, ball hitting the stumps and my heart aching as if it was about to come in my throat. The blues swept the greens and I saw messages rotating around: 'Recite Surah Fateha 40 times, we will win Inshallah....:'(' Wahab Riaz did a great job and on the other hand I didn't liked Gul's effort to make his ball spin in to a yoker. Tears rolled in my eyes when Yuvaraj pointed his hand to the other side maybe to the pavillion, showing Asad Shafiq and pointing him out, he meant that "Go back where you came from" they didn't let us win, people said Allah washed the land by rain because we had to win on the same land and do "sajda" After all Tendulkar had a charmed life today!
All that could change was a ''Miracle''. "Now all was in Allah's hands"---I heard the elders whispering.
Everyone had gone green and the media had been ultra green, the talk-shows, commercials and headlines were filled with all this.
I am glad we aren't like those people who start criticizing there own cricketers, burning there posters and posing a loud mouthed media! We are still the loyal ones who think maybe things would changed and we'll win. I hope the nation would endure all this for what they prepared earlier, skipping schools and putting up all those pictures and statuses on Facebook that we'll win. Its hard to believe on the song:
"Tum jeeto ya haro, suno oh oo, humein tum sey pyaar hai" :'(
Lets not be the ones who hate there idol because he did a mistake forgetting all his great effort and only loving him when he wins and saying "Is team Ka tu pata tha, bohat weak hai kuch nai karay ge. Kismat say Aiy thee" when they lose.
Lets cheer up and believe on this: Even the best falls down sometimes!
No matter what blunders we made and the rise of jazba songs we sang all day yet we need to move on from green shirts to school/office uniforms!:)
even I was wishing to listen that Rise of Jazba song and Geo Tu aisay again and clap or hoot and just maybe for a moment forget what my country had gone through. Faith and Faith, lets keep it shining.
But unfortunately India won!
Written by your bubble mate,
Ayesha Riaz:-)
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