A World Cup semi final featuring India and Pakistan. It will be the mother of all cricket matches. War sans the weapons. A battle for pride and honor. A blood feud between two warring neighbors.
Yawn.
In truth, it will be a high pressure match between two very talented teams, who will play the game like their lives depend on it (in some cases, their lives do depend on it!). There has been a lot of hype as usual, with politicians and movie stars wanting a piece of the action and the security and secret service are being kept on their toes, but the real pressure will be on the players, who dutifully have to maintain that they feel no pressure at all, in front of the cameras. For the agnostic who wonders what the fuss is all about and who feels left out, take a look below, as to why you should get excited about the Mohali clash:
1. Miandad sets a template for things to come…
2. ‘More’ Miandad (see what I did there?)…
3. Prasad and Sohail share the love in 1996…
4. Kanitkar’s moment in the sun (floodlight!)…
5. Will we see a contest between these two for the final time on Wednesday?
6. Afridi does what he used to do best…
7. Dhoni returns the favor…
8. Its a tie!
9. Misbah gives birth to IPL…
10. Yuvraj and Gul…will we see Act 2 in Mohali?
11. Gambhir and Afridi…all they want is some space..
12. Gambhir’s comments on Akmal’s keeping skills gets him riled up..
13. The last time they met each other…
I rest my case.
(If anyone has a problem with my selection of clips, stop whining and let me know which ‘moments’ should make the cut; and I will be gracious enough to add it here….)
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