T20 Final – Hopes and Emotions

Today is the final of the Cricket T20 world cup.

And to our utmost surprise, the local cricket stars as one of the contesting teams. (Pakistan v Sri lanka)

Suddenly, we see that the newspapers are filled with words like ‘hope’, ‘heroes’, ‘stars’, ‘prayers’ blah blah…. Politicians, ex cricketers, wannabe celebrities are all conveying their message of goodwill to the cricket team. But, is it just about these famous people that are hoping for the best? – NO! It NEVER was about these famous people. Its all about the common people who follow cricket with more enthusiasm than they follow religion. They have waited patiently all those years to see their team reach the finals of any high level world event, and their hopes with their team are high.

The more matches this team has won in this tournament, the more focused the fans have gone, Initially everyone (yours truly included) believed, that this team would barely reach the second round, and losing against England in the first match proved their concerns, but our team has crawled its way to the top two and the crowd has cheered with them.

My MSN contacts have also been expressing similar emotions for the past two days or so. Some call it the reincarnation of 1992 world cup, some call it a miracle, some are just plain ‘shocked’….

Our Media has jumped into the party as well. TV channels playing motivational songs, Radio/TV stations earning money by playing SMS messages on the screens sent by fans. Newspapers publishing an extra half page of ‘analysis’ of teams.

And I can’t help but smile on the statement by the KESC that ‘THERE WILL BE NO POWER FAILURE’ during the course of the game… lolz

So, the environment is set for the clash tonight…. From Karachi to Frontier, people will be glued to every piece of live coverage they have available… and they have all the right to be hopeful, coz for the past years this nation has seen nothing but misery and they now know the importance of smiles (no matter how small the happiness may be). It is also a responsibility of the cricket team not to let the fans down.

Go Team, Win this for us. We are anxious!