No fireworks from the beast, No win

[zen]

The above dramatic image tried to portray that Pak was on its way to something special and may be it played like a champion, but what the image masked was that Afridi did not get the opportunity to unleash. Pak were soon to discover where it stood w/o Afridi's contribution Vs. Ind - the game was tantalizingly balanced. The young Indian team was fighting its way back to pull off a win that looked unlikely after a mere 240 odd on board. In comes Afridi, the beast. He hangs around for a few balls and a loose ball from Jadeja allows him to free his arm to clear the ropes. The eyes light up and the confidence, slowly but surely, was trickling back. In the final over, the Pak #11 is on strike. The Ind captain makes a mistake of not closing the field in. The number #11 successfully rotates the strike on the first ball. The beast is on strike. 2 hits from 5 balls, the beast's territory! vs. BD - the Bangla Tigers give it all after the loss against Afghanistan. With over a 100 runs to get in 9 overs, the beast walks in. The very first ball he faces is dispatched for a 6. BD knows it is in trouble. The beast confirms it by hitting 3 or 4 sixes in the first 10 balls he faces. He races to a 50 off just 18 balls, something he has achieved in the past too. When he departs, the game is in Pak's bag What Afridi's performances in this Asia Cup did was give Pak a false sense of belief about its abilities (see the picture once again). After all, the team has a more or less settled line-up, and teams such as arch-rivals Ind are rebuilding. For teams in the rebuilding process such as Ind, some Pak fans thought that picking Kohli's wkt was all that was needed to beat it, but overlooked the legendary Afridi's contribution to their own team, perceived as a settled unit Thank you Afridi for giving Pak an opportunity to play in the final! You made the team look better than what it is, and denied some of the other teams the opportunity to milk SL in the final. Afridi's performances also started a comparison with Miandad's tournament winning 6 in the mid 80s. Many Pakistani fans took it as good omen for Pak cricket. All said and done, Afridi's performance does justifies his place amongst Pakistani legends Or did Pak lose because Misbah scored!

[Asim]

^ tu waqae mai itna farigh hey?

[Midfielder]

Images dont mean anything. look at the nos and you could easily see SL was the slightly better team.

[GautiMaan]

Afridi the Daikaiju:laugh:

[DeadMan]

in d stadium NO fireworks also for us after won d cup.they planned it before only for PAK win.what shame:beee: