Feeling genuinely sorry for Pakistani fans....

[Sannan]

Re: Feeling genuinely sorry for Pakistani fans…

@Some1

Having now watched the recording of the whole match (did not follow it live) - I can’t but help feel some sympathy for Pakistan.

Cricinfo’s headline has it right : India scrap their way to Mumbai

I don’t think this match lived up to its hype in terms of team performance. Both teams had more than a few low points. I think Tendulkar’s dropped chances was the key.

But the best part for me was not the match - it was what happened before it started. The rendering of the national anthems. Totally electrifying. Gave me goose-bumps.

I hadn’t heard Pakistan’s national anthem before. It is beautiful and soul stirring.

And as I see the Indian and Pakistan players, fans and the respective Prime Ministers and hear the Punjabi songs blaring in the background - I wonder what is wrong with the picture -** we have so much in common, yet so much distrust…so much hostility…why can’t we live in peace ?**

I hope I am not sounding magnanimous because India won…I have felt this way for a long time. (esp while listening to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in my car )…but then a Kasab comes along and spoils it.

For the national anthem - skip to 0:24

Did u watch a single clap from crowd on Wahab Bowling ? This is the answer
Anyway I appreciate your thread and no offense.