i disagree. i have not defended india’s performance or discounted the opponents’ wins. given the way they played, india didn’t deserve to move on and i make no bones about that.
my limited point was that the pakistani glee over this loss is not rooted in general anti-india sentiment, rather in profound relief from the prospect of having to play and lose to india.
typically one would hope for an india-pak match and be disappointed if it doesn’t materialize. why don’t pakistanis feel the same way during world cups?