Those unfamiliar with the game of cricket please click the X mark on the right hand side of this window because I'm not going to teach you anything. Those familiar with the game you will know that cricket is a sport for the cool-minded, professional and tactical players. It is like the game of chess you are IN the game till the very end and because of the length of the game the frustration of each player grows as the game progresses.
Although, many are unfamiliar with the frustrations that are brought onto the field from political wars, wars between nations and rivalry from the moment a nation was created. Still confused? I'm talking about India-Pakistan. From the day Pakistan was declared its own nation there has been a war- a war that was about religion, land, power and now cricket.
Every time these two nations face-off on the cricket field there is a national holiday! Not because people are interested in the game, well some of us are, but because they want to see what this game will lead to! If the game is held in Pakistan, then all the Indian players fear for their lives and go there with the ULTIMATE security, and vice versa. It really gets intense when you have two nations who have fought a war over a piece of land and STILL haven't come to a conclusion. Some encourage brotherhood and try to calm the event down but honestly, Indian versus Pakistan is what cricket is all about.
A few stats to help you understand the history of cricket between the two nations...
India and Pakistan have faced each other in one day international games 120 times. Out of that Pakistan has won 69 times and India 47 times. The rest of the games had no results. In test match cricket (4 days matches) they have faced 59 times out of which Pakistan has won 12 times and Indian 9 times. The rest had gone for a draw. But do those stats mean anything when it comes to the super-important-mega-epic Cricket World Cup? Yes, they do. But every time Pakistan and India have faced off in a world cup semi-finals, India has won.
On March 30th, 2011, India had won AGAIN against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup held in Mohali, India. This was one of the biggest games in cricketing history. It spread over 67.3 million TV's around the world and who knows how many people per TV. So that is definitely the biggest game of all time. Many big news papers had the game results on their front page and most readers had NO idea what the game was even about but after a few sentences in they would quickly realize it wasn't about the game but about the War.
That my friends is what being an Indian or Pakistani watching an India versus Pakistan game is all about.
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