Pakistan clear Indian hurdle in T20 cricket

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Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik steered Pakistan to a five-wicket victory over their arch rivals, India, in the first Twenty20 International at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Tuesday. Chasing 134, Pakistan made a disastrous start losing three wickets for only 12 runs. However, skipper Hafeez and Malik added 106 runs with their fourth wicket partnership. Pace bowler Umar Gul took three wickets and gave 21 while Saeed Ajmal bagged two for 25. Afridi and debutant fast bowler Muhammad Irfan took one wicket each.

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  1. The Pakistani nation salutes its cricket team, for giving a very befitting victory gift to the nation, on the eve of the 136th birthday anniversary of the father and the founder of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Sahab.

    This is not an ordinary T20 win. Rather, its the 1st T20 victory ever, against India. And the icing on the cake is, that it was achieved on Indian soil.

    The gist of the victory can be found in the excellent leadership of the captain Muhammad Hafeez, who led the team by example and from the front. Bowling was up-to the mark with bare minimum extras. However, the fielding was exceptionally improved, with three direct run outs.

    However, the batting failures of Nasir Jamshed, Ahmad Shahzad, Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal needs immediate attention of the team management and the PCB.

    In the end, I will repeat that victory has many fathers (which hides all the weaknesses) and defeat is an orphan (which turns even positives into negatives). As such, our team must not sit on its laurels of Today's win. Rather, it should concentrate to overcome the short comings of this match, to focus on a clean sweep during the Indian tour.

    Last but not the least the team management and the PCB must ensure to immediately work for improving the very low fitness levels of Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik, Suhail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal.

    Best of luck to the Pakistani cricket team, its management and the PCB.

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