Pakistan’s run to the semi-final of the World Cup 2021 has been an enlightening experience. The five-match-winning run that came to an abrupt halt on Thursday night in Dubai has taught us some incredible lessons that demonstrate the confused state of our national intellect.
It’s one thing to stoop low and denigrate a player’s personality and private life, or even attempt to cause damage to his well-being. There should be zero tolerance for all those things.That said since when has it become a sin to critique a tournament-long show of mediocrity that culminated in an act that derailed the entire campaign? Since when has it become okay to not condemn the fact that a bowler leaked 207 runs across 23 overs in six matches and picked up just five wickets? And since when has it become a crime to question why a bowler who had seemed out of sorts the entire tournament was continuously retained despite one show of mediocrity after another? The argument, and a rather shallow one, is made that Hasan was Pakistan’s best bowler since returning from a serious injury that sidelined him for more than a year.
Source: dawn.com
