Pakistan have struggled to
get their act right
at the
top of the order. (Source: Reuters)
Dear
Pakistan Cricket Team,

I am a
Kashmiri, an Indian administrated
Kashmiri,
a supporter of Pakistani cricket
team like
‘all’ other Kashmiris – Yes,
Kashmiris
support team Pakistan. Our eye
balls
keep contemplating light waves reflected
by the TV
screens when, filled-in with the
pictures
in green. We cavort every movement
that is
in your favour, even on singles. We
celebrate
when the team seems frolic and
‘abuse’
when a mistake favours opponents.
Apart
from celebrating Eid, we celebrate
Pakistan’s
victory more enthusiastically.
Sounds of
firecrackers, shouts and hoots
reverberate
through the streets of this
bleeding
valley to mark Pakistan’s victory. You
brought
laurels to Pakistan and state after
defeating
England in 1992 world cup final.
Later –
as I was just 3 year old that time- I
came to
learn that our elders had here
celebrated
the moment with full fervour and
joy. With
a hope that you would do it again,
we supported
you in 1996 World Cup when u
could not
even make to the semi finals. We
kept
supporting you in 1999 WC when you
lost the
final. We cheered for you in the first
round of
2003 WC, and even more worst when
you were
forced to make an unexpected exit
after
losing to Ireland in 2007 World Cup. We
cheered
for you from left to right, clockwise to
anticlockwise,
north to south, Asia to
Australia,
but of no avail. We were beaten,
taunted,
harassed, arrested, warned, expelled,
criticized
for being losers, and tagged as ‘two-
faced’
but, we still didn’t stop cheering for
you. We
prayed for India’s victory, the worst a
Kashmiri
can do, against Ireland in 2015 WC
first
round so that you may be in safe zone.
This
‘desert of blood’ looks ‘uninhabited’ when
you start
appearing on the TV screens. When
any other
team thrashes you, they celebrate,
and we
feel helpless. There in Pakistan, you
all can
sit and reprimand over the lost. But,
here the
case is not same. We can’t afford to
evince
our emotions precipitated of dishearten
defeat.
Please understand our complications.
Here we
are treated like ‘half-wits’ for
supporting
no country of our own, and looked
upon as
deceitful. For the sake of God, please
stop
politics and play cricket. You are a team,
be one.
Don’t make us feel that 12 teams led
by three
captains are playing on the same
field at
the same time. Behave yourself, and
play like
a team, not individually (for yourself).
We
cheered for Pakistan today against
Australia
with only a new ray of hope that
‘Sarfaraz
Dokha Nahi Daay Ga’. But, ‘Uno nay
sach Kaha
tha ki Sarfaraz Dokha daay ga.’
Reselect,
rearrange, recover, rebound,
reassure,
resume and repeat the style of 1992,
and make
out of the dreams or don’t show