Controversies in Pakistan cricket; a blessing in disguise
Pakistan cricket has been hit badly by different controversies after winning the Twenty20 World Cup in 2009. The worst of all the controversies was the spot-fixing scandal. The scandal may have hurt the spirit of the players but it may be a blessing in disguise
for Pakistan.
Pakistan had a troublesome time when the Sri Lankan team was attacked by terrorists in Lahore. The team was heading into the T-20 world cup with a new leader in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325.
Younis inspired his team to a historic win and things looked like heading into the right direction finally for the team. Lesser did everyone know that the worse hasn’t yet come for the team.
Pakistan lost the semi-final in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy and Younis was alleged into match-fixing. The news shattered the confidence of Younis, who stepped-down from the captaincy of the team and took some time-off from cricket.
Problems continued for the team as the newly appointed captain of the team, Mohammad Yousaf wasn’t able to win a single match on the Australian tour in 2009-2010.
Several other players were questioned over match-fixing and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) handed over punishments to few of the key players of the team including life-bans to Yousaf and Younis.
A young team was sent to England with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 to lead his team.
The start to Butt’s reign was exceptional as Pakistan overcame the mighty Australians in the second test match of the two-match series levelling the series 1-1.
However, several players were alleged of spot-fixing during the four-match test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 along with their captain, Butt were suspended by ICC.
All the cricket lovers and former players were shocked by the controversy and the suspended players await their destiny. ICC will announce the fate of the players on 5th February. A hearing was conducted in January by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 tribunal which deayed
te decision until February.
All these things led to a lot of trouble and shame for the country but the current Pakistan team has gelled together to revive the lost glory of their country.
The consequences of the wrong-doing have helped the Pakistan cricketers to completely focus on the game other than any other thing.
The players who were alleged of dividing the team are all out of the side and the current team has only those players who want to play for their country and win for their team.
Even though the team is yet to know their leader's name for the World Cup, there are no groups in the team and the players are playing as one unit. The ongoing series against New Zealand is a prime example of the unity amongst the Pakistan players.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 and Afridi are in the running for the captaincy of the mega event but both the senior members don’t seem to bother about that. They have supported each other and Misbah has played a vital role in winning matches for Pakistan.
Before the controversies, the team didn’t look like one unit. Players were playing for themselves and every player wanted the captaincy. However, things have changed now.
Afridi stated that he will defend the decision of the board if any other player is named as the captain and will keep on representing the team as a senior member.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 is considered to be one of the most dangerous teams in the limited form of cricket and with the players focused on the game; there are plenty of chances of winning the World Cup which will start on 19th February.
However, the players are looking focused on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 series and if they get the win, their confidence will be sky-high.
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