In the middle overs, comes the tiger Afridi, messing with the batsmen, showing some aggression, skidding ball here & there, continuously making the batsmen think which ball is it gonna be! Takes the wicket, does his trademark - raising his arms in the air, the crowd roars as the tiger has struck!
Shoaib Akhtar, opens up bowling against Mumbai Indians’ Sachin Tendulkar, marches to the wicket, delivering the fastest ball to clip Tendulkar’s stumps, gotcha! Crowd going ecstatic to the outstanding delivery!
And how can you forget Saeed Ajmal, who’s been blowing minds of almost every batsman, his doosras, arm ball, and the conventional one, keeping the batsman guessing which one would be! And getting a wicket out of nowhere, changing the game around, bringing the crowd alive!
Umar Akmal, exciting young prospect of Pakistan, doesn’t take much time to launch his assault, against any bowler of the world, we’ve seen him getting the better of Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Zaheer Khan, Tim Southee, Brett Lee, Dale Steyn, Yuvraj Singh, Murali and list goes on! Imagine what would be like, Umar Gul bowling against Umar Akmal, which way would the ball go? Crowd would be on their feet in any case
If you’re looking for a wall in the middle order that just wont give away his wicket, the name to recall is Misbah-ul-Haq, suffering a collapse? Ask him to do the honors!
An all round performance from Mohammad Hafeez, is the tip of the ice berg, having comeback as a wicket taking bowler, he has a done remarkably well keeping opposition in check, as well as some sweetly timed shots, that just what the crowd wants!
The crowds enjoy the wickets falling, the dot balls at the death as much as the sixes & fours. Unfortunately the IPL 2011 has been more of a batsman’s paradise. But if batsmen are needed, Pakistan team can stun the crowd even there. All in all, the team Pakistan has a lot to offer to the world, the crowd would be on their feet, enjoying not just the batsmen hitting hard, but the bowlers getting the better of them in crunch situations! That’s what we call cricket!
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