Smells like team spirit

As I watched the Pakistani players show their immense joy by lifting the trophy after the Test series victory against Sri Lanka, I just smelt something. I smelt a team spirit in this Pakistani team who are at present playing as a team and not waiting for one or two individual talent propping up nine others or I didn’t smell anything controversial or fishy in this team.

The Pakistani team is always about raw talent and it’s the exhibition of the raw individual talents that had always produced results for Pakistan since Imran Khan had left the scene. It had been devoid of methods and discipline for a long time. But this Pakistan team seems to have posses a certain method, a certain plan.

Misbah-ul-Haq, the captain whom many of ardent Pakistan cricket followers didn’t want as the captain on first choice, has applied some methods and plans to make the men in green perform. The method is to play as a team and for the country. A simple thing which can galvanize a team to give the best shot.

When the Pakistan cricket was being plagued by spotfixing saga, the coach-captain-board chief taamasha, the board chief’s moronic acts; it’s then when Misbah decided to open the windows to let the fresh air enter from the majestic mountains of Pakistan and let the polluted air ebb away to give entry to fresh air of unity and patriotism.

This Pakistan team breathes unity and this team wants to play for Pakistan. This team wants to go out in the field and fulfill the aspirations of a nation who are having the worst ever time in their history. For an ill-fated nation like Pakistan it’s important that their cricketing heroes deliver the best for their people who look up to them.

Misbah-ul-Haq, so far has been spot on with his captaincy. Misbah has gained the respect of the perennially factitious Pakistani team, a tough achievement only achieved by Imran khan. So far, Misbah has lifted the side into a playing unit, and jettisoned the ultra-egoistic attitudes from the players which have taken Pakistan cricket in doldrums. His presence on the field doesn’t   produce an aura like Imran Khan but Misbah’s presence is always being felt.

Misbah is transforming the Pakistani team from a procession of soloists into an orchestra which happened only once during the era of Imran Khan. Misbah-ul-Haq’s Pakistan smells like team spirit. Pakistan cricket team is on the right track.

Thank You

Faisal Caesar