Downcast fans in Islamabad slammed the side's poor fielding, after two simple chances went down at crucial stages in the Australian innings. "They did their best but they get pressurised easily, that's why they made a lot of mistakes in their fielding," Mubashir Khan told AFP.
"Two men dropped catches, that's the main reason for our loss." But there was praise for Riaz and the other bowlers, particularly as the side lost several key players to injury and suspension in the months leading up to the World Cup. "I'm really disappointed. But our bowlers played really well and we reached the quarter finals," fan Jahanzeb told AFP.
"This team is our B-team. Our main players are not there. Overall it's a good performance, but today, it's really bad."
The defeat was set to bring the curtain down on the one-day international careers of captain Misbah-ul-Haq and big-hitting all-rounder Shahid Afridi. The hashtag #ThankYouMisbah was trending on Twitter in Pakistan in the hours after the match as fans hailed the 40-year-old captain, whose steadying influence has pulled the side out of trouble more than once.
So you see, Bangladesh Fans at large are much more sane than the other SubCon fans. Our Fans have some good reasons to be angry over QF match, but Pak fans have no reason. Given the standard of their team they shouldn't have expected to beat Aussies and there were no "Umpiring Errors" .. Just their team batted poorly. Although considering their batting strength, they have exceeded my expectations in batting, against Australia.
Sub-continent fans are quite emotional. I remember the Eden Garden's incident in 1996 when they stopped the match. 2011 stone pelting incident on WI team bus at Dhaka is also another example of lack of maturity of sub-continent fans. The problem is, we have a very high expectation before every tournament and when our team can't fulfil our expectation, it is almost impossible to bear that. I guess Srilankan fans are little better.
Originally Posted by _Milon_
Sub-continent fans are quite emotional. I remember the Eden Garden's incident in 1996 when they stopped the match. 2011 stone pelting incident on WI team bus at Dhaka is also another example of lack of maturity of sub-continent fans. The problem is, we have a very high expectation before every tournament and when our team can't fulfil our expectation, it is almost impossible to bear that. I guess Srilankan fans are little better.
island breeze helps them to keep their head cool something we leaving in the dence cities rarly have
I know it for a fact, that this all media stunt. they persuade young people to destroy things and even give them effigies to burn. So no need to dig deep in this. there will be only 50 peoples in the protest. this is very common in our part of the world.
Originally Posted by koushik
I Feel pity for their fan.such a good bowling unit but their batting unit worst in top 8 after WI,ENG Posted via BC Mobile Edition
Probably worse than ours as well.
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Originally Posted by koushik
I Feel pity for their fan.such a good bowling unit but their batting unit worst in top 8 after WI,ENG Posted via BC Mobile Edition
I thought Eng is number 9 now!
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