World Cup 2011 Fever Ended As Pakistan lose semifinal to India

Posted by Express Pakistan on March 30th, 2011

Shahid Afridi congratulates Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag after the hard-fought game, India v Pakistan, 2nd semi-final, World Cup 2011, Mohali, March 30, 2011© Getty Images

The fire-crackers that had been stacked up and the euphoria that was building came to naught as India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the Cricket World Cup 2011 semifinal at Mohali 30th March 2011 Wednesday.
The cheers turned into mourning and the smiles faded away into tears, as people of every age group – be it children, youngsters, the elderly – everyone just couldn’t help but shake their heads in despair for fighting hard till the last minute and reaching so close, and yet losing a match in which the fortunes of the two sides swung widely.
“We got off to good start, but then at regular intervals, we started losing two-three quick wickets. But when (captain) Shahid Afridi was out, all our hopes were completely dashed,” said Yousuf Bashir, an elderly resident in Lahore.
“I don’t want to say anything,” said a crying Khan a resident in Lahore.
“I am in tears, it is just not happening. We played well in this World cup, and after breaking the Australian jink, I was hopeful of breaking it this time too, but it just didn’t happen,” said artist Nabiha Hasan.

“Is totally shattered and heartbroken…”, Omar Jamil, CEO of PR firm Latitude posted on his page.

“Looking at the way Pakistan was playing, we had assumed we were going to party all night, but, it just turned out to be opposite. It is grim and sour now,” said Rahimtoola a resident in Lahore.