ISLAMABAD : Nov 8, 2022: As Pakistan take New Zealand in T20 world cup first semi final in Sydney on Wednesday , the cricket fans back home are expecting from green shirts a great win to send black caps packing and powering Pakistan into final gracefully.
Pakistani love cricket more than any other game and they want a good game from its team in big matches like upcoming one against black caps.
In Pakistan every one irrespective of age and gender is anxiously waiting for the first semi final game . The cricket fans are busy in making special arrangements to watch tomorrow ‘s match between Pakistan and New Zealand .
Even tomorrow’s match became a discussion in Pakistan top court on Tuesday as judges who were hearing the cases in court room 1 wanted to finish the next day’s hearings earlier to watch the semi final between Pakistan and New Zealand .
NEWSMAN spoke to some cricket fans in Islamabad on Pakistan New Zealand semi final game here on Tuesday .
“We will win” Shahbaz a young boy who was playing cricket in a local ground said in his brief chat with this scribe .
Yasir Khan, another guy who was also playing in the same team in the local ground said “Pakistan should play a good game and beat New Zealand in semi final” .
Majority of Pakistani cricket fans want to see final of T20 world cup between Pakistan and India .
New Zealand is one the best teams of the cricket world and it has ability to beat opponents in any big match .
Pakistan has a peculiar position and status in the cricket world . Green shirts can upset opponent at any stage of big tournament . Team Pakistan comeback in the on-going T20 tournament is yet another show of its unpredictability.
mentor of Pakistan cricket team , Mathew Hayden , hopes Pakistan will play a natural game in semi final and win against New Zealand . He advocated for captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to play as opening pair against New Zealand.
However , Pakistan’s legendary cricketers like Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi are advising team Pakistan for a change in batting order to play a good game and defeat New Zealand.