India VS Pakistan Revel The Rivalry

If you want to witness a 'War' without the bloodshed, you have to watch India and Pakistan play a
cricket match against each other. It has all the aspects of a war, like patriotism, passion, history,
strategy, heroism etc. It doesnt matter whether the two countries are battling in home conditions or
neutral venues, the game is insanely intense.
Purists may term the Ashes tournament played between Australia and ngland as the greatest rivalry
in cricket, but an India !" Pakistan game has a lot more glamour and theatrics. #he media does its
$ob perfectly, as it magnifies the rivalry and takes the match to an altogether different level. A
parallel universe is created, where nothing e%ists apart from the players and the audience watching
the game.
#he players face enormous pressure to live up to the e%pectations of the die&hard fans. #he flip&side
to it is that, when a player performs under that kind of pressure, he is immediately catapulted to a
demi god&like status. #he two nations are blessed with talented players. 'ltimately, the team which
is able to better hold on to their their nerves manages to emerge as the champion on the given day.
#his rivalry traces back decades ago when the two countries were born, because of the partition.
#he partition had consumed many lives and the political fights between the two nations had resulted
in a lot bitterness. #hat bitterness reflects, whenever the two countries played each other but now
the rivalry has slightly mellowed down.
(ricket is a team game, but sometimes it boils down to individuals. #he internet is bu))ing with
viral videos of confrontations between players like !enkatesh Prasad and Aamir "ohail, *autam
*ambhir and "hahid Afridi, +ohammed ,ousuf and +ohamed -aif, and so on. .aved +iandad
hitting (hetan "harma for a si% of the last ball to win the game, +isbah 'l /a0 scooping the ball in
"hreesanth's hands, "achin #endulkar smacking "hoaib Akhtar for a si% over third man are some
moments that are fro)en in time.
(ricket is also used as a platform for diplomacy. #here have been times where relations between the
countries were strained due to the wars and terrorist attacks, but the future of sports between the 1
countries looks promising.