Be it any day, a cricket match between India and Pakistan is more than just a sport. It is an amalgamation of emotions, watching two sides batsmen fighting for their respective countries with a lot of zeal and dream. Each and everyone associated with match, including players, are emotionally attached and the recent World Cup 2019 match between Ind and Pak has left Indians in bliss and Pakistanis in a great disappointment.
Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur, while talking about the match, claimed that he was feeling so depressed and discontented after his team lost to India. He said this has led to making him feel “commit suicide”. “Last Sunday I wanted to commit suicide,” Arthur said at the post-match press conference. “But it was, you know, it’s only one performance. It happens so quick. You lose a game; you lose another game; it’s a World Cup; media scrutiny; public expectation, and then you almost go into sort of survival mode. We’ve all been there,” he added.
Ten days ago, on June 16, Pakistan had to face an embarrassing 89-run loss against arch-rivals India. It is also learned that Indians never lost to Pakistanis in all the editions of the World Cups. Post the match, the whole Pakistan team faced criticism and trolls on various aspects, leaving the country’s cricket fans on fire. The violent reactions have been thrown at the team as the long rivalry on the border gets easily translated to the on-field and this would have certainly left the coach Arthur into deep absorption.
