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  • Is India v Pakistan bigger than a FIFA World Cup final?

    From FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 13 09:48:32 2023
    XPost: uk.sport.cricket, aus.sport.cricket

    When India and Pakistan play:

    But when they do play, the ground shakes. Australia sampled this last
    October when more than 90,000 filled the MCG to the point of jeopardy
    for eardrums for India-Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup.

    "Fifty-year MCG veterans still shake their heads in wondrous memory of
    what some think was the most extraordinary thing they’ve ever seen at
    the ground." It was much the same at the Adelaide Oval in the 2015
    50-over World Cup.

    Pakistan’s director of coaching, Mickey Arthur, an international
    veteran, says size alone puts India-Pakistan beyond compare. “It’s the scale. It’s the passion. It’s the intensity. It’s bigger than anything I’ve ever witnessed, it’s just beyond the realms of your imagination.

    “As a coach, it’s hard to build up as just another game. You want to,
    but you can’t because the scale of it is just too big.”

    Harsha Bhogle, the voice of Indian cricket, thinks India versus Pakistan
    might be the biggest sports event of all. Before you footballistas rush
    to your keyboard in splenetic indignation, yes there is the World Cup
    final, but the audience for that, though passionate, is mostly neutral.

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    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/passion-politics-intensity-is-india-v-pakistan-bigger-than-a-fifa-world-cup-final-20231012-p5ebuk.html

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  • From Robert Henderson@21:1/5 to FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer on Thu Oct 19 02:17:09 2023
    On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5:48:38 PM UTC+1, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
    When India and Pakistan play:

    But when they do play, the ground shakes. Australia sampled this last October when more than 90,000 filled the MCG to the point of jeopardy
    for eardrums for India-Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup.

    "Fifty-year MCG veterans still shake their heads in wondrous memory of
    what some think was the most extraordinary thing they’ve ever seen at
    the ground." It was much the same at the Adelaide Oval in the 2015
    50-over World Cup.

    Pakistan’s director of coaching, Mickey Arthur, an international
    veteran, says size alone puts India-Pakistan beyond compare. “It’s the scale. It’s the passion. It’s the intensity. It’s bigger than anything I’ve ever witnessed, it’s just beyond the realms of your imagination.

    “As a coach, it’s hard to build up as just another game. You want to, but you can’t because the scale of it is just too big.”

    Harsha Bhogle, the voice of Indian cricket, thinks India versus Pakistan might be the biggest sports event of all. Before you footballistas rush
    to your keyboard in splenetic indignation, yes there is the World Cup
    final, but the audience for that, though passionate, is mostly neutral.

    =========================================================================



    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/passion-politics-intensity-is-india-v-pakistan-bigger-than-a-fifa-world-cup-final-20231012-p5ebuk.html


    The whining of subcontnentals about the state of their countries over 75 years after the firm blessed guiding hand of the Raj was tragically removed is certainly impressive ....RH

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