The decline of Pakistan cricket

The world of cricket has not,perhaps,witnessed such a debacle in cricket before. What Inintend to arrive at is about the misery of one of the leading cricket playing nation Pakistan. The one day series concluded recently against Bangladesh produced an unbelievable whitewash for Pakistan winning all the three matches by the comparatively minnows of cricket Bangladesh. It isa practice of Pakistan to play againstba weak nation after loosingbany major tournament.This time it was the Worl cup.the World cup was a disaster for Pakistan after having lost their match against India whom they had never beaten in a world cup match .This time also the world record was kept in tact. Despite this,they could move to the next stage to play against Mighty Australians.but again lost taking exit from World cup. The world cup resulted in the resignation of Pakistan Captain Mibah-ul- Haq. Then came the series against Bangladesh beginning with one day international series. The first ODI was played on the 17th of April 2015 at Dhaka Bengladesh scored a mammoth 329/6 in 50 overs in the strength of Tons from Tamim Iqbal& Musafiqr Rehman. Pakistan had a reasonably good start in reply With the batting of azhar Ali,SarfrazAhmed,Hais so hail & Mohmed Rizwan.However,a middle order Collapse spelled their defeat as they could score just 250 in 45.2 Overs. Thus Bangladesh had an emphatic victory by 79 Runs.Thevworst part of this defeat was in spite of the presence of their strong Bowlers Junaid Khan,RahatvAli,wahab Riaz& Syed Ajmal. Here comes the Second ODI at The same venue on the 19th of April when Pakistan batting first could post a score of 239/6 in 50 overs inspire of the presence of Mohmed Hafeez, In reply,Bangladesh easily overhauled this total in Just 39 overs with a Ton. From Tamim Iqbal.(116& Mushfiqr ). This was a big blow for Pakistan because after the debacle in World Cup,it had theveffect of contributing to their agony beingthe loss of series to their Regular rivals after India. Bangladesh hadvavfairly good performance in World cup though lost in the Quarterfinal tonIndia. The sorrow of Pakistan mounted many fold. It was the third and final ODI in the series on the 22nd of April 2015 at Mirpur .Pakistan batting first on the strength of their captain Azhar Ali (101) Pakistan had a good start of 91 runs for the first wicket and dreamed a Possible win.But the fate thought differently. A middle order collapse resulted in Pakistan rounding up their innings which abruptly ended at 250 runs on the Board. Although Azhar Ali rejoiced on his maiden ODI hundred, he never knew the inevitable tragedy was in the offing. In reply ,Bangladesh with their added enthusiasm of securing the series win ,again blew apart Pakistan by eclipsing their 250 just in 39.3 overs thereby enforcing a clean White wash for the first time in the history of meeting the 2 sides. Although the Bangladeshis had the advantage of their home soil,it can not be considered as a major factor becaus Pakistan had their mighty batsman Mohmed Hafees and all their leading bowlers in the squad. The absence of Younis Khan & former captain Misbah -ul- Haq could have been one of the reasons for the tragedy Awaited Pakistan.But Pakistan being one of the strong cricketing Nation in the World such lame excused had no relevance at all. The only consolation for Pakistan is that "Cricket is a glorious game of acute uncertainty" The series against Bangladesh not yet over.T20 & Test series are yet to be staged . The only T20 on the 24th,andvTest matches due to start on 28th April and 6th May 2015 All the Best to Pakistan &BD in the remaining schedule Sreedharan Mundanat