Karachi: Gun-toting Anti Terrorist Force officers fringed the National Bank of Pakistan Ground and the glint in their eyes and the tautness in their forearms were the only signs of tension ahead of Wednesday’s STAR Asia Cup semifinal league match between India and Pakistan.
Strangely for a rivalry that swung between Javed Miandad’s last ball six in Sharjah to India’s winning exploits against its arch-rival in the World Cups, the do-or-die air bristling with a touch of nerves, seems to be ebbing away.For instance on Tuesday morning, the issues swirling in the breeze that wafted in from the nearby Arabian Sea, centred around India’s fatigue factor and Pakistan’s besieged think-tank of skipper Shoaib Malik and coach Geoff Lawson.
Strangely for a rivalry that swung between Javed Miandad’s last ball six in Sharjah to India’s winning exploits against its arch-rival in the World Cups, the do-or-die air bristling with a touch of nerves, seems to be ebbing away.For instance on Tuesday morning, the issues swirling in the breeze that wafted in from the nearby Arabian Sea, centred around India’s fatigue factor and Pakistan’s besieged think-tank of skipper Shoaib Malik and coach Geoff Lawson.
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