Imran Khan Takes Credit for Pakistan Cricket Team’s Success

First and foremost, Jhantu Space on Twitter is a Metaverse of its own. Jhantu space is a treasure. Anyways, Imran Khan congratulated the Men in Green on their thrilling victory and claimed it was a rematch of the 1992 World Cup. A perfect example of “Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan”:

We beat New Zealand in the semifinal and then we played England in the final.Imran Khan

Imran Khan, the chairman of PTI, has built strong hopes all of a sudden for the victory of the Pakistani national cricket team in the Twenty20 World Cup, which is presently taking place in Australia. To cut him a slack he was in the hospital during the campaign after a fake assassination attempt.

I’m confident that Pakistan has a team capable of winning the World Cup InshAllahImran Khan said, speaking to Piers Morgan in his ‘TalkTV’ show

A lot of people on my news feed said Pakistan didn’t deserve to be in the semi-final let alone the final. Do you know when the team was losing, Ramiz Raja did not muster the courage to go there? But once we are in the finals, he is in Sydney. Never saw Khan’s statement before Pakistan made its way into the semi-final. Also, team Pakistan is yet to perform on a bigger stage against stronger teams.

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In the 2012 world cup semi-final vs India, Imran Khan convinced the PCT to send Umar Akmal at one down when Akmal was struggling at 3 down. Now his career is finshed. Baber did have had a bad patch, but at the end of the day, he took the Pak team to a World Cup final and it’s a reality. The credit to Khan should be undue since Imran Khan killed department cricket.

Also, Imran Khan himself was a mediocre cricketer. Imran Khan captained the Pakistan cricket team during the 1992 World Cup win. At that time, he was 40 years old. But the same Imran Khan called Darren Sammy “phateechar, unknown and Africa ke jungle ka”. When Darren was the captain of the West Indies when they won their first-ever T20 World Cup in 2012. Darren was 29 years old at that time. And then, he captained his team again and made them win the T20 World Cup in 2016 and he was 33 years old at that time. And a few days ago, he steered his team Peshawar Zalmi to the win in the 2nd Pakistan Super League contest. Check why Arshad Nadeem is a better athlete than Imran Khan.

I only watched him play twice and immediately asked the head of the cricket board, you must make him the captain because he genuinely world-class.Imran Khan – Former Pakistan Captain

Under Imran Khan’s captaincy, Pakistan won the only 50-over ODI World Cup on 25 March 1992. Not to forget that Pakistan had also won the 2009 T20 International World Cup under Younis Khan’s captaincy; whereas, Pakistan won the champion trophy under Sarfaraz Ahmed’s captaincy. Baber became captain when Khan was PM. Not ruling it out that he might have asked PCB to make him captain.

Under Imran Khan’s captaincy, Pakistan won the only 50-over ODI World Cup on 25 March 1992. Not to forget that Pakistan had also won the 2009 T20 International World Cup under Younis Khan’s captaincy; whereas, Pakistan won the champion trophy under Sarfaraz Ahmed’s captaincy.

I only watched him play twice and immediately asked the head of the cricket board, you must make him the captain because he genuinely world-class.Imran Khan – Former Pakistan Captain

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I am not sure if you guys think like this or not. But overwhelmingly current Pakistan Cricket Team players are Imran Khan fanboys. Yes, the nation comes first. But I am imagining what if Pakistan wins the cup. Then, it would be the biggest mistake to have Ramiz Raja continue the Chairmanship and Babar remain the captain. Both are heavily influenced. They might try to give credit to “Kaptaan” as evident from their tweets. They might as well not give credit to the current Government for the continuation of the regime and for keeping politics aside from sports.

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Lastly, if the influence is God forbid that a big, then Khan might not let Pakistan win the final because his stardom will dilute. So what do I propose? Do we kick out people who perform for the cricket team? That’s what they all do – it’s normal. I don’t think we should be policing people’s personal thoughts and likes and dislikes about politicians when it comes to national duty. That’ would veer towards fascism.

I propose PCB PR must be monitored. Instead of stopping them, how about giving them an alternative as we have reached finals.

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PM Shehbaz Sharif had been trying to sneak and lure the team’s achievement to divert the attention of the nation in many incidences. Once he quoted Zimbabwean PM about Mr. Pak Bean’s episode and highlighted the sportsman spirit of the nation to bounce back. PM Shehbaz Sharif shall go and watch the match in the stadium. The 1992 World Cup came to Imran Khan during Nawaz Sharif’s regime. The 2017 champion trophy under the captaincy of Sarfaraz Ahmed was also during Mian’s tenure. The 2022 World Cup will come under Shahbaz Sharif’s regime to Babar Azam.

So should we give the credit to Sharifs? Pakistani cricket at its best after Rameez Raja became PCB Chairman. Technically, Chairman PCB should be politically appointed as PCB is autonomous. So does it mean that Shahbaz Sharif who did not inject politics into the game should be given the credit?

If anyone is to be given credit the only person with the Pakistan Cricket team since World T20 2007 is Malang Ali. He is the ISI guy I still remember his flying back flip and cartwheel celebration when Pakistan made it to the final in 2007.

I have always had the opinion that champions in any sport require some luck in the process. You need luck in today’s competitive sports and that’s what happened in the ICC tournament. Not saying we didn’t deserve the spot. But including religion in cricket is wrong. I think we should all enjoy this moment as despite the unrest and economic crisis our country faces we will still play the World Cup final. Congratulations.

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