1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,280 Hello cricket and baseball fans. Toronto Blue Jays are hosting 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:07,520 Cricket Night at the Park presented by TD this Friday, May 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,560 the 10th. Experience the same drill of 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,480 cricket with the Blue Jays at Rogers Center and get yourself a 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,320 White Blue Jays Cricket Hat T20 World Cup Champion. 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Remember the name Carlos Verrathowit will be there, The 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,440 Canadian Cricket team will be there and many more exciting 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,640 guests as well. There will be lots of cricket 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,960 related activities like batting cages and cricket theme photo 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,759 OPS as well as the T20 World Cup being unveiled at the event. 11 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:34,280 Don't miss out on this wonderful event. 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,600 Bring your family, bring your friends. 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,480 Tickets can be found at bluejays.com/cricket or in the 14 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:41,320 links below. See you guys there. 15 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,920 Welcome back to Backward Point podcast. 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,840 My name is Dezar Sayed and this is an episode about every single 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,200 T20 World Cup that has ever happened, from 2007 all the way 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,200 to 2022 with me as always, my Co host and my brother Brishaw 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,160 Sayed. Hello, welcome to a Backward 20 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,120 Point Legacy podcast leading up to this upcoming T Only World 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,920 Cup. We're about just a month away 22 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:07,760 and I thought it would be a great idea. 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,840 Just sit back, reflect on all the World Cups that have 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,720 happened since the first one in O 7 to the last one that 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:22,000 happened in Australia in 2022. So sit back, relax and enjoy. 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,160 I hope you guys have a good time. 27 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,360 We're going to look back at every World Cup, top performers, 28 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,800 highlights, key moments. And then obviously, because you 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,520 have Pakistani background, there's going to be a Pakistan 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,920 POV of how Pakistan played in that World Cup, how things could 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,840 have gone and what are our memories. 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,840 Because the cool part about this podcast will be that we've 33 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,640 watched every single World Cups during the World Cup since its 34 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,880 inception. So I have memories, I have 35 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,040 thoughts, and I think I want to be sitting here reflecting on 36 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,240 them. We've watched the World Cups 37 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,280 together. Yeah, I think we are the T200 38 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,480 World Cup generation, for better or for worse, maybe the ODI 39 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,280 World Cup generation was our parents, but this is definitely 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,320 our tournament. This is something that we've 41 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,639 grown up with from the start, so the analysis that we may give 42 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,640 will be based on experience and that's we can't always say that 43 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:17,560 about the ODI World Cups. I wasn't there in 1983 when 44 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,640 India won. So I I don't know exactly what 45 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,440 the ramifications of that were. You know, I can always be in 46 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,360 hindsight and I can always read all about it, but you know, 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,400 being in that moment is different and we were in that 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,320 moment from 2007 onwards. But you were there in India won 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,160 in 2007. I was there in India, won in 50 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,640 2007. I remember that. 51 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:40,240 I I remember how it defeated I felt after that final and I 52 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,880 remembered how, you know, the IT was one of the first times that 53 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,520 I truly felt dejected and like, oh, this is a really weird, 54 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:50,920 cumbersome feeling. I don't know how to navigate. 55 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,920 This. It's funny I say that because 56 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,440 this is the same year where the ICC hosted the ODI World Cup and 57 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,080 Pakistan lost to West Indies and Ireland and they had a first 58 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,200 round exit and then our codes died. 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,400 Rest in peace, blah Blumer. So you're saying you felt even 60 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,800 more dejected by losing to India in the final? 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:16,400 Yeah, because obviously you were so close to that, you know, to 62 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,440 to that crowning achievement and whatever happens, India will 63 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,000 always be the team that won the first T win World Cup of all 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,280 time. Like they will never. 65 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,560 Nobody can take that away from them. 66 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,120 And it would have been nice to be that team, even though we ran 67 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,920 it back, the next time we went in, it just it was, it was, you 68 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,680 know, the inauguration, the inaugural event, and it was 69 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,120 India in the finals. And we weren't able to get that 70 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,600 monkey off our back for another 15 years almost. 71 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,520 It was just one of those things that would have been nice just 72 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,760 to have it done and dusted and then you don't. 73 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,240 You wouldn't have A7 and O8 and O situation and almost star 74 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,040 sports ads. Yeah, like it would have been 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,280 done. Like so much marketing would 76 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,720 have been down the drain. It would have been a nice little 77 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,880 inflection point for us, but yeah, it was one of my first 78 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,520 tastes of how defeat feels when you root for a team and that 79 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,440 sort sort of parasocial relationship you have with that 80 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,840 said team and it was all a pillar dawn from there, 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,440 depending on your lens. But you know, one thing that did 82 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,959 happen was it solidified superstars in my mind for the 83 00:04:21,959 --> 00:04:25,600 box on cricket team, Chad Alfredi, Omar, Gul Abdul Razak. 84 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,480 These guys were just they they were really good players and 85 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,560 favourites of that era, just just alleviate themselves into 86 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,120 superstars and continue to solidify themselves after that 87 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,920 World Cup. So yeah, how about we just dive 88 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,080 deep into this, and I'm glad that you mentioned the 2007 89 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,000 World Cup because that's the first one we're going to be 90 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:46,800 talking about. We'll go into chronological 91 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,800 order and we'll hit every single World Cup all the way to 2022. 92 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,640 I think this World Cup was very important for the ICC for a 93 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,360 couple of reasons and also just in the broad prospect of 94 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,800 cricket. Firstly, the 2007 ODI World Cup, 95 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,640 you can say from a financial point of view was a flop for the 96 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:09,120 ICC because two of the major cricketing teams being Pakistan 97 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,520 and India had a first round exit. 98 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,920 Now, we all know that ICC gets most of their broadcast 99 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,000 viewership from India and Pakistan. 100 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,480 So having both of them out of the World Cup, the first round 101 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,720 made sure that not a lot of people were still following the 102 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,840 World Cup. And then just the backlash that 103 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:30,800 happened in India and in Pakistan, the can't imagine what 104 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,760 those players of those times were going through. 105 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,080 Do you remember what teams India lost from? 106 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,400 They were lost, but the. Last time the loss was to 107 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:44,320 Bangladesh and that's that was sort of the the, yeah, nil in 108 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:49,040 the coffin. And for the ICC to then adapt to 109 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,440 the T20 format because before this there were games happening. 110 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,720 I remember the first ever international T20 game that 111 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,760 happened between Pakistan and England was it was Pakistan's 112 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,840 first ever match. It was in 2006 in Bristol and 113 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,600 then T Horn cricket just sort of it kicked on. 114 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,640 The UK was a bit ahead of everybody because they had their 115 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:14,280 T20 Blast tournament happening since 2003. 116 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:20,360 So ICC finally gave in, had this World Cup and India, the team 117 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,880 that got a first or an exit, sent in a brand new fresh team 118 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,480 with fresh faces, a brand new captain and Ms. Dhoni. 119 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,320 The World Cup was happening in South Africa. 120 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,680 Beautiful stadiums. A lot of people say that Lords 121 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,080 Cricket Ground is the best cricketer in the world, but 122 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,840 people who have been to Wanderers say that Wanderers is 123 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:42,680 the most beautiful ground in the world. 124 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,040 I think it's in between mountains and there's a a 125 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,440 beautiful view this grass Banks people sit on top and the 126 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,920 environment, the atmosphere of that stadium is unmatched. 127 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,080 Just Lords may have had the history but I think Wanderers 128 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,800 for people who have been there and I would myself love to 129 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,280 experience Wanderers because we've been to Lords. 130 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:02,760 We've watched the game at the World Cup. 131 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,640 I would love to see how Wanderers compares. 132 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,120 So 2024 Parkland South Africa series. 133 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,280 Are we reaching or not? Maybe. 134 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,960 Sounds like a good woman. Maybe. 135 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,320 Maybe. Boxing Day test. 136 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,600 Let's see. So the tournament happened with 137 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,600 12 teams and they were split into four groups of three and 138 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,800 then the top two teams from each group I I believe they went to 139 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,960 the Super Super 8 or Super six stage. 140 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,360 They were two, they were Super 8 stage and then there were four 141 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,400 groups of each. They played each other for the 142 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,120 semi finalists and finalists. Now my first memory of that 143 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,640 World Cup is the Pakistan India Super 8 match that happened, the 144 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,680 one that was tied, the one that went to a bowl out. 145 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:52,720 And that's the first glimpse of Ms. Dhoni's genius we saw on 146 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,960 display. The game was tied. 147 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,360 And then I see how this incredible idea let's do a bowl 148 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,440 out, which is similar to penalties in soccer or football. 149 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,560 And on the Pakistani side, we saw Pakistan's main frontline 150 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,560 bowlers trying to target the stumps. 151 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Whereas in India they had part timers like Prender Sehwag and 152 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,360 Robin Uthappa balling to the stumps. 153 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,800 And Pakistan had Umar Ghul, Shahid Afridi and Yasir Arfat 154 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,840 who all three of them failed to hit the stumps. 155 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,000 Now I've heard Robin Uthappa and other players from that World 156 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,320 Cup talk about that bowl out and they mentioned that they had the 157 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,679 game awareness that the ICC had brought this rule in and they 158 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,760 were practicing this in their practices before matches. 159 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:44,400 So firstly, they're prepared and secondly, they knew what to 160 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,680 expect and Dhoni made the decision of giving the like 161 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:51,080 picking Harbhajan, Robin Luthaba and Seval because they were the 162 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:55,400 ones who were dismantling the stumps the most times in 163 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,320 practices. And in pure Pakistani fashion, 164 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:59,640 we just forgot to do our assignment. 165 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,920 No homework was done. And we just were like vibes. 166 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,000 We'll give it to a long here, no more go, you know, Never brought 167 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,320 that hairstyle back. But it was interesting to see 168 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,160 that 'cause I was going through the the highlights and I was 169 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,680 like I forgot that, you know, he when he went into the 2009 World 170 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,680 Cup and where Guild was more of a crew cut, like a more of a 171 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,040 civilized fast bowler. And I think that was also that 172 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,200 era where, you know, Schebuckter was at his peak and there was 173 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,960 Mohammad Aasi was there and long haired fast bowlers were like a 174 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,080 thing I remember. Was it like a bracket? 175 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,640 Nathan Bracken also had that headband from Australia, so it 176 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,200 was, it was a vibe. It was interesting to see Omer 177 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,400 go like that, miss the stumps completely. 178 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,360 That bowl out was the first nail in the coffin until we went to 179 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,520 the finals and then it came back a very more. 180 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,400 I think the more interesting thing about that World Cup was 181 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,200 that I think it was the first time that I saw anybody hit six 182 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,800 sixes in an international match and it was Yuvraj Singh versus 183 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,240 Scor. Broad actually just said say 184 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,920 Yuvraj Singh versus Andrew Flintoff and store. 185 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,480 Broad was at the blunt end of that and collateral damage, 186 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,320 collateral damage. The man had nothing to do with 187 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,640 the feud just comes in and you already have fired up Yuvraj 188 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,560 Singh and Yuvraj just completely blasted him all over the ground 189 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,040 360. And you can see I, you know for 190 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,440 better or for worse, kind of solidified the end and the 191 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,200 beginning of of the end of store Broad's white ball career 192 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,080 because he didn't really have a long career After that. 193 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,320 He moved all the way over to Red Ball and then just I. 194 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,160 Actually think he played until the 2015 World Cup. 195 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:41,320 But it wasn't at that point. It was this, like he wasn't able 196 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,440 to translate those numbers that he had in the Test matches over 197 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,880 to the white ball. And I feel like there was a 198 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,040 monkey hanging on his back, which was like I got whipped 199 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,200 across the stadium. I by RU Rod Singh, I have an. 200 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:55,560 Opinion So Stuart Broad gets gets hit for six sixes by Rod 201 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:58,320 Singh. I guarantee you, if that had 202 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,240 been a bowler from India or Pakistan, that would have likely 203 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,440 have been their last game of their career for Stuart. 204 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,440 Broad didn't go out to get the event of Test wickets. 205 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,640 He did. Longevity he had in his career. 206 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,720 But he also focused on Test cricket a lot more. 207 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,120 I feel like he, you know, both him and Jimmy Anderson, they 208 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,720 both played the 2011 World Cup. And the 15 World Cup. 209 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,960 Yes, but for me, they're always Test bowlers. 210 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,600 Their white ball accomplishments for me have never like out 211 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,840 trying their Test match accomplishments. 212 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,120 Let me ask over 250 ODI wickets. Somebody can. 213 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,680 I don't. Remember a single spell that 214 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,360 stands out. Well, yeah, I do, yeah. 215 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,200 Because Jimmy's frost ever ODI World Cup in 2003. 216 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,080 Exactly. He demolished Pakistan's batting 217 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,600 attack. I think he took like four or 218 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,040 five wickets and just nobody could play his outswiggers. 219 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,520 I mean, that was 2003. He got into Mom Bold, Mamad 220 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,840 Yousuf Bold and other Pakistani batsman. 221 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,800 He just couldn't see him. Yeah, I mean that again, 2003, 222 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,680 it's been a while. You know, it's almost been 20 223 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,920 years, a little bit more actually 21 years. 224 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,200 And I get that. But again, that was just like a 225 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,000 little bit of a rise and he found his footing in red block 226 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,960 cricket and then he hasn't looked back, both of them. 227 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,560 So abroad, sort of has hung up his Cape. 228 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:11,800 But Jamie Anderson is still fighting crime, bro. 229 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,080 I think he's over 40 years old and my bowling inspiration is 230 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,600 Jimmy Anderson. I'm like if this guy can bowl at 231 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:23,120 over 80 miles an hour at his age with his fitness, like why am I 232 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,240 not being able to ball 4 overs in the Markham Premier League? 233 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,280 We by the way, we had our first game yesterday and we won that 234 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,600 one run. I saw that I was following that 235 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,080 game. You guys can follow that, follow 236 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,400 along as well. Quick Clubs Shay CCI. 237 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,360 Prefer you not. I but I prefer that you do. 238 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,280 I would. I would love to have people who 239 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,040 have eyeballs and Bushar's cricket performance. 240 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,200 Hey, but we had a good game. It was. 241 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,280 We played in the midst of fog. I've never played in such 242 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,240 conditions in my life before, where almost half the ground was 243 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,760 covered in fog and I couldn't see who was on the other side of 244 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,480 the wicket. Yeah, so new experience, fun 245 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,280 experience. It's one of one of those things 246 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,240 where, you know, Premier League games, bro. 247 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,360 That's what happens. So Javad scored a 12, ball 50, 248 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:12,040 which at the time was the fastest 50 in T200 cricket. 249 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,160 Also just before still. The fastest. 50 It likely is I I 250 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,280 would love to be Fact Check. I'm not sure exactly. 251 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,160 I'll check it. Months before that, Yuvraj was 252 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,960 himself hit for five sixes by somebody called Dimitri 253 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,600 Mascrinus from England at The Oval. 254 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,560 So I'm sure Yuvraj had some sort of flavor of what it feels like 255 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,080 to be hit for that many sixes consecutively. 256 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,080 I thought it was amazing that Ravi Shasti was on the 257 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,520 commentary. So for him to be walking us 258 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,760 through each and every six. Was pretty special. 259 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,400 The president Singh Airy has a nine ball 50. 260 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,160 He's from Nepal, Nepal versus Mongolia. 261 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,600 That happened last year in how many balls, 9 balls, 9 balls and 262 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,600 then Yuvraj with 12 balls has the second fastest T20. 263 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,160 I fifty of all time. I I believe Shahidah everything 264 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,120 should be on this list somewhere. 265 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,480 That's 18 or 19 I believe. Sure Malik is on the list. 266 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,120 Sure, Malik 18 ball 50 against Scotland in 2021. 267 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,640 Sharjah we got compete on the list with the 19 ball 50. 268 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,320 Yuraj is on the list a few times actually. 269 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,200 Yuraj with 20 ball 50 twice against Sri Lanka and Australia 270 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,600 as well. So there you go. 271 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,840 One thing that also solidified again personally speaking for me 272 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,160 in the 2007 World Cup was how much I fell in love with Shahid 273 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,720 Afridi. I believe he was the player of 274 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,440 the tournament for this 2007 World Cup and he sort of 275 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,400 cemented his place as a proper balling all rounder. 276 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:46,120 Like he was known for his wildly successful, you know, cameos 277 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,480 when he would come in and blast the opponent off. 278 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,920 But it was his bowling where he really wanted people to know 279 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,760 that he may actually just be a bowling out runner. 280 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,520 I remember there was a lot of back and forth through his 281 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:58,920 career. Where is he a batting all 282 00:14:58,920 --> 00:14:59,920 runner? Is he a bowling runner? 283 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,240 Sometimes? Sometimes he's a bowling all 284 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,560 runner, sometimes he's a batting all runner and that's like the 285 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,320 the beauty of Shahidah for his career. 286 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,440 Like you can pin, you cannot. You can pinpoint a specific era 287 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,880 and be like, oh, this is when he was like just bowling out of his 288 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,040 mind like the 2011 World Cup. 21 wickets insane. 289 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,960 But then you could go back to like the 2004 or 5I Pakistan 290 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,520 series and he was like, oh, he was opening and he was batting 291 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,840 like at in the top order and using the power play or whatever 292 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,840 they call it at the time. And like, it's just lovely to 293 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,640 see that his career has so many different arcs. 294 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,120 The captain arc, the revenge arc, the I'm not going to retire 295 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,000 yet arc. Like it's just beautiful to see. 296 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,640 And the 2007 World Cup, Yeah, that's when I was like, oh, 297 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,200 this, this. I think my favorite player of 298 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,480 all time has to be. Alfredi took 12 wickets. 299 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,480 In seven innings at an economy of 6.7 At the same time, he also 300 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,520 scored 91 runs at an average of 15 and strike rate of 198. 301 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,600 That's what it was, right? He comes in, he plays 5 balls, 6 302 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,840 balls, he gives you 15 odd runs, 20 odd runs. 303 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,280 That's what. That's what we needed. 304 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,800 And this is, I think, the person that we're missing right now in 305 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,520 the box line cricket team, a version of Shahid Alfredi that 306 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,400 comes in and just goes ballistic. 307 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,760 Arguably Shadab might be that guy, but you know he has to win 308 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,400 us a lot more games before he he becomes to that stature. 309 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,360 Well, Shadab did cross Shahidah Frithi in terms of the most 310 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,360 wins, the match, awards and wickets. 311 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,480 So I think Shadab does have the potential. 312 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,440 But Shadab looks at himself as a more of a proper batsman. 313 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,200 I think he takes his batting quite seriously. 314 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,560 Honestly, nobody gets success like a Shahidah Frithi does and 315 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,360 nobody will. Like people love Chris Gillo or 316 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,200 Shahidah Frithi. That's his personal preference, 317 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,960 honestly. It's like if you're like Alu and 318 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,200 Abaddon, you're not like some people do, some people don't. 319 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,280 I don't. So that's why I prefer Shia Daf 320 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,920 really. And he's going to be in my, you 321 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,680 know, T20 all time list forever. Maybe a captain in that list. 322 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,320 Even the second match that happened between India and 323 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,000 Pakistan, which was the World Cup final, I mean that's that is 324 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,680 the redemption arc that the ICC wanted AT20 World Cup happening 325 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,240 for the first time in South Africa and India versus Pakistan 326 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,680 in the final. It's only happened what twice in 327 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,520 I see events in history. So for India and Pakistan to be 328 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,920 in the final two. Finals and then one semi final. 329 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,720 That was the only playoff games that Pakistan has played against 330 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,839 India I believe. Fact like us, but I'm pretty 331 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,240 sure. So India scored 157 and Pakistan 332 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,000 in response were cruising through. 333 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,600 My man Imran Nazir was 33 out of 14, hitting fours and sixes like 334 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:35,000 it was EA Sports Cricket 07/07. And then he gets run out, which 335 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:41,120 totally changes the whole face of the match because Yunus Khan 336 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,960 comes in, he struggles. Show him more. 337 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,800 Like the captain comes in and he struggles and Bogusan is sort of 338 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,240 falling back on the pedestal of the run rate because when Inman 339 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:55,000 as you got out, it was 53 for three and 5.4 over. 340 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,240 So basically Pakistan needed like 105 runs to win in 15 341 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,000 overs, which is just over six or seven and. 342 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,600 Now that's like, just like you would close it, turn off the TV 343 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,040 and start celebrating if that was the. 344 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,240 Case and Eunice Khan and showed molecular batting, so it should 345 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,680 be easy singles and double S the odd boundary here and there, but 346 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,200 they just struggled. Trim. 347 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,120 Well, they got a criminal eight runs off 17 balls with a strike 348 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:18,240 rate of 47. Like, if that. 349 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:19,720 Like, I don't even know what to do with that. 350 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,240 That reminds me of how hard if the heart choked in the 2022 351 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,360 final. I think I'm getting ahead of 352 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,160 myself but like that's just not it. 353 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:32,360 And then just like a wild golden duck by Shahi Dafi, like the and 354 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:35,760 but from. Like it was the battle of the 355 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,480 two batons, Shahi Dafi said that if Irfan baton is not a real 356 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,640 baton and they were having that beef going on and if Amberdan 357 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,240 gets Afridi out, I remember he had a very crazy, like a very 358 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,680 excited celebration after that, after that wicket. 359 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,880 If Amberdan had 4 / 16 and three. 360 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,480 Wickets. Yep. 361 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,120 He was a man of the match. Wild from India. 362 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:55,640 That's the arc that I wouldn't have predicted. 363 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,800 And then Mizba doing a Mizba, he pulls the game back, smashes 364 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:05,680 sixes to Harbhajan Singh and we come towards the last over. 365 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,000 And at this point, I think Harbhajan Singh had one over 366 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,920 left and then Jogindra Sharma, who a lot of kids watching, may 367 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,120 not even know who that guy is, but you'll find out that he 368 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:17,840 saved that game for India in the end. 369 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,440 See and this is how weird like my memories, I remember Munaf 370 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,720 Patel born in that over. No, but it was Jogindra Sharma 371 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:29,000 who is AT20 World Cup winner. And now a police officer in 372 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,360 India. Couldn't pick him out of a line 373 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,960 up. That was the thing the last 374 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,760 match could have played for. India. 375 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:36,840 And then, hey, he made it happen. 376 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,520 He made it happen. He got he's in one of the most 377 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,800 iconic moments of cricket of all time forever. 378 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:48,720 Cemented Bacchus needed 13 off 6 and the last over and first ball 379 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,280 that Joginder Sherma balls is wide. 380 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:56,320 Next ball is a dot and then Mizba smashes him for a six over 381 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,720 long off. He walks down the track and just 382 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,800 creams it. Bacchus needs 6 off 4. 383 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:06,360 Mizba tries to go for the hero. Lap shot over. 384 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,760 Short fine leg and gets caught out by sreeshant of all the 385 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,040 fielders in the world. Yeah. 386 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,440 I think the best calculation there was that Joginder Sharma 387 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,160 balled at like 1/21/25 KMH. There was never enough pace on 388 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,800 the ball for him to we lap that over for a boundary. 389 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,560 And I think that was the tournament where he actually 390 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,600 kind of made the scoop shot, famous he was. 391 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,320 He brought it back. He brought it back. 392 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,560 He was hitting them all over the park. 393 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,520 And yeah, I mean, I honestly still nightmares of that. 394 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,800 Like, I still remember a defeated Miss Balak sitting on 395 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,480 the pitch, head down and just, yeah, I I don't know, man. 396 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,400 It's tough talking about it. I think Miss Balak's legacy, 397 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,160 sadly, is that when you think of Miss Balak, the first thing you 398 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,600 think of is that scoop shock. Yeah. 399 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,720 The second thing you think of is the the slow innings. 400 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,440 He played in the semi final and 2011 and then maybe you're like, 401 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,040 OK, he was also a good Test captain. 402 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,080 He brought the team back after the whole match fixing scandal. 403 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 But do you hear Rizbo's interviews and he still backs 404 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,800 himself saying that if I was in that position again I would have 405 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,360 played the same shot because he was getting lots of runs in that 406 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,000 World Cup on that same shot. So why not try it again? 407 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,160 Yeah, yeah, fair enough. I mean. 408 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,000 I mean, you live by the sword, you die by it. 409 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,880 But what in an inaugural tournament for the ICC, for the 410 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,960 G20 like that just solidified its place in our in the Canon of 411 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:34,560 of international cricket. This is hard to argue that it it 412 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,080 took the sport global. After that you have the impacts 413 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,600 that are just still resonating today, which is just the 414 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,680 inauguration of the IPL right after that. 415 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,840 Still single Best IPL ever, you know? 416 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,720 My first match is my favorite one. 417 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,520 Remember Bernard McCallum scored like one 58158. 418 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,560 Yeah, 158 and like it from there. 419 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,520 Like it was just like go. Like nobody was stopping. 420 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,160 After that, leagues became a thing, and it was truly the 421 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,160 inflection point of of the the way that we play cricket today. 422 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,520 And it all goes back to this World Cup. 423 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,920 And you know what would have happened if India hadn't won? 424 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,800 Pakistan had pulled it through. We don't know. 425 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,640 Do you think we would have had the PSL come in before? 426 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,360 Probably not like they're. I mean, the PSL they've been 427 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:16,960 trying to get, they were trying to get the PSL off the ground 428 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:22,040 since 2011 when we were at the PSL this season we, we were told 429 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,400 a lot of history about where it actually came out. 430 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,200 And I didn't like debut until the 2016, 2017 year, but they 431 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,320 were planning it for a while now and who knows, man, I don't 432 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,960 know. I don't know. 433 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,480 I honestly don't know. I just do know that nothing was 434 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,800 the same after that. Fond memories from that World 435 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,640 Cup, But then we go towards the next World Cup in England. 436 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,240 Pakistan loves to play World Cups or ICC events in England. 437 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,640 The last time the ICC event happened, still the ICC World 438 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,320 Cup happened. It was the 1999 World Cup in 439 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,080 Pakistan. Went all the way to the finals 440 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,560 with Arguably one of their best ODI teams. 441 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,600 So Pakistan goes to this World Cup. 442 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,760 A change of captains. Eunice Khan takes over the 443 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,440 captaincy from Shoaib Malik to ask Shoaib Molek in. 444 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,880 Oftentimes he says that he regrets taking the captaincy in 445 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,800 the 1st place because he felt like he was very young and a lot 446 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,160 of the guys in the team were a lot more senior than him. 447 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,680 Eunice Khan I believe was being groomed as Inzamam's vice 448 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,760 captain. So shocking that he did not get 449 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,480 the captaincy ahead of Shoaib Molek. 450 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,080 But eventually Eunice had become the captain. 451 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,040 Pakistan go to England and my first memory of that World Cup 452 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,760 is me and you sitting at our puppy's house or Alan's house. 453 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,480 And it was the Pakistan versus New Zealand match happening. 454 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,360 And it's the game where Umar Gould takes 5 wickets for six 455 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:46,600 runs, just the most incredible display of reverse swing 456 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:52,360 bowling, and more specifically that catch from Shahid Afridi of 457 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:54,600 Scott Cyrus while he was running back. 458 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,520 I watch that in slow motion sometimes, like if you've played 459 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,920 any cricket at any level, and if you've taken a catch running 460 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,080 back, you know exactly how hard it is. 461 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,280 So for a free D to calculate how high it is, how far back it is 462 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,520 and how close he is to the boundary, take that. 463 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,440 Catch his hair flying, cap dropping. 464 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,640 Just the most beautiful scene ever. 465 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,160 And that's some of the best camera work you'll ever see as 466 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,920 well. Like just having the camera 467 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,160 focused on him as he's running back and I think that's where 468 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:31,000 the iconic the X-Men pose of his became comic like, that was that 469 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,200 was it. After that it was just him there 470 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,960 everywhere. Honestly, if the 2007 World Cup, 471 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,520 I didn't introduce child after me, the superstar, then 2009 472 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,200 definitely solidified him like he's this is the guy and I'm 473 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:51,400 honestly Uniscon's captaincy. You don't attribute the uniscon 474 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:56,960 Ness of that team as you do like the 1992 of the Imran Khan is of 475 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,360 that team. But for whatever reason you 476 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:02,840 could say a lot of, there's a lot of theories on why that's 477 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:07,520 the case. He sort of is more forgotten in 478 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,040 that sense. Do you agree with that? 479 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,520 He doesn't. Get the credit he deserves. 480 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,640 There we go. Yeah, when we speak of good 481 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,640 captains in the Pakistan set up, the players who played in Yunus 482 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,200 era mentioned that he was a very he's quite strict on rules, 483 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,440 regulations, discipline and that's sort of why all the 484 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,480 players rioted against him. But I think that world's Cup, 485 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,520 one of the best decisions that Yunus Khan made, that Mohammed 486 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,880 Armour has disclosed is that the selectors at the time did not 487 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,200 want to pick Mohammed Armour. But Yunus Khan put the foot down 488 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,480 and said that I need this 17 year old youngster in my team 489 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,560 and then he used Amir brilliantly. 490 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,280 It was the first time we saw Amir on the big stage, a 17 year 491 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:55,080 old kid just running in hair, flying, balling at 1:45 clicks 492 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,640 and just showing how much of a big match temperament he has. 493 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,920 Yunus Khan gave him the last over in the semi final when he 494 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:07,480 had 15 or 14 to defend and you know just the gall and Yunus 495 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,320 Khan to do that and just the the way that he stepped up, Mohammed 496 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,720 Amir stepped up and made sure that he was in command. 497 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,040 This goes to show that he was a born bred superstar ready to 498 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,800 happen and Eunice really gave him that confidence to make sure 499 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,800 that he pursues that line again. It's the Shahida for the 500 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,920 tournament of it all. That to Marcus, to Jacques 501 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,640 Calis. I still like that's That's a 502 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,280 sticker that I still use every single day. 503 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,360 So context. Jacques Calis is balling to 504 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,080 Shahida Free in the semi final World Cup. 505 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,760 He balls him two bumpers that go straight over Afridi's head. 506 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,680 They're 90 miles an hour, quick, rapid and the next ball 507 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,720 Chylafridis Max. The next two balls actually 508 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,840 Chylafridis Max and for back-to-back forwards and gives 509 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:02,440 him a virtual kiss to the one of the greatest odd hundreds in 510 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:03,840 world's cricket. Jack Callas. 511 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,440 So that just showed the confidence level of what Afridi 512 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:11,760 was and if the 2007 Pakistan team was trying to make a 513 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,360 statement, this team was trying to carry that same team's legacy 514 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,120 and saying hey, we have some unfinished business here. 515 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,080 We were in the final last time but we're here to win at this 516 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,160 time. And there were a few more 517 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,200 important additions in Pakistan's team, one of them 518 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,800 being the introduction of Sayed Ajmal who I think was is one of 519 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,720 Pakistan's greatest T20 Ballers. I It's very hard to make an all 520 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:43,320 time Pakistan T 2011 without the likes of Ajmal Afridi, Umar 521 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,880 Golivan. So to imagine all these guys are 522 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,520 playing the World Cup together. Looking back, it seems like that 523 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:56,320 team was way ahead of its time. Honestly, and just that a lot of 524 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,720 those players in that 2019 would go into an all time P20 player 525 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,880 from 1009. Yeah, it's 19. 526 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,360 Oh I said 19. My bad 2019, 2009 team. 527 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:07,600 That's what I said. Oh team, that's what I said. 528 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,720 The 2009 cricket team of the team Pakistan. 529 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,440 A lot of those players were going to their all time national 530 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,000 team and it shows that they were. 531 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,040 I would, I would say that team today would probably go and give 532 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,880 these boys a hard time. One thing I wanted to discuss is 533 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,200 the 2009 T 20 World Cup was horrible for Team India. 534 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,480 When they came over to the Super Eights, lost every single game 535 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,760 and the team that they played were All Stars. 536 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,760 Gotham, Gambhiro Sharma, Suresh Rayana, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni as 537 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,520 Captain, Yusuf Botan, Efan Botan, Harbhajan, Zahid Khan 538 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,320 like that's and then Nishan Sharma and Pragya and Oja. 539 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,200 These are people. Maybe not Oja, but everybody 540 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,760 else is an all timer for for Team India and they completely 541 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,040 dropped the ball. They were there to defend their 542 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,040 title but couldn't make a path to Super Eights. 543 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,520 Didn't get a single win in that Super Eights tournament. 544 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,520 You. Know what's interesting? 545 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,400 So firstly, OK, this is the first World Cup happening after 546 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,080 the IPL and India doesn't win a single match in the Super 8. 547 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,760 But secondly, I was just thinking about this the other 548 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:16,320 day. Ms. Dhoni has captained India in 549 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:25,720 thousand 7910121416 1600 World Cups and he's won once, so his 550 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,360 winning ratio of winning the 20 World Cups is one of six. 551 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,680 Yeah, and do you think sometimes we're a bit too harsh on 552 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,720 Pakistan captains? Like after one World Cup we 553 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,960 changed them. Or if Baba loses 2 World Cups 554 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,840 back-to-back, we're like, OK, he's not winning anything. 555 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,480 I mean, this is change him. This is the first time a 556 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,520 Pakistani captain is going to captain a Pakistan squad for the 557 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,960 third time at a World Cup. First time ever. 558 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,280 So the point is like, do captains need a longer run like 559 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:55,760 Dhoni had a? In that nine years he was able 560 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,600 to win three trophies. That was Ms. Dhoni though. 561 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,320 Like that's that's a different breed. 562 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,280 If we had an Ms. Dhoni type player then yeah, we would have 563 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,880 definitely done that. Was Imran Khan, the captain of 564 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,200 the 83 World Cup as well. I can't remember. 565 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,160 I don't think so. I think it's going. 566 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,200 To be 87, he was. 87 and 92 was simran. 83 might be me though 567 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,960 actually. Yeah, again, I mean, Imran Khan 568 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,560 didn't get a three term World Cup series. 569 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,920 So this is the first time that it is for Pakistan that a 570 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,000 Pakistani captain will go in and captain it three times. 571 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,600 I just want to again just touch base a little bit on 2009 World 572 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,680 Cup Group A. This is Group A, India, Ireland 573 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,240 and Bangladesh. I mean it was set up for India 574 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,040 to go back back-to-back, but they threw it in, man. 575 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,720 I don't know. That's why I kind of kind of 576 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,320 hoped that the 2009 World Cup, the only thing I'm missing from 577 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,800 that glory is, is a boxer in India game. 578 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,200 I think that's where they kind of dropped the ball and they try 579 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,320 to make it happen in the Super Eights. 580 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,760 But you know now they're no better to not not separate the 581 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,440 2:00 every single tournament after 2011. 582 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,920 I think they've been in in the same group every single 583 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,640 tournament, and it's a money maker. 584 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,680 Why not? Also, Australia didn't make it 585 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,360 past the first round, which sometimes we forget to look back 586 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:05,760 on. I think they were still trying 587 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,240 to figure out their whole T20 set up, but ultimately in the 588 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,280 final I remember actually the same final. 589 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:18,160 It was the first time we saw Unicom promote Afridi to bite up 590 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,360 the order and he scored a 50I remember he scored like 5 591 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,880 boundaries of Johann Bothas over off the offside, cut shot over 592 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,120 the covers, just really demolishing both a. 593 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,920 Peak. Peak shot after the like, That's 594 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,480 what I mean when I say that this is the guy who who was the 595 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,400 answer and plus in his bowling, he got Herschel Gibbs was 09, 596 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,600 Herschel Gibbs was one of the best. 597 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,520 And also AB de Villiers. So those are like one of the 598 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,840 greatest white ball batsmen from South Africa. 599 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,400 So for Afridi to be just rolling through them? 600 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,360 Pika Fridi. Pika Fridi, man, that's again. 601 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,960 So they defied him as a superstar and the world never 602 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,360 looked back. You know, the greatest of all 603 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,560 time for me when it comes to T 20s was shy of Afridi 100. 604 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,000 Percent the final of that World Cup, I remember we went back to 605 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,000 our puppies house. We had a whole watch party with 606 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,920 all of our cousins. That's one of my highlights and 607 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,920 for Pakistan to have the start that they did. 608 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,320 Abdul Razak gave Pakistan early breakthroughs. 609 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,160 He got you're forgetting Mama Lamir is made in his first over, 610 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,280 first over, insane. One of the greatest first awards 611 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,200 I've seen in an ICC final. For a 17 year old to be bowling 612 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,720 to Dilsan, who was the highest run scorer and eventually the 613 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,120 player of the tournament of that World Cup, it was a clear plan. 614 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:37,120 Ball, short stuff, cutters. Quick bouncers and eventually 615 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,280 the Shawn went for his go to shot, which is kind of like the 616 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,600 Dill scoop but like not as fine as you typically plays it. 617 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,680 I think that's horrible branding for that shot by the the Dill 618 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:46,760 scoop. It never caught on. 619 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,680 It was like, it's a scoop. The Dill Shawn scoop, people 620 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,080 would say. But the Dill scoop, that was not 621 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,600 a thing, ever. Sorry and. 622 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:57,280 It was caught by Shahzeb Hasan. The legend. 623 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,800 Maybe the greatest thing he's done is in his career was take 624 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,640 that catch. Chazeeb Hassan Bro. 625 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:04,680 That was. There was a time where we 626 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,120 believed he was also the answer. But not the answer. 627 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,440 No. The wrong question maybe? 628 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,360 And that was when we realized, like, Mohammed Amir is the real 629 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,760 deal. Yeah, like this kid has a 630 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,200 potential. People are talking about him. 631 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,800 They're saying he's the next Wasim Akram. 632 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,160 Some are saying he was like Wasim Akram was never this good 633 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,920 at his age as what Amir currently was at the time. 634 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,960 One of the things, one of the things that I sort of lament 635 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,520 over, is the fact that Scherbakter never got to play a 636 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,080 team in the World Cup. That's true, because OK, one of 637 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,400 the highlights of the last World Cup was that Scherbakter had hit 638 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,680 Muhammad Asif with a bat. I think there was a fight 639 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,960 between Afridi and Scherbakter and Muhammad Asif was laughing. 640 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,960 And eventually Scherbakter was. He was coming off of a a 641 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,800 training session, just bowling at high pace and just threw a 642 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,440 bat at Paul Mlassif. Could have injured him, could 643 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,000 have killed him, some say have. Killed him some. 644 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,240 Say that would have that would that would have been more 645 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,280 beneficial for the Pakistan team? 646 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,120 Nobody in the long run. Nobody's killing. 647 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,400 Anybody but the bat. Schreibacher looks back and says 648 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,760 that I hit him with one bat. I should have hit him twice. 649 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,960 That's such a Schreibacher answer, yeah, but that makes me 650 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,400 sad, man. Like, you know, Schreibacher. 651 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,320 Was he in the 2007 ODIA World Cup? 652 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,239 No, I'll get injured. He only put the 99 World Cup, 653 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,639 2003 World Cup and then straight to 11. 654 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,040 That's like only three World Cups for him. 655 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,800 All three horrible, horrific. Honestly, 2011 was the last time 656 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,280 that boxing went into a semi final, but that semi final was 657 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,760 nothing to talk about. I mean, given Sherbuckter's 658 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:41,000 fitness and his run insurance with the PCB, I've read his book 659 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,920 right here and he talks about that in detail. 660 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,440 So I think looking back for the amount of cricket that 661 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,880 Sherbuckter has played is itself a testament to how mentally 662 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,760 tough he was throughout his career. 663 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,120 The next World Cup was in 2010, the last time the West Indies 664 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,840 hosted a World Cup, and since then it's been about 14 years 665 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,240 since they've hosted another ICC event. 666 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,080 Wonder what happened there? Pick three? 667 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,760 Well yeah, last time West Indies hosted a World Cup. 668 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,400 Historically, Pakistan has been really bad in West Indies and 669 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,880 Pakistan were trying to go back-to-back in this one, 670 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,880 defending their title. The format was the same as the 671 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,960 last two editions, which I think was actually a very beneficial 672 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,200 way to keep the T20 World Cups interesting. 673 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,600 Another World Cup where India part did not face each other and 674 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,360 Pakistan, they just won two of the five matches in the group 675 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:37,160 stage and they qualified like they qualified barely to the 676 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,480 semi finals based off of their net run rate. 677 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,960 I think looking back we think Pakistan had a good World Cup 678 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,280 that that World Cup but it wasn't as good as we remember. 679 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,960 But in the in the final, the semi finals against Australia, 680 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:53,680 we were in the game for 95% of the match. 681 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,360 We batted well, we put run on the board and it was just that 682 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:03,320 last over by Ajmal against Mike Hussie that ruined Pakistan's 683 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,960 chances. Now important to notice here is 684 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,640 that Unas Khan retired from T 20s after the online World Cup 685 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,800 and then Charles Affidi took the captaincy and I think he was 686 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:18,200 trying to use say Ajmal. As to how Wasim Akram used to 687 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,000 use Sakhlan Mustaq back in the 90s, right? 688 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,200 Which is to used him as a death over bowler. 689 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,320 And before that match was working, it was a tried and 690 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,320 tested formula and just Mike as he showed up. 691 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:38,400 I think there was also because T20 was so new the team did not 692 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,880 know. How to use certain players in 693 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,880 certain instances? For example, Salman Butt was 694 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:47,360 still opening for Pakistan in 2010 and AT20 match and that's 695 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,160 crazy to me because Pakistan, I mean the world didn't really 696 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,440 know that they were. There need to be differences 697 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,760 between who the T20 openers or T20 players are going to be or 698 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,280 the other players are going to be and Test players are. 699 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,160 Going to So man, what was the third highest run scorer? 700 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:06,240 Again, like time tells us, that run scoring has not been the 701 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:09,120 right metric of success for a batsman. 702 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,920 Rankings are no, neither are average. 703 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,600 It's the strike rate, obviously. And so man, what goes in is 704 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,960 never on any list for Pakistan's high strike rates. 705 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,720 And this is, it just goes to show that, like, we really 706 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:26,680 hadn't figured it out yet of what was what needed to happen. 707 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,360 And obviously as as the sport grows and as the format keeps 708 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,280 getting played over and over again, it'll get redefined once 709 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,600 again. Like this IPL of the 2024 IPL is 710 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,320 insane. Like the average score is like 711 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,000 210 per in, per innings. And maybe that's the way it goes 712 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,680 forward. But you know, at that time, at 713 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,880 that moment it was still like, yeah, we're going to keep the 714 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,080 same ODI squad, maybe we'll find it a little bit, but not really 715 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:53,800 have particular T20 set bowlers or batsmen and I think that's 716 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,800 interesting this. Was also the first World Cup for 717 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,640 Pakistan was without Umar Gul. Umar Gul who is the highest 718 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,120 wicket taker of the last two World Cups and played an 719 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,120 instrumental role in being a death over bowler for Pakistan. 720 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:10,200 I think Umar Gul is up there with the likes of Malinga and 721 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,600 Bumrah with being some of the one of the best T20 death over 722 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,720 Ballers like the way he could have gotten to reverse swing the 723 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,840 ball. And I I personally believe that 724 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,360 Umar Gul he reinvented the Yoga for Pakistan since Wakar Yunus 725 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,960 Shoei Bakhtar Wasim Akram retired, he was the one that 726 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,600 sort of brought it back and made it a more popular thing in in 727 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,400 Pakistan. Yeah man, his reverse swing 728 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,360 yorkers were just unplayable and honestly a sight to see. 729 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,040 I missed them and Pakistan would would do good for someone like 730 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,960 that. I think Vasim Junior sort of has 731 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,600 that Umar goal variety where his yorkers are lethal as well when 732 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:49,680 he gets them right. But again, so yeah, 2010 World 733 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:50,240 Cup. Who won that? 734 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,280 Australia face England in the final again, a treat for the ICC 735 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,160 two, one of two of the biggest rivals going into the finals. 736 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,320 And it's so sad because Australia beat us only to lose 737 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,320 against England in the final. Like bro, you should have let us 738 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,800 gone through and we could have given a better shot at the 739 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,360 world. Cup and it didn't even like 740 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,680 challenge England properly. 147 runs in the final. 741 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,760 They chased it in 17. Craig Keeswetter, remember him? 742 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,520 Yeah, Good keeper, 63. He scored off 49 and he'd play 743 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,760 the match as well. It was one of those things where 744 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,720 I was like, if you're going to go and do that then less, you 745 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,200 know, Parkson probably would have steamrolled that England 746 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,440 team. But you know. 747 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,760 Kevin Peterson was a player of the series and that that was 748 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,040 sort of the first tournament we saw him and the world recognized 749 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,120 that this guy is a good T20 impactful batsman. 750 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,960 And ever since then he was like a favorites of all the leagues 751 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,720 in the world. That happened since. 752 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,160 Yeah, and his attitude in the game of cricket is also 753 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,800 commended by. I love the way he thinks about 754 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,360 the game. It's just that aggression 755 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,000 mindset that's actually a really fun viral clip. 756 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,480 I urge everybody to check it out. 757 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,520 He was on the Graham Norton Show and on the couch with him next 758 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,240 to him was Taylor Swift. And they were talking about some 759 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,520 scandal about some Test match and you could clearly see 760 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,000 theater. So it's like checked out And 761 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,040 Graham Norton asks Sarah, say, you know, are you following? 762 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,080 And she's like, yeah, something about a chess match. 763 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:16,720 And I'm like, wow, this is like pure cricket, like it'll go into 764 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,640 the museums of. Cricket this moment right here. 765 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,680 So you know Kevin Peterson, KP. Like the guy who's explaining 766 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,680 cricket to somebody who doesn't know anything about cricket and 767 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,520 you explain to them what Test cricket is. 768 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,160 Yeah, it's insane. Like. 769 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:33,960 We we did a reel for the Blue Jays recently and this one guy 770 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,880 was trying to explain it and he and his explanation got lost. 771 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,000 Three day thing. It's an over ball, under ball. 772 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,360 Yeah, it's just insane. Fun times, man. 773 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:49,200 Fun times. 2012 we go to Sri Lanka and same format as the 774 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,360 last three editions and it was the first World Cup where we saw 775 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,840 spin play a huge role and it was the first World Cup where Ajanta 776 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:01,800 Mendes, the famous finger spinner from Sri Lanka made a 777 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,560 mark. He was the he had the most 778 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,560 wickets and Shane Watson was the player of the tournament for 779 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,240 having the second most wickets and the most runs. 780 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:15,160 So Shane Watson was at peak, Shane Watson taking wickets, 781 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,720 scoring runs and just having that beast mentality that he 782 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,200 has. One thing about Shane Watson, Is 783 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,040 he the greatest Australian all rounder of all time or one of? 784 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,240 That's a good question. That's a good question. 785 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,640 Pace bowling on her, Likely. I can't think of anybody else 786 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,800 who bats as good as him, Who bowled as good as him. 787 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,720 He opened for Australia at one point as well he did. 788 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:39,000 He also like towards the later half of his career, also played 789 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,840 as middle or batsman on. Going on with him and I, I'd 790 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,280 never been able to pinpoint exactly where he fits in like 791 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,640 the the lexicon or the arsenal of the Australian attack. 792 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,480 But yeah, interesting player. 2012 World Cup. 793 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,400 Not really my highlight, honestly. 794 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,240 It becomes a little bit of a blur for me. 795 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,280 You take this one, You take this one away. 796 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,600 I think one of my highlights from a Pakistan point of view 797 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,800 was our game against South Africa where Pakistan was I 798 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,920 think around like 74, seven and Omar Gold walks in and just 799 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:15,040 plays the like one of the most blinder of innings that you will 800 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,280 ever, ever see in cricket. He is smashing the likes of 801 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:22,280 Albie Morkel more, De Morkel's Dale Stain. 802 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,760 He scores an impact for like 33 and just brings Pakistan back 803 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:31,680 into that match towards the end. After he gets out then he's 9 804 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,280 off 6. Omar Ghul hits a six, Omar Akmal 805 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,880 hits a six. Sorry I got lost in the in the 806 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,080 Omers and then in the end Pakistan needs like 2 off 3 807 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:46,440 balls and Ajmal Ed is it towards thirds man and Pakistan wins 808 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,040 that match. It was also the first World Cup 809 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:55,160 since O 7 where Pakistan faced India and we got to see the the 810 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,640 brilliance of Virat Kohli. I knew and improved Virat Kohli 811 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:03,520 and Virat Kohli who would go on to play much more match winning 812 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,560 innings for India against Pakistan. 813 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:07,840 He loves playing against Pakistan. 814 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,920 In that match particularly, he scored 78 off 61 balls. 815 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,760 And if you forgot, he also took a wicket off 21 balls. 816 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,360 I want to see who got out. He got Mohammed. 817 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,800 If he's bold, brilliant. Who would have thought? 818 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,400 Part timer, Mohammed, if he's that doesn't add up at all. 819 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,520 Virat Kohli, ball 3. Overs 1 wicket for 21 runs. 820 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,680 I think this was the World Cup where Virat Kohli sort of, well, 821 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:31,600 he hadn't already announced himself international cricket, 822 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,600 but he was starting to get this accolades now. 823 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,640 Like he had the most runs this, this World Cup. 824 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,640 He's 319. Runs through 19 and an average 825 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,040 of 106. Striker of almost 130. 826 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,680 Like he was just on freaking fireman. 827 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:48,720 And this is where the legacy of the World Cups start cementing 828 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:50,960 themselves, especially against against Pakistan, against Virat 829 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,440 Kohli. Pakistan has always been like, 830 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,960 you know, here you go, Sir, the king, here's your crown. 831 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:59,560 He dropped it. And this is the first of many 832 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,080 defeats of that nature. The one thing that I will say 833 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:08,840 that after this World Cup, I mean the 2011 World Cup wasn't 834 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,800 really tight, but after the 2007 final that Pakistan, India 835 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,960 played, every single Pakistan, India encounter at a World Cup 836 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,920 has been one sided and it's been usually the side of India. 837 00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,880 And it's just it's not been fun. If I'm being honest, you can't 838 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,400 look back and be like, oh, that moment was insane. 839 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:30,240 Until again, sort of pushing myself to the edge here and and 840 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:35,400 forward-looking until the 2022 T 20 World Cup, which you know, 841 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,400 arguably has one of the best T20 matches of all time ever played. 842 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,280 But yeah, like again, nothing to say about here. 130 off 20 843 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:45,920 overs. I hate the Box 9 team so much 844 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,280 because even at that moment I was like, we might be able to 845 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,040 defend this, but it wasn't happening. 846 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,200 Pakistan barely made it to the semis. 847 00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:56,800 They were just above India in terms of net run rate. 848 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,480 And there was a moment I remember, I think India was 849 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,920 facing South Africa. India beat South Africa but they 850 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,760 had to beat South Africa by a big margin for them to qualify 851 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,240 ahead of Pakistan for the semis. You keep saying South Africa, 852 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,280 South Africa was not in our group. 853 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,280 I was you. I think you're looking at a 854 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,480 different World Cup then. I think I'm looking at 20. 855 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,120 What am I looking at 2012? Barack Kohli was not the highest 856 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:19,960 one scorer. It was Jake. 857 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:21,000 Watson. My bad, man. 858 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,720 I think you're getting again a bit. 2014 Yeah, I was looking at 859 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:26,120 the wrong stats, but same similar similar vibes. 860 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,960 There was a moment in the match where I think India was bowling 861 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,360 and there's Barack Kohli and behind him it says India win the 862 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,280 match but Pakistan qualify for the same final. 863 00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,400 And I remember that picture went viral on all the Pakistan 864 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:45,240 Facebook meme pages at the time. Pakistan ghost is that means 865 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:51,040 they were unable to chase 139 against Sri Lanka. 866 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,040 They were sixteen runs short. And I've I just watched the the 867 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,080 highlights of that match yesterday and I could not 868 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,400 believe how Pakistan bottled that chase. 869 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,520 Pretty straightforward. Less than 7 and over and 870 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,800 Pakistan was having a pretty huge batting lineup. 871 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,200 Imran Nazir's there. Nazism shade was playing. 872 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,280 Mohammad Afiz was captain Kamar Akmal. 873 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:15,440 Shui Malek, Umar Akmal Shahidi. So it's a mirror and we were not 874 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:20,000 able to chase down 140. Another try there for the Golden 875 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,120 Duck in a very important match. Like, what do you say about 876 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:26,160 that? Like, again, love the man. 877 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:28,520 Give yourself some time on the crease. 878 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,240 Like, what do you just decide that he's a bowling hole under 879 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:32,760 that was that moment. You're right. 880 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,480 So that was that moment where he was like, you know what, I'm not 881 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,560 really much of A batsman. I'm more of a bowler. 882 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,400 So. But why would you still Golden 883 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:39,360 Ball? Like, I don't even know. 884 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:42,320 Like this is like my frustration with him and this is the push 885 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,080 and pull love story, the toxic love story that Shahid Afridi 886 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,040 fans have with him is like, we know you could do it. 887 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,320 We know you can. We've seen you done it. 888 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,280 Do it before to take your time man. 889 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,080 And and. Somehow, since this 110 World 890 00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,880 Cup, Mohammed Lafiz became captain of this World Cup and 891 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,680 just again from an Indian point of view, this was the third 892 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,720 World Cup in a row since they won. 893 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,960 Since the IPL happened where India was knocked out in the 894 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,760 first round, they couldn't even make top 4. 895 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,240 But I think the kind of boxing kind of blew up the entire 896 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:19,160 system after 2011 semi final loss in the ODI World Cup, where 897 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,040 Shia Dafni get stripped of not only the captaincy of the ODI 898 00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:24,400 World Cup but which goes to Mizbah. 899 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:31,320 The T20 goes to 2012's sorry, two T 22,012's captaincy goes to 900 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,600 mom with the fees. And that was just like Shia Daf 901 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,200 really not being able to retain it. 902 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:39,440 And now I was too young to truly understand what the politics was 903 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:42,040 of the captaincy and how it gets transferred from one person to 904 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,520 the other. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't 905 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,160 be surprised if something of that nature happened. 906 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,400 Also, wasn't Chad RFID at complete odds with the PCB? 907 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:50,920 Chairman at the time, Jazz Bud, I believe. 908 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,040 And so you know, when you look back in history, it's a no 909 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:55,760 brainer that RFID wasn't captaining it. 910 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:59,120 That whole five year period between 2010 to 15. 911 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,440 Afridi and Misbah were just playing like musical Chariots 912 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,360 for the captaincy for white block cricket at least. 913 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:08,480 So yeah, just typical box on cricket. 914 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:13,800 Instability, uncertainty. But my highlight from that World 915 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,520 Cup is when W Indies beat Sri Lanka. 916 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:20,800 Now Sri Lanka again was not able to chase 138 in the final. 917 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,600 Would have been fitting for Mahila and Sangha to finally win 918 00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:28,680 their first ICC trophy in Sri Lanka at their home turf. 919 00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,520 But W Indies came through the first World Cup they won. 920 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,240 Is that the World Cup of the Darren? 921 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,880 The Gangnam Style, was that the Gangnam Style? 922 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,520 Yeah, it was when the the Gangnam Style was the most 923 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:44,520 viewed video on YouTube and that dance was going viral all over 924 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:46,640 the Internet. I remember now and this is the 925 00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:50,680 game where you know, W Indies won the match and they did. 926 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,680 The whole team did the Gangnam Style and it just became it 927 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,560 further made that whole thing go even more vital. 928 00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:01,120 Look this did looking at this W Indies team All Stars through 929 00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:02,880 and through. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels, 930 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,800 Dwayne Bravo, Karen Pollard, peak of his powers, Andre 931 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,880 Russell, peak of his powers, Jane, Sammy, Dinesh Ramdan, 932 00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,400 Sunil, Narayan Ravi, Ram, Paul with Samuel. 933 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,880 But like all Time Team, all time West Indies C20 team. 934 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,520 A lot of these players I can go into that and no brainer that 935 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:20,520 they want. But you know it's always fun to 936 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,760 see W Indies win this stuff just because they're such a like an 937 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,320 island country and we always rate them out. 938 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:31,280 There's so much behind the scenes politics that goes on in 939 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,960 their system as well. The fact that they produce this 940 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:39,840 win and then another one in the future, I'm happy for them. 2014 941 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,000 we go to Bangladesh and the four match changes here a bit. 942 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,720 There's sixteen teams and then the the top 10. 943 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:51,600 Go for a Super 10 and ICC, being smart, put India and Boggs on 944 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,560 the same stage. This is the World Cup where how 945 00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:56,920 much is odd. Scored a century against 946 00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,920 Bangladesh and he became the first Pakistani matchman to 947 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:05,360 score 100 in all three formats. Now yes, throw up. 948 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,200 It was a decent role to try because we we beat Bangladesh. 949 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:12,120 We also beat an informed Australian side and I remember I 950 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,120 think Omar Uppal scored 90 odd in that match. 951 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:19,560 So our Pakistan team was looking in good hands up until we faced 952 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,920 India and then that horrible, horrible match against West 953 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:27,120 Indies. Pakistan had the game under 954 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,960 control for the first half of for the 1st 15 overs of the 955 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:35,800 first innings against W Indies. And then Dwayne Bravo and Darren 956 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:42,520 Sammy cumulatively scored 88 of four to six balls and that just 957 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,000 took the game away from us. And then there was a pretty 958 00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:50,760 decent opening spell from some this guy called Santoki Krishmar 959 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,760 Santoki I. Feel like he's implanting 960 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,560 memories in my head that I don't even remember I have. 961 00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,000 But please continue. And then Samuel Buzzi had a good 962 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,880 spell. Pakistan was like 44, four, 963 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,320 maybe even less than that. And we were never we were. 964 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:02,480 We weren't able to chase that score. 965 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:06,360 Pakistan gets blown out, loose to India, loose to West Indies, 966 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:08,480 out of the World Cup. They come back. 967 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,520 Mama Zafiz resigns. Because this man actually has 968 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,560 some. Sort of sorry. 969 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,760 Integrity, integrity, and he says, you know, I take 970 00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,760 responsibility. We lost because of me and I am 971 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,320 going to step down from the captaincy and then it goes to 972 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:25,160 Shah Alfidi back. A criminal 19. 973 00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:27,120 Ball 32. A third 32. 974 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:31,320 Ball 19 from home of the fees in that game against W Indies where 975 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:33,680 Pakistan was not able to chase under 67. 976 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:38,040 It's absolute carnage. Santoki where you at bro? 977 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:39,360 Come on the pod, let's talk about it. 978 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:44,200 Yeah, like again no reason for this team to lose all time. 979 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,560 Pakistan team was playing as well then we tried that for 980 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,960 these there. Umar Akmal. 981 00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:53,200 This is the time where Cameron Akmal had become the Pakistan 982 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:57,480 national team opener. Tough days for us, but you know 983 00:51:57,720 --> 00:52:00,840 he had a moment where he was actually striking the ball 984 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:06,480 really well, especially against Australia, and just dark days 985 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,440 were beginning to happen. You could see the clouds coming 986 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,800 in for boxing cricket. Omar Gold was back from his 987 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,760 injury and just like to be transparent. 988 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,680 I just don't think he was the same baller since he came back 989 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:18,520 from his. I think he had ankle issues or 990 00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:19,800 knee issues. He went. 991 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:22,680 For 29 runs in those two overs that he bowled in that match. 992 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,240 Yeah, so exactly like he was never the same bowler again. 993 00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:30,800 And Pakistan just they tried to give him multiple opportunities. 994 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,840 But again, he was just never the same bowler since his injuries. 995 00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:38,080 So Pakistan lost, but this was the World Cup where Virat Kohli 996 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:40,040 actually came in. This was the World Cup where I 997 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,280 was actually announced himself. Sorry. 998 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:45,040 So again, I feel. The people are offended from the 999 00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:46,240 previous 10 minutes. I apologize. 1000 00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:47,920 They're looking at the wrong stat board. 1001 00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:50,480 But yes, this is the World Cup where Virat Kohli comes in and 1002 00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:54,480 says this is my game and and his rise starts from what, 2014 to 1003 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,480 20/19/20 that that's five to 60. Period, I mean. 1004 00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,280 Till today, I mean the peak. Peak. 1005 00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:01,960 I'm talking about where the naysayers. 1006 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,640 There were no critics, there were only fans. 1007 00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:08,880 Peak only was 16171819. Yes, that was like this is where 1008 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,440 the ascent starts. This is where the curve. 1009 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:13,840 Goes Jordan 9697. Yeah, 98. 1010 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,040 Yep. I would agree with that, 1011 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,800 definitely. And yeah, even though he goes on 1012 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:19,960 and he's still like, he was their highest C20, Yeah, he was 1013 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,840 the highest run scorer of this World Cup, the 2023 one that 1014 00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,520 just passed. Man, this, this Koli was 1015 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:28,560 different. You know, he was probably single 1016 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,880 at the time. Aggression, this pure fire 1017 00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:34,440 needed the place to get it out. And the crease, the pop 1018 00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:39,920 increase, was where Bernard Koli cemented his place as the king, 1019 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:41,560 and nobody can take that away from him. 1020 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:45,240 Hello cricket and baseball fans. 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Mohit Sharma And they were just 1041 00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:53,280 up against Malinga towards the end. 1042 00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:57,040 And one of the things that stand out about that final is Javad 1043 00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:04,520 Singh's 21 ball 11, which made him one of the most hated man in 1044 00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:06,760 all of India because of that innings. 1045 00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:10,000 I felt bad for him, just he it seemed like he was trying his 1046 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,760 best to hit out of the park. But he was ultimately he was 1047 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:17,240 missing full tosses. Even the ball he got out was was 1048 00:55:17,240 --> 00:55:19,760 a full toss. So he struggled. 1049 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:22,760 Plus Ms. Dhoni struggled like Ms. Sword 4 off 7. 1050 00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:27,040 So if you combine your rods and Dhoni's numbers, they scored 15 1051 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:31,320 off 28 balls together in the final of the World Cup. 1052 00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:33,040 Criminal. Totally criminal. 1053 00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:36,840 And I remember I was watching a podcast with UV what I think it 1054 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:39,040 was on the Ren Reesing show. Ren reesing. 1055 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,960 Is that anything his? Yeah, his show. 1056 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:42,000 Beer biceps. Beer biceps. 1057 00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:43,040 There we go. He follows us. 1058 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:44,400 Try not to beer biceps. Love you guys. 1059 00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:48,760 And he was like, I I don't understand the hate like I I was 1060 00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:52,560 at one moment the most loved cricketer especially 2009 World 1061 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:53,480 Cup man. That was all him. 1062 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,640 And from him from going there to like in a couple of years just 1063 00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:00,640 to being that guy. I mean that must have taken a 1064 00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:03,080 toll in India. Like you think you get you think 1065 00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:04,840 we get hate. But when the Indians come in 1066 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,040 their, their vitriol is at like a next level and and I feel it 1067 00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,880 for him. I think that was tough. 1068 00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:12,440 That was that was a tough beat for India. 1069 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:18,000 And you will see this narrative being repeated multiple Times 1070 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,880 Now because 2013 was the last time that India won an ICC 1071 00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:26,600 Trophy and after this this narrative of India making it to 1072 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,520 the finals, making it to the play offs will come back again 1073 00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:33,040 and again and again. And I'm just happy for my boys 1074 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,040 Sangakkara. I think Kumar Sangakkara is one 1075 00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:40,560 of the most stylish players that the game has ever seen. 1076 00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:46,240 And I I feel bad for that era of the Sri Lankan team with the 1077 00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:49,920 Malingas, the Murli's, the Sangas, the, the Jaivar Dines, 1078 00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,240 Dilshan. Like that team is just like one 1079 00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:56,800 of the greatest teams that Sri Lanka had ever produced. 1080 00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,680 And they were just, they came so close so many times, 2011 World 1081 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:05,280 Cup, 2000, the final 2007 World Cup, 2012 World Cup and then 1082 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,680 this one. And I think I'm just happy that 1083 00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,520 they got their flowers because they deserved it especially I 1084 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:15,680 remember I was a little bit of a tangent but when Sangha and JA 1085 00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:17,320 Rudden retired it was the same Test match. 1086 00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,800 It was very similar to the the the miss miss you. 1087 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,600 Yeah but they retired together as well and I was just like 1088 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,160 choked up man. And honestly since their 1089 00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,880 retirement they really haven't really found a footing properly 1090 00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:35,240 and and they were holding this team on the backbones for a long 1091 00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,680 time because I'm pretty sure their back hurt and it was time 1092 00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:41,600 to let them go. I think I still watch Kumar 1093 00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:45,360 Sankara's innings from time to time and he's one of my favorite 1094 00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:47,920 keepers of all time, one of my favorite left-handed batsmen of 1095 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:52,640 all time and his cover drive. People keep calling out Babar 1096 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:56,800 Azam and people keep calling out Birat Goli and Joe Root for 1097 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,560 having some of the best cover drives of all time. 1098 00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:01,720 Nothing beats Simulacarra's cover drive. 1099 00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:04,160 It was. It felt like it was a mirrored 1100 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:07,480 emotion of what you were feeling and as soon as the ball hit the 1101 00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,920 middle of the bat you knew it was racing to the boundaries. 1102 00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:14,600 And I think my personal opinion is watching cricket in England 1103 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,000 is probably the best way to watch it. 1104 00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:20,400 And watching any Test match that Sri Lanka was playing against 1105 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:25,400 England at home and you would just see that cover drive come 1106 00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:28,400 in and it just man, it just gives me goosebumps still. 1107 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,160 And Sunja, I love you. Come on the pod if you ever want 1108 00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:32,720 to. But this was the tournament that 1109 00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:36,760 I think they deserve to win, and I'm glad that it did. 1110 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,240 Well said, going to 2016, the World Cup goes to India and the 1111 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,480 format is again the Super 10, Pakistan, India. 1112 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:46,000 At this point, ICC just knows at this. 1113 00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:47,800 Point This is also the first time that India is hosting this 1114 00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:50,120 this World Cup. Yes, the first time the 20 World 1115 00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:54,240 Cup is being hosted by India, Pakistan is put in the same 1116 00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,120 group as India. They face off. 1117 00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,280 They're smart now, right? Marketing Team finalists clicked 1118 00:58:58,280 --> 00:58:59,680 in. They face off in Kolkata. 1119 00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:01,560 They make the whole match a celebration. 1120 00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:05,040 They call in Imran Khan as a special guest. 1121 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,000 There's sunny Galaskar, There's Sachin there. 1122 00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,280 I I remember Vasimakram was there for commentary regarding 1123 00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:16,080 Unis was Pakistan's coach. So arguably 3 of Pakistan's 1124 00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:18,800 greatest fast bowlers of all time, one of our greatest 1125 00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:23,280 captains was in that ground. So wonderful celebration of the 1126 00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:26,160 game connected in the two countries together, but just a 1127 00:59:26,160 --> 00:59:29,440 horrible game for Pakistan. We completely misread the pitch. 1128 00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:33,560 We played one less spinner Iman Lassim was on the bench whereas 1129 00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:37,920 Ms. Dhoni was getting wicked overs out of Suresh Raina and 1130 00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:43,520 they had Jadeja playing as well. So again, another exhibition by 1131 00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:46,920 Virat Kohli and showing why he is the best of the best. 1132 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:50,600 Showing up in one of the most pressure matches in world 1133 00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:53,560 cricket, scoring A50 while Sachin is in the crowd. 1134 00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,720 And then you know, tapping and showing his bat when he once he 1135 00:59:56,720 --> 01:00:01,000 gets to A50 to Sachin. But one of the craziest moments 1136 01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:04,560 of that match was when Mohammad Sami, not Mohammad Shami. 1137 01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:08,840 Mohammad Sami of all players gets 2 wickets and two balls. 1138 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:12,480 Me and you were watching that match at Ryerson University with 1139 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:16,240 Indians and Pakistani students and just the silence of the 1140 01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:18,880 crowd when India had lost Chikkadhawan. 1141 01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:22,520 And Suresh Rayna back-to-back deliveries, it felt like we 1142 01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:25,160 might have some chance. I just think that was such a 1143 01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:27,760 missed opportunity for that Pakistan team. 1144 01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:30,120 Again, that was a Pakistan team that was in the middle of a 1145 01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:32,960 rebuild, like it was the end of Shahid Alfredi. 1146 01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:37,000 It was the end of a lot of these big players that would like, you 1147 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,840 know, see the sunset over their careers after that tournament. 1148 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:44,760 I just think a few more runs, man, and you could have probably 1149 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,720 come back with a win. Ramallah Khan is in the stadium. 1150 01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:51,720 Everybody like you have legacy players like legends out there, 1151 01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,680 royalty, cricket, royalty sitting in the stands watching 1152 01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:56,520 you and you. You bottled it so bad. 1153 01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:02,040 And again, this becomes the, this becomes the sort of thesis 1154 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:05,160 of the box on cricket team for the next few years after that. 1155 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,280 Like this is the inception of just a horrible, horrible run. 1156 01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:11,600 That box on goes on and this I guess it starts from here. 1157 01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,440 One thing that we haven't mentioned yet is this is the 1158 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:17,000 tournament that put Afghanistan on the map. 1159 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:20,080 Afghanistan came in for the qualifiers. 1160 01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:24,840 They won all three games and then they that was the team that 1161 01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:28,320 people were very excited about. They won one game and the Group 1162 01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:31,480 One stages where where they played, but this is where 1163 01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:32,400 didn't. They be West Indies. 1164 01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:33,800 I think they beat the West Indies, yes. 1165 01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:37,360 And this is where, like, you got the likes of Nabi coming in, you 1166 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:40,320 get the likes of Rashid Khan coming in, you get those people 1167 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:42,560 start becoming household names. They're getting picked at these 1168 01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:44,560 big, big leagues. They're playing with the PSL, 1169 01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:48,240 they're playing for the IPL now. And you're like, OK, so maybe 1170 01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:52,400 the Afghanistan team maybe a bit premature for Test cricket, 1171 01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:55,120 maybe a bit premature for ODI cricket, but this format suits 1172 01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:57,040 them so well that on their day they can beat anybody. 1173 01:01:57,560 --> 01:02:00,680 The the highlight of this World Cup, I think this this might be 1174 01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:06,880 my favorite World Cup of all the World Cups was the song that DJ 1175 01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:09,520 Bravo made. It was the Champion Happened 1176 01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,680 Champion song. It went viral before the World 1177 01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:17,240 Cup happened and just to top it all off W Indies goes through 1178 01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:21,240 and against all odds, even against their own cricket board, 1179 01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:26,680 they go on to win the World Cup. And like when World Cups happen 1180 01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:30,960 back in those days the West Indies team was like Darren 1181 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:34,480 Sammy was the Samuel L Jackson and he just brings in all the 1182 01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,160 vendors together. Chris Gill comes back. 1183 01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:41,400 They had Andre, Russell, Johnson, Charles, they had 1184 01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:46,080 Samuel Buttery playing just an all round great Dwayne Bravo W 1185 01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:49,520 Indies team. I think the greatest playoff run 1186 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:53,720 in my opinion was this W Indies team in the 2016 World Cup and 1187 01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:58,880 the way they beat India, the way they beat England, I mean 1188 01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,280 iconic. And I think that also sort of 1189 01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:07,040 put my boy who was the commentator in the final again, 1190 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,320 Ian Bishop, Ian Bishop on the map. 1191 01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,480 Ian Bishop became in my opinion, the greatest commentator after 1192 01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:15,480 that. Ian Smith is still a close 1193 01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:17,880 second after the 2019 World Cup. Nasir Hussain. 1194 01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,400 Nasir Hussain is just like Nasir Hussain. 1195 01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:25,600 Bumble, bumble. Those guys are just like just 1196 01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:28,640 great, like, you know, like solid commentators. 1197 01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:30,600 Whenever you go to these people, they're like great. 1198 01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:34,280 But man, you when you, when you talk about a League of Their 1199 01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:38,800 own, Ian Bishop is there, Ian Smith is there, and I think this 1200 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,280 is where put him on the map with the whole remember the name 1201 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:44,000 thing. Carlos Brathwaite, the pinnacle 1202 01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:46,240 of his career. I don't think he'll ever, I 1203 01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:49,880 don't think he has ever gone back to that, to the heights of 1204 01:03:49,880 --> 01:03:53,040 that moment. But just looking at what Weston 1205 01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:55,480 was able to do with the odds that they were presented, 1206 01:03:55,880 --> 01:04:00,920 beating an inform India in India insane and then going on and 1207 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:05,800 beating England who, you know, Ben Stokes. 1208 01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:08,160 We look at him in a very different light now because we 1209 01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:10,920 have the axis of history with us. 1210 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:14,080 But there was two ways that Ben Stokes could have flipped his 1211 01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:15,080 Curry. Either he would have been one of 1212 01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:17,440 those people that got hit for four sixes in the final over, or 1213 01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:20,640 he would have been Ben freaking Stokes that he is now, and this 1214 01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:23,400 shows the character of who that person was that he didn't let a 1215 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,920 moment like that go down. But when it comes down to just 1216 01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:30,120 the pure energy and joy that the West Indian team brings, this is 1217 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:33,280 the pinnacle of that. We all said. 1218 01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:35,000 I think what what? What can I do, man? 1219 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:39,120 All I do is talk. I think that World Cup was 1220 01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:42,600 important for West Indies cricket because that was their 1221 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:45,800 third ICC Trophy that year. They had won the Under 19 World 1222 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:49,520 Cup, the women's team had won a World Cup and then W Indies 1223 01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:52,200 men's team, they go on to win a World Cup. 1224 01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:55,560 So I think it was after a very long time. 1225 01:04:55,560 --> 01:05:00,320 We saw W Indies Cricket peak and we acknowledged that the West 1226 01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:02,960 Indies team could be a dangerous team. 1227 01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:05,960 They're almost like a Pakistan team, where you never really 1228 01:05:05,960 --> 01:05:08,920 know which W Indies team can show up with their mercurial 1229 01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:12,160 side. The semi final, Virat Kohli 1230 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:13,960 plays one of the most outstanding innings, I think, I 1231 01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:15,800 think his second best T20 innings. 1232 01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:18,200 I would disagree. The second best 220 innings is 1233 01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:20,160 the game he played is the innings he played against 1234 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:26,720 Australia in that same World Cup where he scored 82 and single 1235 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:31,760 handedly chased the match for India 82 off 51 balls against a 1236 01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:36,240 balding attack that had Josh Hazelwood, Nathan Coulter, Nile 1237 01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:41,320 Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa and he is Viraz 1238 01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:43,440 Kohli, the Chase Master. That's where he got the name. 1239 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:46,880 And then he topped that innings with the innings against Bogasan 1240 01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:49,880 in the last 200. World Cups again we're rushing 1241 01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:53,600 to the to the recent matches but fine the third best innings I 1242 01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:55,760 think because because he comes in he he wants to make sure that 1243 01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:59,640 India has a score that is that's totally this demoralizes the 1244 01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:03,680 opponents and he did that with 89 out of 47190 strike rate. 1245 01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:07,680 This 11 fours 1/6 completely takes the game to the one side 1246 01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:10,960 and then you have to realize that W Indies were 19 for two in 1247 01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,000 three overs. The game, the the point where 1248 01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:14,960 India lost the match was the two no balls. 1249 01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,040 It was one from Ashwin. It was I think Lendell Simmons 1250 01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:20,520 was caught and then it was it became a no ball, so it was a 1251 01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:24,960 free hit which goes for six and then even just with Bumrah or 1252 01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:26,240 some other baller balls in a ball. 1253 01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,680 And those two no balls were one of the game changing moments of 1254 01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:33,160 that World Cup. Then Simmons hits 82 off 51160. 1255 01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:36,440 Strike rate. Andre Russell, the greatest hits 1256 01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:40,440 43 off 20, but 4444 sixes and three fours. 1257 01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:43,800 We actually, we met Andre Russell in the GT20 last year 1258 01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:47,800 and we asked him a question in the presser which was are you 1259 01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:49,280 looking forward to playing for West Indies? 1260 01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:53,080 And he was so open to it and he actually single handedly turned 1261 01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:55,840 the game around for the Montreal Tigers last year at the GT20 as 1262 01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,560 well. So we've seen Andre Russell do 1263 01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,640 this IRL. This was just, you know, his 1264 01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:03,000 history talking to himself. Yeah, and then go to the World 1265 01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:06,800 Cup in the UA, The COVID world. Cup Oh man, so wait 2000. 16 was 1266 01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:09,880 the last time we had the T20 World Cup and then no World Cup 1267 01:07:09,880 --> 01:07:14,000 at the 18? No, no 2018 World Cup. 17 was 1268 01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:17,040 the Champions Trophy, so 18. There was no ICC event, 19 was 1269 01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:21,960 the 19 was the ODI World Cup. And then 2020 was supposed to be 1270 01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:24,200 the T20 World Cup in Australia. In Australia. 1271 01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:26,000 But. Because of COVID it got pushed 1272 01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:30,760 back to the next year and also got removed to the UAE because 1273 01:07:30,760 --> 01:07:34,640 just because of the COVID bubbles and all the restrictions 1274 01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,800 it was a lot easier to manage The World Cup happening in the 1275 01:07:37,800 --> 01:07:41,920 UAE 3 ground three grounds Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and the way 1276 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:44,880 ground. So for the ICT became a bit 1277 01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:46,720 easier to manage it a. Lot of that happened in in 1278 01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:51,320 between though Exactly 2016 or 2021 we saw in terms of Pakistan 1279 01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:55,680 cricket team, we saw the rise of Surfraz and then the fall of 1280 01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:59,520 Surfraz between that time. The rises of Frost comes in 2017 1281 01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:03,120 when he wins the Champions Trophy, beating India again. 1282 01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,120 People say there's not a single podcast. 1283 01:08:05,120 --> 01:08:06,680 We do, but they're talking about that. 1284 01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:08,200 And you know what? We won't. 1285 01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:12,760 We will keep talking about that because why not the Champions 1286 01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:16,680 Trophy 2017 Riser, Surfraz and then Surfraz sort of on a high 1287 01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:21,560 from 817-1819, One of the most successful T20 captains for 1288 01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:26,000 Pakistan of all time, right before the 2020 World Cup. 1289 01:08:26,279 --> 01:08:28,840 COVID happens. Box on is not able to go. 1290 01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:32,200 We see the downfall of Surf Raz and by the time the next T20 1291 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:34,720 World Cup comes in Perf Raz is no longer in the team. 1292 01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,279 He's in the reserves. He's in the reserves, he's he's, 1293 01:08:37,399 --> 01:08:42,080 he's bringing out water bottles. And I think we've hinted on this 1294 01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:44,640 topic a little bit and maybe again, this is not the place to 1295 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:45,800 completely go deep dive into this. 1296 01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:49,160 But it is the most unfortunate thing for Box On cricket that 1297 01:08:49,160 --> 01:08:52,120 Surf Raz and him was never able to lead Box on into a T20 World 1298 01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:55,479 Cup. A lot of that goes to just 1299 01:08:55,479 --> 01:08:57,279 timing. Some of that goes to serve as 1300 01:08:57,279 --> 01:08:59,720 his own performance. None of that goes to his ability 1301 01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:02,439 to lead the Pakistan team ever. I think he was one of the great 1302 01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:05,200 Pakistan captains that history will look fondly upon. 1303 01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:09,080 This goes to show that you know, one day you might be the top, 1304 01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:12,000 next day you might not be. But when it comes down to the 1305 01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:15,920 2021 World Cup, probably the best World Cup Pakistan has ever 1306 01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:19,359 had. Ever undefeated World Cup for 1307 01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:22,840 Pakistan cricket team? Break a lot of shackles, Like 1308 01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:25,560 break a lot of stereotypes, break a lot of norms. 1309 01:09:26,319 --> 01:09:31,640 Defeat India in one of the greatest T20 matches for a 1310 01:09:31,640 --> 01:09:35,279 Pakistan team ever? Man, I don't know. 1311 01:09:35,279 --> 01:09:38,520 Like, it seemed like yesterday I was streaming that game like on 1312 01:09:38,520 --> 01:09:40,960 this channel. We have the game streamed live, 1313 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:45,479 and it's on our Patreon if you want to experience us and watch 1314 01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:47,520 our raw emotions. We were quite we're debating 1315 01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:50,399 whether to do it or not, but ultimately glad it happened. 1316 01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:54,080 And finally, finally, Pakistan breaks the streak of beating 1317 01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:55,840 Indiana World Cup. And what a way to do it. 1318 01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:59,760 They won by 10 wickets. We cannot forget that spell by 1319 01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:02,760 Shaheen Alfredi. That was peak Shaheen Alfredi, 1320 01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:07,200 that deliveries to Rohit Sharma plus that delivery to Akhil 1321 01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:10,400 Rahul, No ball and the whole IPL that happened in the UAE had 1322 01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:15,320 swung or seemed that much so truly a special performance. 1323 01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:18,840 And then topped it off with Rizwan Bobber chasing 1:00 to 1324 01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:20,960 2:00. That's sort of a score that 1325 01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:25,560 suits them to to to score. And it was almost like India was 1326 01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:29,520 never ever in the match. Maybe the only point they were 1327 01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:31,720 in the match was when there was an overthrow. 1328 01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:34,880 Goes for a boundary camera, turns to Akshay Kumar. 1329 01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:36,760 He's he's smiling, he's rejoicing. 1330 01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:41,320 And then we never see him again. And that moment of Akshay Kumar 1331 01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:45,440 just being like, I don't, I don't even want to notice. 1332 01:10:45,440 --> 01:10:47,040 But there's a lot of baggage with Akshay Kumar. 1333 01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:49,960 His political leanings, I don't agree with his movies. 1334 01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:51,840 I'm not really in in tandem with. 1335 01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:54,680 And then just him being there and and his reaction. 1336 01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:56,800 And then Pakistan was like Pakistan had the last laugh in 1337 01:10:56,800 --> 01:11:02,520 that World Cup and just being. I think honestly, if I'm being 1338 01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:07,560 honest, India underestimated Pakistan so badly in both times 1339 01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:10,120 that Pakistan have come back, come out with a victory. 1340 01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:14,160 This World Cup, the one that we're talking about and the 2017 1341 01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:17,760 Champions Trophy final, both India underestimated Pakistan so 1342 01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:19,840 badly. Pakistan came up with 1343 01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:23,160 spectacular win on both sides. Both of these games are 1344 01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:27,280 completely 1 sided and that's what I say that a lot of these 1345 01:11:27,280 --> 01:11:28,560 box indie games were still 1 sided. 1346 01:11:28,560 --> 01:11:31,720 They're not fun to rewatch for, maybe for the Indian fans when 1347 01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:33,920 India wins and maybe with the Pakistani fans when Pakistan 1348 01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:37,040 wins. But in general if you look back 1349 01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:40,920 they're just like 1 sided affairs and it's not that fun to 1350 01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:44,600 to absorb that. But again as a boxing cricket 1351 01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:46,240 fan this is one of the highlights of my life. 1352 01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:50,040 Like the 15240, this is the World Cup that cemented Bob 1353 01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:55,440 Rossum as he's a guy that maybe sort of kind of little bit 1354 01:11:55,440 --> 01:11:59,120 challenged Virat Kohli's crown a little bit if you want you know 1355 01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:01,680 I'm not home I'm not being blasphemous or anything but he 1356 01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:04,200 had he scored the highest runs he scored 300 and three runs in 1357 01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:07,280 this World Cup in six innings was an average of 60 record of 1358 01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:10,440 127. Like it was just one of those 1359 01:12:10,440 --> 01:12:14,600 things where he was just on fire and this was the World Cup that 1360 01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:19,000 put even him and Rizvan as the Rizvan partnership up up there. 1361 01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:23,840 And you know, we talk about the struggles of Rizvan now, but in 1362 01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:28,800 a moment in 2021, they pulled Pakistan out of the darkness 1363 01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,600 when Pakistan needed them and you have to commend that. 1364 01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:34,200 Also now World Cup. The game against New Zealand was 1365 01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:38,600 amazing because we had Harris Rove who was a table player, 1366 01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:41,800 came out of nowhere, comes in, takes wickets, becomes a man out 1367 01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:45,840 of the match, gives a shout out to the hawk lenders and we then 1368 01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:51,280 also have somebody like an Asif Ali who scores those magnificent 1369 01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:55,760 sixes against Afghanistan, just makes it so much iconic and 1370 01:12:55,960 --> 01:12:58,760 another World Cup where India fails to go through for semis. 1371 01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:03,160 It's the last World Cup where Virat Kohli captains India. 1372 01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:07,680 I think he meant to step down as the white ball captain, but 1373 01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:09,920 eventually all three format captains. 1374 01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:14,320 He was taken from Virat Goldie. Pakistan goes to the semis and 1375 01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:18,520 we have a Pakistan team who has underscored against Australia. 1376 01:13:19,080 --> 01:13:21,360 One of the things I dislike about the World Cup that 1377 01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:24,360 happened in the UAE was that it became a bit one-dimensional in 1378 01:13:24,360 --> 01:13:27,000 the sense where if you're chasing it becomes so much 1379 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:30,560 easier because there's a two factor and I think 90% of the 1380 01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:32,360 teams just win while you're chasing. 1381 01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:34,720 So Pakistan batting first they had underscored. 1382 01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:38,240 It was thanks to Farhasaman's billions in the bat towards the 1383 01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:40,080 back end of the innings where he scored a 50. 1384 01:13:40,440 --> 01:13:44,880 Boxing gets to 176, I believe. I still sometimes go back and 1385 01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:46,920 watch the highlights of I can't just, I can't. 1386 01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:48,840 No, just fucker just demolishing Stark. 1387 01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:53,840 Oh yeah, that I still watch and I'm like, he made the Dubai 1388 01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:56,760 Stadium seem like it was Gully cricket, man. 1389 01:13:56,760 --> 01:13:58,880 Like it was insane that I want that fucker back. 1390 01:13:59,080 --> 01:14:02,360 And then we had one of the most iconic first overs by Shahana 1391 01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:04,120 Freidi. He gets Aaron Finch out. 1392 01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:08,600 He balls some unplayable deliveries. 155 He clocked in no 1393 01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:10,920 154. He was clocking in the high one 1394 01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:12,920 40s. No, he clocked 11511, I think 1395 01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:15,320 152 I'm very sure. I'll Fact Check you right now I 1396 01:14:15,320 --> 01:14:16,880 think. The game, the ball he got out, 1397 01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:21,920 Aaron Finch was 148, but he the only ball he balled, or 150, was 1398 01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:24,840 against Elvanis. On it was a 151 case. 1399 01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:25,760 Was it one? I don't know. 1400 01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:27,480 Maybe I'm forgetting it then. But. 1401 01:14:27,480 --> 01:14:29,320 Shyne doesn't clock 152 too often. 1402 01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:31,320 He was always on again. That World Cup was different. 1403 01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:32,680 That was the different Shaheen then. 1404 01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:36,160 He had the snap. He had the snap man, his action. 1405 01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:38,880 When we talk about that, he had the snap in his action where it 1406 01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:43,000 would just like we're just like a like it was so free flowing. 1407 01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:45,760 It was like it was in a routine. It was like it was almost 1408 01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:48,680 synonymous, like Homanavar who who like, we've totally forgot. 1409 01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:51,000 Homanavar thought he did something with his retirement. 1410 01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,000 Then Shaheen came and was like not really. 1411 01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:55,880 And then Shahan also. It was his first year on the 1412 01:14:55,880 --> 01:15:00,120 World Cup and he was sort of AAT 20 globetrotter since then and 1413 01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:03,120 he had a great impact. Took four wickets in the final 1414 01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:05,480 and. Wickets On our podcast with him, 1415 01:15:05,480 --> 01:15:07,840 he said that he's kind of sad about that performance because 1416 01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:09,600 people forget that he took four wickets look. 1417 01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:12,040 Who he got out, he got Warner out, he got Mitch Marsh out, he 1418 01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,280 got Steve Smith out, he got Glenn Maxwell out. 1419 01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:19,040 So huge wickets, but I think was in the game up until that over 1420 01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:22,240 happened from mom and the fees. The pressure sort of went back 1421 01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:24,160 to Pakistan. Have these balls won over 1422 01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:26,560 against 13? And I think before that he's 1423 01:15:26,560 --> 01:15:29,440 never bowled to no ball and this time he balls a no ball and it's 1424 01:15:29,440 --> 01:15:30,720 not even like a front foot no ball. 1425 01:15:30,720 --> 01:15:33,480 It's a it's a ball that goes off the pitch. 1426 01:15:34,160 --> 01:15:37,880 So ever since he remodeled his action, he was never able to 1427 01:15:37,880 --> 01:15:41,400 ball as consistently as he'd as he did before remodeling his 1428 01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:43,640 action. Matthew Wade, 41 off 17 that 1429 01:15:43,640 --> 01:15:48,720 match. Micah C2, point O four never 1430 01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:51,240 kids that missed the 2010 World Cup. 1431 01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:52,960 This was for you guys to experience. 1432 01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:58,080 But for those who experience both, I truly empathize and feel 1433 01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,880 for your emotions. It felt like a World Cup was 1434 01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:03,000 being handed to Pakistan in a platter. 1435 01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:05,800 Here you go, Bobber. Win it, Take it home, have fun, 1436 01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:08,920 enjoy. But Matthew Wade had other 1437 01:16:08,920 --> 01:16:10,880 plans. How does this impact Bobber's 1438 01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:12,920 legacy? If you think Pakistan had won 1439 01:16:12,920 --> 01:16:14,920 this World Cup, we would have been talking about a different 1440 01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:16,920 Barbarazzam. I think that World Cup, we saw a 1441 01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:19,440 leader in Barbarazzam. We saw a lot of behind the 1442 01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:23,560 scenes chats from the dressing room and Barber was really 1443 01:16:23,560 --> 01:16:25,680 backing all the boys, giving them confidence. 1444 01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:29,120 And the one thing I loved about Barber's captaincy in that whole 1445 01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:31,760 era was that it seemed like Barkistan team was playing as a 1446 01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:34,040 unit. There was a lot of teamwork, 1447 01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:38,240 didn't seem like there was a lot of politics or grouping in the 1448 01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:41,760 Pakistan team which is typically associated in the Pakistan 1449 01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:45,320 dressing room set up. So kudos to Barber for leading 1450 01:16:45,320 --> 01:16:48,440 the team through that. And it was also an end of an era 1451 01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:52,560 with respect to the last games that Mahmoud the Fees and Shoaib 1452 01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:55,760 Malik had played for Pakistan. Pakistan then brought in like so 1453 01:16:55,760 --> 01:17:02,760 Khwis Al Shah and Iftar Ahmad and other players had early we 1454 01:17:02,760 --> 01:17:04,560 had Azam Khan playing in the middle order. 1455 01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:07,240 So a different change in mindset. 1456 01:17:07,240 --> 01:17:09,800 Imam Wasseem was dropped, Mahmoud Nawaz came in. 1457 01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:13,680 But that World Cup Australia go on to beat New Zealand in the 1458 01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:18,520 final, which is the beginning of Pat Cummins's supremacy, was 1459 01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:21,960 like, he's like that guy who's out there to get you and he's 1460 01:17:21,960 --> 01:17:24,520 just ticking off the boxes. He goes to win that World Cup. 1461 01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:28,480 Then the next year in 2023, he wins the World Test Championship 1462 01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:30,720 and then the big prize ODI World Cup. 1463 01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:35,440 So actually was, was Pat Cummins the captain or was he? 1464 01:17:35,480 --> 01:17:37,800 Or was it Aaron Finch? Aaron Finch was the captain, 1465 01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:39,840 Aaron Finch. But Pat Cummins was on the team. 1466 01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:42,680 Yeah, for sure. And I think that was the 1467 01:17:43,800 --> 01:17:46,520 according to every single player that we've interviewed for the 1468 01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:50,160 Islamabad set up. And and otherwise they say that 1469 01:17:50,160 --> 01:17:54,280 that 2021 loss in the semi final was the toughest for them and 1470 01:17:54,960 --> 01:17:58,720 yeah, for us as well. I think since that 2007 final 1471 01:17:58,720 --> 01:18:04,440 where I first time felt the pangs of defeat within myself, I 1472 01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,280 haven't felt that bad. I mean, the 2010 Semi final 1473 01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:09,040 loss, I felt it. I felt really bad. 1474 01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:13,440 But that 2021 World Cup, man, people thought people talk about 1475 01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:17,800 it so fondly still to this day. That, yeah. 1476 01:18:18,120 --> 01:18:21,120 I heard players cried. Yeah, like they they bawled 1477 01:18:21,120 --> 01:18:23,760 their eyes out in the dressing room and I I can only. 1478 01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:27,120 Imagine that was the best T20 team that Pakistan has produced. 1479 01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:31,240 Talking about start from 1:00 to 11:00 complete T20. 1480 01:18:31,440 --> 01:18:33,960 Plus, there was our conditions. Our like, yeah, Pakistan plays 1481 01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:38,360 in in the UA all the time. It was just like a handmade, 1482 01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:42,040 TaylorMade system for Bob Rosam to secure that. 1483 01:18:42,040 --> 01:18:45,080 And you know, there's, you cannot even fault Babra for that 1484 01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:46,960 like that. There was no fault of his at 1485 01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:48,640 all. There was just Matthew Wade, 1486 01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:50,560 man, he just came out and and did that. 1487 01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:52,480 We're forgetting Hassano, he's dropped cash. 1488 01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:57,640 We haven't mentioned it yet, but that was also a big factor of 1489 01:18:57,640 --> 01:18:59,080 why I'd never watched that Hassano. 1490 01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:02,480 Had a horrible tournament. Yeah, like he was giving out 1491 01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:05,280 runs. He bowled lots of no balls. 1492 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:07,240 It just seemed like he was never there. 1493 01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:11,120 And Bobber was very adamant of continuing to back Hassan Ali. 1494 01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:13,920 And I just think a combination of all of those things had 1495 01:19:13,920 --> 01:19:16,880 resulted in that drop catch. In the podcast, the famous 1496 01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:20,840 podcast where he said Bobby's the king, he mentioned that I 1497 01:19:20,840 --> 01:19:24,400 think he was sweating or the lights were in his eyes. 1498 01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:27,240 He just, he he missed it. The the ball came blurry to him. 1499 01:19:27,240 --> 01:19:30,080 I just think he didn't have the eyes on the ball because if you 1500 01:19:30,080 --> 01:19:33,280 look at the at the freeze frame of him this moment, he's 1501 01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:34,480 dropping the ball, his head still. 1502 01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:35,960 Looking at the sky and. He was. 1503 01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:37,160 He was in movement. In movement. 1504 01:19:37,160 --> 01:19:39,720 He was a running catch. Yeah, tough one. 1505 01:19:40,480 --> 01:19:41,840 Australia goes on and win that one. 1506 01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:45,200 And then there's that supremacy starts, which I just, I'm I'm 1507 01:19:45,200 --> 01:19:48,320 not even going to go on about because that just hurts my soul. 1508 01:19:48,880 --> 01:19:53,680 Moving on to the most recent T20 World Cup where we've sort of 1509 01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:56,720 been leading up to this anyways. We've talked a few about a few 1510 01:19:56,720 --> 01:20:00,000 different games. It was a this World Cup was held 1511 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,560 in Australia. Which I think is the second most 1512 01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:05,520 beautiful place to play cricket. If you want, if you want to like 1513 01:20:05,520 --> 01:20:08,400 that, that experience, it's number one is England and the 1514 01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:11,200 number two is Australia. I love when whenever anybody 1515 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:13,160 plays cricket there, I just love watching that, especially the 1516 01:20:13,160 --> 01:20:15,880 Ashes. That's why it's one of those 1517 01:20:15,880 --> 01:20:18,640 things that I love to tune into the whole cricket World Cup 1518 01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:21,600 under lights in Australia. Give it to me. 1519 01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:25,920 Inject it in my soul. There were two groups of 6 and 1520 01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:28,160 again Box on India were put in the same group. 1521 01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:31,480 Smart when they announced the fixture in MCGI was. 1522 01:20:31,480 --> 01:20:32,880 I could not wait for it to happen. 1523 01:20:32,880 --> 01:20:34,640 There was a lot of build up towards that match. 1524 01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:37,560 The weather seemed like it was kind of going is going to get 1525 01:20:37,560 --> 01:20:40,480 into the way but luckily we got a match. 1526 01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:45,560 The Pakistan team goes there, We score 160 Golden Duck from 1527 01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:47,080 Barbraazum. In hindsight, do you think 1528 01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:49,680 Pakistan underscored? I think Pakistan thought this 1529 01:20:49,680 --> 01:20:53,600 was a 180 sort of a pitch both in that match and the final. 1530 01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:56,600 I think Pakistan thought it was a much more high scoring ground 1531 01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:59,320 and all of our players sort of got out you know hitting mid 1532 01:20:59,320 --> 01:21:04,000 wicket you know deep square and just not really understanding 1533 01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:06,600 the the dimensions of that ground like it was an 80 meter 1534 01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:08,320 boundary all throughout the ground. 1535 01:21:08,640 --> 01:21:13,040 So yeah just not able to use the conditions properly or reassess 1536 01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:16,280 the the conditions of the pitch and seeing what a par score 1537 01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:18,040 might be. But I think for Pakistan to get 1538 01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:22,200 to 160 new credits just to hard hammers and Sean Masood and a 1539 01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:26,920 late cameo by shine a free, the Pakistan got to 1:59 which made 1540 01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:29,680 the score 160 for India. This is the World Cup where 1541 01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:33,040 Shaheen Afridi was injured back in July of that same year, came 1542 01:21:33,040 --> 01:21:37,360 back, rushed his comeback and we saw him sort of hop his way 1543 01:21:37,360 --> 01:21:40,840 through jog his way through his run up and eventually find his 1544 01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:44,120 mojo towards as the tournament progressed. 1545 01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:48,320 But we saw Naseem shots for US World Cup, got Kiel Rahul out in 1546 01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:52,880 the first over that he bowled and you know, Harris Rove came 1547 01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:55,520 in, gets in, Rohit Sharma gets Surya Kumari Yadav. 1548 01:21:56,000 --> 01:22:00,720 But that match, that World Cup, it goes back to the brilliance 1549 01:22:00,720 --> 01:22:05,440 of Virat Kohli, the partnership he had with Hardik Pandya. 1550 01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:10,280 Once Akshaya Patel got run out, him and Pandya just used their 1551 01:22:10,280 --> 01:22:12,520 brains. They just kicked in the scores, 1552 01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:16,360 singles, double s, taking the game as deep as possible to the 1553 01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:21,040 extent where India required 48 and three overs. 1554 01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:26,240 At that point I had imagined Pakistan has this game in the 1555 01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,360 back, even though Virat Kohli is there. 1556 01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:30,800 It's just that the asks seem so high. 1557 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:33,880 Like, how does he pull it off? You're playing at the MCG. 1558 01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:35,440 The Pakistan bowlers are bowling really good. 1559 01:22:35,840 --> 01:22:40,000 We're having a good day and like in in no situation I could 1560 01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:43,120 simulate in my head could I have imagined for Virat Kohli to 1561 01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:45,360 snatch that game out of our mounts. 1562 01:22:45,880 --> 01:22:47,720 That's I think one of the games I wish that we got streamed 1563 01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:50,800 because this I just want. I wanted people to see our 1564 01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:56,520 reaction, how confident we were. About the the just incredible 1565 01:22:56,520 --> 01:22:58,640 win that Pakistan was going to go on after this cause Pakistan 1566 01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:02,880 had again just come off a great 2021 World Cup where they beat 1567 01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:07,400 demolished completely One sided India in that chase and it 1568 01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:11,240 seemed like Pakistan was going to do it again and maybe put 1569 01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:14,880 Barbara Ozma as the best captain to captain against the Indian 1570 01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:16,200 side. Maybe, maybe not. 1571 01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:20,360 You know, time would have told us, but yeah, like, you cannot 1572 01:23:20,360 --> 01:23:24,560 fall to any single person in that game that was such an 1573 01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:26,800 important game for Virat Kohli, such an important game for Team 1574 01:23:26,800 --> 01:23:28,200 India. They've made at least like a 1575 01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:29,720 dozen documentaries on that game. 1576 01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:33,920 Every single T Tony promo that I've seen has used that shot 1577 01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:39,480 against hottest roof. Honestly, one of the greatest 1578 01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:41,480 shots that I've seen anyone play. 1579 01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:46,320 That moment that that, you know, the moment, the memory, the 1580 01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:49,640 importance of it. People are doubting Virat Kohli. 1581 01:23:49,640 --> 01:23:51,520 Maybe he's just a shadow of what he used to be. 1582 01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:54,560 People are talking about how he hasn't scored a century in 1583 01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:59,160 however long time. And there's this Virat Kohli 1584 01:23:59,160 --> 01:24:01,360 just tuned all that, all of that out. 1585 01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:05,360 And it seemed like during this chase that he seemed like he had 1586 01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:08,520 lost his nerve a little bit and that the chase master had maybe 1587 01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:10,800 gone asleep and it was over for him. 1588 01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:13,600 There was a lot of critics talking about how slow he was 1589 01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,760 playing in the beginning. And he was just, you know, he 1590 01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:19,240 was, if you were one step ahead, he was three steps ahead. 1591 01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:22,880 And this goes to show why Virat Kohli is the greatest cricketer 1592 01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:24,960 of all time. Like, there's no doubt about it. 1593 01:24:24,960 --> 01:24:27,200 People will bring in eras, people will talk about Sachin, 1594 01:24:27,440 --> 01:24:29,840 people will talk about Ponting, people will talk about Brian 1595 01:24:29,840 --> 01:24:34,000 Lara and Viv. But just the impact that this 1596 01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:37,520 one game had on the psyche of Pakistan, on what the rest of 1597 01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,520 the tournament became. This goes to show that it does 1598 01:24:40,520 --> 01:24:44,200 only just take one man to sometimes dismantle a dynasty 1599 01:24:44,200 --> 01:24:46,320 like what Pakistan was trying to create. 1600 01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:51,480 And man, I just look at I, I. This is one game that I do look 1601 01:24:51,480 --> 01:24:59,080 at often as the inflection point of of what Pakistan and Barbra 1602 01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:02,120 Oz's legacy turned out to be, that first run of captaincy. 1603 01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:06,000 This is where it started going bad and we started sniffing the 1604 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:10,000 paint and started feeling a little anxious about where a 1605 01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:13,360 Barber was leading the team. Because after that Barber made a 1606 01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:17,000 few bad mistakes and then you know his his glaring mistakes 1607 01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:19,480 started coming up and we could read between the lines. 1608 01:25:20,880 --> 01:25:23,240 Nothing away from this match. It didn't really didn't make 1609 01:25:23,240 --> 01:25:26,720 much of the tournament after this match but they got smoked 1610 01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:28,520 by England in the semi finals by 1010 wickets. 1611 01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:32,040 Yeah like didn't really again. They should have met Pakistan in 1612 01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:33,440 the final. I think it would have been a 1613 01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:36,800 good competition then maybe Pakistan would have secured the 1614 01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:39,280 deal. But Virat Kohli, man, this is 1615 01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:40,880 it. This is his ultimate innings 1616 01:25:41,200 --> 01:25:41,920 and. Pakistan. 1617 01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:44,640 So on top of this, the mom and the waz was sort of on the the 1618 01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:50,600 the, the, the sticky end of the stick where he got smacked for 1619 01:25:50,600 --> 01:25:52,960 those sixteen runs in the final match, final over. 1620 01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:56,440 And then the next match, Bakasan loses to Zimbabwe, which just 1621 01:25:56,760 --> 01:26:00,960 makes things from bad to worse. And again, Nawaz was the one 1622 01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:02,880 playing the last over against Zimbabwe. 1623 01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:06,960 He gets out Bakasani 3 off the last ball and they somehow lose 1624 01:26:06,960 --> 01:26:10,120 the match. But I thought like Pakistan's 1625 01:26:10,120 --> 01:26:13,120 journey from that point to making the finals, like bringing 1626 01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:16,320 in malmutarious him playing that blinder of an innings. 1627 01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:19,280 If the hard hammer chewing up Chadalkan showing up as a as a 1628 01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:23,040 bats then bowler, he was one of the contenders of the player of 1629 01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:25,400 the tournament that World Cup. The Dutch showing up. 1630 01:26:25,920 --> 01:26:27,200 The Dutch showed up for Pakistan. 1631 01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:28,960 Man, they beat South Africa I. Remember that match? 1632 01:26:28,960 --> 01:26:31,200 And you were like, bro, we have a think, think the Dutch could 1633 01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:32,560 upset. And I was like, there's no way, 1634 01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:34,840 there's no way because you have to talk about that game. 1635 01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:37,800 South Africa had beaten India and I was like, there's no way 1636 01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:39,360 that they're going to lose to Netherlands. 1637 01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:42,760 And as the game progressed, I wasn't even watching it to be 1638 01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:44,440 honest. I was just like, I was maybe 1639 01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:46,800 like refreshing Cricinfo to see the score. 1640 01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:49,360 But I know you are very invested in that match. 1641 01:26:49,720 --> 01:26:53,240 And ultimately, once the Dutch started taking those catches, it 1642 01:26:53,240 --> 01:26:56,320 just seemed like there was a 12th man, and that was the 1643 01:26:56,320 --> 01:27:00,560 Pakistani nation's prayers. This was the Kotlik Kanizam 1644 01:27:00,560 --> 01:27:03,800 tournament and let me just give you a little stats on what 1645 01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:05,800 happened with the Dutch game because it's very important to 1646 01:27:05,800 --> 01:27:11,440 the legacy of that box on run. Netherlands scores 158 over with 1647 01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:16,000 four wickets down, Colin Ackerman comes in 41 off 26 and 1648 01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:20,480 Tom Cooper does 35 off 19. Two fours and two sixes. 184 1649 01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:23,160 strike rate for him. So respectable total that they 1650 01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:26,920 put up and you think that, hey, you know what, South Africa can 1651 01:27:26,920 --> 01:27:28,480 chase us down. They have the likes of Quinton 1652 01:27:28,480 --> 01:27:31,520 Decock and Rod Rousseau and Markram David Miller. 1653 01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:34,320 They got this and Hendrik Classen was also on the team. 1654 01:27:34,320 --> 01:27:37,600 I totally forgot about that. No man, no. 1655 01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:42,800 They start losing wickets at regular intervals and they just, 1656 01:27:43,720 --> 01:27:45,960 you know, South Africa bottle it as they do the name. 1657 01:27:46,600 --> 01:27:51,200 They are the ultimate chokers of all international cricket events 1658 01:27:51,200 --> 01:27:54,720 and this is this is it, You know, this goes to show what 1659 01:27:54,720 --> 01:28:00,240 they do wrong. And you know, I think Brendan, 1660 01:28:00,280 --> 01:28:03,840 Brendan Glover took three wickets, 2 overs, nine runs. 1661 01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:07,640 He was the highest wicket taker. I remember Baz. 1662 01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:11,640 Baz Delita also became one of the stars for the for the 1663 01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:14,760 Netherland teams and they just, they came in, they secured the 1664 01:28:14,760 --> 01:28:17,880 back. We had a bunch of players on the 1665 01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:21,280 podcast from that 2022 Pakistan team because they were playing 1666 01:28:21,280 --> 01:28:27,080 on the same ground I believe and I they told us that the new the 1667 01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:29,040 the weight of the Netherlands team was walking out. 1668 01:28:29,360 --> 01:28:30,520 They talked to the boxing and played. 1669 01:28:30,520 --> 01:28:32,160 They told them hey we did what we did. 1670 01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:35,280 I'll go beat Bangladesh, make it to the semis and that's what 1671 01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,080 they did. Boxing comes out a different 1672 01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:39,840 team. They can smell that semi final 1673 01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:42,800 spot now and they completely demolish the Mongali team and. 1674 01:28:43,240 --> 01:28:45,760 I remember we had a watch party for that match and we had some. 1675 01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:47,280 Sorry, the Bangladeshi team. Sorry. 1676 01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:49,920 We got some pizza, we got some wings and we really enjoyed that 1677 01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:52,360 match box time again, they beat Bangladesh. 1678 01:28:53,280 --> 01:28:57,480 But that World Cup, the similarities to the 1992 World 1679 01:28:57,480 --> 01:29:00,680 Cup were they're sort of in your face. 1680 01:29:00,840 --> 01:29:03,440 You couldn't ignore them. It was like something is 1681 01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:07,280 happening as a World Cup, happening in Australia after 30 1682 01:29:07,280 --> 01:29:09,720 years. And the similarities from that 1683 01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:13,840 World Cup to that to this World Cup are uncanny about Pakistan 1684 01:29:13,840 --> 01:29:18,400 losing to India, Pakistan losing to Zimbabwe and then Pakistan 1685 01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:21,360 going on to beat some of the top teams like South Africa. 1686 01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:26,640 And then beating Netherlands and Bangladesh just barely 1687 01:29:26,640 --> 01:29:29,520 qualifying. The semi final against New 1688 01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:31,720 Zealand, the final against England. 1689 01:29:31,720 --> 01:29:35,200 Yeah, at the MCG, At the MCG. Just like. 1690 01:29:35,200 --> 01:29:37,120 I mean you can't script the stuff. 1691 01:29:37,120 --> 01:29:42,120 Yeah, yeah, totally. And until the very last match, I 1692 01:29:42,120 --> 01:29:44,120 think Pakistan was like on a high. 1693 01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:45,600 They were like, this is it, guys. 1694 01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:49,800 We're repeating 92 because if you follow boxing cricket even 1695 01:29:50,240 --> 01:29:55,000 remotely the whiff of the 92 World Cup is so strong on this 1696 01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:58,200 on this team. And there is not a moment that 1697 01:29:58,200 --> 01:30:02,000 the box 95 will not bring up 92 World Cup and how we did it and 1698 01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:04,840 Oh my God, Imran Khan was the greatest and and look what he 1699 01:30:04,840 --> 01:30:07,520 did in his Emmys And you know, even the 2009 World Cup, that 1700 01:30:07,520 --> 01:30:09,800 box on one, they keep bringing up their similarities between 1701 01:30:09,800 --> 01:30:11,480 oh, Chad Alfredi was like Imran Khan. 1702 01:30:11,480 --> 01:30:13,640 He came one down. He started to fight that base 1703 01:30:14,520 --> 01:30:17,600 and Japanese trophy. Again, you you find the 1704 01:30:17,600 --> 01:30:21,240 similarities people, people put, you know, the archetype of Imran 1705 01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:22,480 Khan. They tried to find that in every 1706 01:30:22,480 --> 01:30:26,120 single captain ever since Imran retired. 1707 01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:31,960 And you know this was the most insane turn of events when this 1708 01:30:31,960 --> 01:30:33,640 was going on, The way it was going on. 1709 01:30:34,760 --> 01:30:38,720 I just think if Pakistan was a little bit more brave in the 1710 01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:42,680 final, they would have been able to score 20 odd runs, 25 odd 1711 01:30:42,680 --> 01:30:44,400 runs, and it's a it's Pakistan's game. 1712 01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:47,560 It seemed like they were out there trying to score 240 on a 1713 01:30:47,560 --> 01:30:50,360 pitch where 160, like the game against India, would have been 1714 01:30:50,360 --> 01:30:53,280 more competitive. And people often say, oh, what 1715 01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:56,960 if Shaheen didn't get injured? But I say what if we had 25 more 1716 01:30:56,960 --> 01:30:59,480 runs? Like what if Rizwan and Bobber 1717 01:30:59,480 --> 01:31:01,600 had scored better? What if if the car had not 1718 01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:04,200 choked? I know sometimes he forgot to 1719 01:31:04,200 --> 01:31:06,600 talk about Sean Masood in the World Cup, US Black Sun's 1720 01:31:06,600 --> 01:31:09,600 highest run scorer, a player who sort of came out of nowhere. 1721 01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:12,920 There's a lot of media pressure between him being put into the 1722 01:31:12,920 --> 01:31:15,480 team and he was. He scored tons of runs and now 1723 01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:18,360 he's been sidelined. I I'm sure he's he must must 1724 01:31:18,360 --> 01:31:21,080 think what happened to his batting for what happened to his 1725 01:31:21,080 --> 01:31:24,400 place in the team. But I think at that time we 1726 01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:26,840 needed a technically sound player who could come in and 1727 01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:30,960 play #3 #4, sort of hold the innings together for Pakistan. 1728 01:31:31,200 --> 01:31:35,720 And I think he did a great job. The spell from Naseem Shine that 1729 01:31:35,720 --> 01:31:38,960 final is something that I keep going back and watching. 1730 01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:41,960 And I think the theme on our podcast mentioned. 1731 01:31:41,960 --> 01:31:45,040 Like, it seemed like somebody was prayed through Sharif, like 1732 01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:48,080 Ben Stokes and Joss Butler, Like because the ball was not hitting 1733 01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:52,400 their edges, they were just going past the bat and straight 1734 01:31:52,400 --> 01:31:54,880 to him with his bond. But it was a treat to watch that 1735 01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:56,840 spell. And you know, like, who knows 1736 01:31:56,840 --> 01:31:58,120 what if Shaheen didn't get injured? 1737 01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:01,680 Yeah, honestly. And I just looking at the 1738 01:32:01,680 --> 01:32:05,000 scorecard, Mohammed Harris had sort of solidified his spot at 1739 01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:08,640 #3 in that World Cup after he replaced Fucker. 1740 01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:11,240 And you know, the final was just too big for him. 1741 01:32:11,440 --> 01:32:13,400 He scored eight runs off 12 balls. 1742 01:32:13,400 --> 01:32:18,920 Just could not pick up Rashid if Sokara comes in abysmal, abysmal 1743 01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:22,240 performance from him. Zero runs off 6 balls in a 1744 01:32:22,240 --> 01:32:22,600 world. Cup. 1745 01:32:22,600 --> 01:32:25,200 He made an over. He's a complete maiden over 1746 01:32:26,160 --> 01:32:29,400 Charla comes in and steers their boat a little bit forward and 1747 01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:32,440 Pakistan struggle their way up to 137, no finish from the 1748 01:32:32,440 --> 01:32:35,000 bottom at all. Nomad Wasseem plays 8, 1749 01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:37,840 deliveries scores 4. Nawaz plays seven delivery 1750 01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:41,400 scores 5, Shaheen hits a four, you see and that's it. 1751 01:32:41,920 --> 01:32:44,760 Like any of these bottom guys come in and contribute, you 1752 01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:47,600 know, maybe a 15 off 7 or even A10 off 8. 1753 01:32:47,920 --> 01:32:52,320 And the scores lives in the high one 50s box on win this I 1754 01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:54,800 believe because boxes England won this in the last over. 1755 01:32:54,960 --> 01:32:56,840 These last four guys played 19 balls. 1756 01:32:57,080 --> 01:33:02,440 If they had scored 3035 forty, maybe it would have been a much 1757 01:33:02,440 --> 01:33:03,960 more competitive, much more close match. 1758 01:33:04,200 --> 01:33:11,400 Because you you come out and you see that England was 3 for 45 in 1759 01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:13,360 under 6 overs. He already had the top three 1760 01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:16,040 boys down. Naseem Shah was bowling 1761 01:33:16,040 --> 01:33:20,160 brilliantly, Shaheen Afridi came back with his like first over 1762 01:33:20,160 --> 01:33:23,640 wicket and high stroke was dropping rockets on the pitch. 1763 01:33:24,120 --> 01:33:27,680 It just felt like if there were more runs on the board, the 1764 01:33:27,680 --> 01:33:30,400 pressure would have been on Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali. 1765 01:33:30,680 --> 01:33:36,040 And I think, look, Ben Stokes comes out, scores 52 off 49, 1766 01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:38,040 right? That's that's not a spectacular 1767 01:33:38,040 --> 01:33:40,200 innings. It's just held as a nerve, That 1768 01:33:40,280 --> 01:33:47,440 same innings with a run with a total of 150, a 155 different 1769 01:33:47,440 --> 01:33:49,280 ball game altogether. I'm just talking on the impact 1770 01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:50,960 that Josh Butler had on that match. 1771 01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:53,360 I remember Naseem. Shaw, you were terrified of Josh 1772 01:33:53,360 --> 01:33:54,960 Butler. Naseem Shaw was wanting and 1773 01:33:54,960 --> 01:33:57,520 playable deliveries and this guy comes in and just scoops him for 1774 01:33:57,520 --> 01:34:00,560 a six. And I'm like bro, that is 1775 01:34:00,560 --> 01:34:05,080 fearless cricket that is playing cricket to what you believe in. 1776 01:34:05,360 --> 01:34:08,800 And that's exactly what the England team since 2015 or the 1777 01:34:08,800 --> 01:34:11,280 World Cup believe in. They believe in going out 1778 01:34:11,400 --> 01:34:14,320 putting the batting putting the other team under pressure, 1779 01:34:14,600 --> 01:34:17,880 whether it be through taking wickets or scoring runs. 1780 01:34:18,160 --> 01:34:20,600 So a World Cup to Pakistan could have won. 1781 01:34:20,600 --> 01:34:23,640 It was I wasn't really banging on Pakistan winning the World 1782 01:34:23,640 --> 01:34:26,600 Cup but the the turn of events were such that I was like OK, 1783 01:34:26,600 --> 01:34:28,200 this could be a World Cup we could win. 1784 01:34:28,520 --> 01:34:35,720 So 2021222 World Cups where we could have gone and sometimes 1785 01:34:35,720 --> 01:34:38,720 they look back and think what if Bauer had won in Asia Cup or if 1786 01:34:38,720 --> 01:34:40,080 it? What if he won the only World 1787 01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:43,240 Cup? What sort of legacy or impact 1788 01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:45,160 could he would have had in Pakistan set up? 1789 01:34:45,160 --> 01:34:48,560 I don't think the Asia Cup means that much, to be honest. 1790 01:34:48,560 --> 01:34:49,800 It would have been nice to have one. 1791 01:34:49,800 --> 01:34:51,840 I mean, it's crazy that Pakistan only has two. 1792 01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:54,320 That's a wild team in sterling, has like 11 or something. 1793 01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:57,200 That's insane to me. But especially given the teams 1794 01:34:57,200 --> 01:35:00,400 that Pakistan has had over the years, that it's just insane. 1795 01:35:00,720 --> 01:35:06,200 But Dan, these 221 and 22 cricket World Cup I think have a 1796 01:35:06,200 --> 01:35:08,120 damning effect on a Blackstone cricket fan. 1797 01:35:08,120 --> 01:35:12,880 And that was when the start of this podcast really blossomed 1798 01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:16,080 and people really started listening to us and we we 1799 01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:20,320 started coming on the air. And I think the 2023 World Cup 1800 01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:22,640 really solidified backward point in its place for sure. 1801 01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:27,240 But yeah, I mean, I I look back and I sometimes go back and 1802 01:35:27,240 --> 01:35:31,080 listen to those pause that we did and the just the sheer pain 1803 01:35:31,080 --> 01:35:35,880 that we have in our voice. I just hope that it changes with 1804 01:35:35,880 --> 01:35:38,520 the 2024 World Cup round the corner. 1805 01:35:38,520 --> 01:35:40,320 We'll do a deep dive into the teams then. 1806 01:35:41,400 --> 01:35:43,720 But you know, the usual suspects are back. 1807 01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:46,320 The main characters are back, power back with captaincy. 1808 01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:50,560 See what happens. Bomber Ozum, Era two point O 1809 01:35:50,560 --> 01:35:53,560 here we go. Going into this next World Cup, 1810 01:35:54,560 --> 01:35:57,400 I thoroughly enjoyed looking back at these World Cups with 1811 01:35:57,400 --> 01:35:59,680 you because it just it made me tap into a different part of my 1812 01:35:59,680 --> 01:36:03,400 memory and brought back a lot of happy memories as well as some 1813 01:36:03,400 --> 01:36:06,400 sad ones. So I hope you guys you enjoyed 1814 01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:08,640 this episode. If you did, let us know what 1815 01:36:08,640 --> 01:36:10,800 your favorite memory of the World Cups were. 1816 01:36:10,960 --> 01:36:13,080 What are your highlights? What are what are your favorite, 1817 01:36:13,520 --> 01:36:16,600 you know, memories that you have watching with your family, 1818 01:36:16,600 --> 01:36:21,160 friends And hopefully we can make some better, more fun 1819 01:36:21,160 --> 01:36:23,400 memories coming up in this world. 1820 01:36:23,400 --> 01:36:26,280 Cup extremely well set. Thank you guys for tuning in for 1821 01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:30,360 the whole hour and 35 minutes of this podcast. 1822 01:36:30,360 --> 01:36:34,000 This is super podcast and appreciate you guys staying to 1823 01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:35,160 the end. If you guys stay to the end, 1824 01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:38,560 what emoji should they put out on the comments? 1825 01:36:39,320 --> 01:36:41,520 Rewind the. Arrows. 1826 01:36:42,080 --> 01:36:44,560 Let's run it back. Rewind, Rewind emoji if you guys 1827 01:36:44,560 --> 01:36:46,160 made it to the end. Thank you very much for watching 1828 01:36:46,160 --> 01:36:47,320 and we'll see you guys in the next episode.