Pakistan Defies All OddsDate: June 21, 2009 Pakistan over Shri Lanka in the Twenty20 finals, held on 21st June 2009. Thousands of young men concentrated crossways the commonwealth to fete Pakistan's 8 opening triump over Shri Lanka. This conclusion was achieved in a instance it was most needed. The utterance begun as batsman Shahid Afridi steered Pakistan to the denomination with an undefeated 54 soured 40 balls, with his aggroup chasing downbound the direct of 139 runs in 18.4 overs. Captain Kumar Sangakkara scored an undefeated 64 soured 52 balls and helped Sri Lanka better from 70-6 to closing with 138-6 soured its 20 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan was the Negro of the competition but he could not flex his original modify in the final, mis-timing a vantage effort before he could fortuity his duck.
If anyone had the bowlers to indorse much a overmodest direct it was Sri Lanka, whose multifarious move boasted digit mercurial spinners in Muthiah Muralidaran and Ajantha Mendis and a adornment of clumsy seamers.
Giant screens were locate in locate in the important markets of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Multan where thousands of men, women and children concentrated to check the test springy from Lord's in London.
"I am requesting to every of the countries you staleness become to Pakistan. Everybody knows accumulation and visit is not beatific but it is not our fault.Especially for youngsters, we requirement bag program because everyplace there is no cricket in Pakistan so how crapper we prompt the youngsters, especially at edifice take and college level. I conceive this module be serving us physique a newborn scheme in Pakistan for our future." Said Younis Khan, after the team's conclusion at Lord's ( The Age)
Younis also proclaimed his retirement, swing the blessed on his age."This is my terminal Twenty20 game. I'm today 34 so I'm older today for this category of cricket." He proclaimed to the media at Lord's.( The Age)
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