
India beat Pakistan in the ICC World cup 2011 in Mohali on Wednesday .This Match was decalared in the media as the mother of all clashes .Some called it the war at the battle field of Mohali and some The Mission Mohali.The Hype of this match so high that even the government had decided to make the most of it and tries to improve its relation which is on the worst state after the Mumbai attack in Nov.2009.The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan singh invited the Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani to watch the India-Pakistan semi final with him and Pakistani Prime Minister gratefully accepted the invitation .The excitement about this match was at its peak in both the countries People had called off all their work just for the sake of this match ,special prayers were held no matter by Hindus or Muslims or by Christians for the victory of their beloved teams and they want their team to win at any cost.The forecaster, the fortune teller , the palmist and many of the cricket experts were saying that Pakistan was going to win this very semi final
On the day of the match the street of Pakistan were deserted as the whole nation were only have one thing to do and that Is to watch Pakistan –India match.Every run , every wicket and every four and six was cheered with big claps crackers and even with aerial firings which made the atmosphere absolutely electrifying.Pakistan field first and thanks to the hostile bowling of Wahab Riaz and despite the dropping of Four catches of Sachin Tendulkar Pakistan manage to restrict India for only 260 runs which didn’t look big by seeing this pitch of Mohali.Pakistani started Fantasizing about the easy victory of Pakistan but poor shot selection , bad planning and slow scoring shattered the dream of Pakistan and the Pakistani fans and india bowled out Pakistan for just 231 .and the street that were oozing with cheers and echoing with crackers sounds were presenting a pin drop silence. Hearts were broken and tears could be seen in every eyes of the Pakistanis.
But the most positive Points of this match was the reaction of our cricket lovers who tends to get absolutely violent in the past when ever Pakistan lost to India ,they used to smash the windows ,stone were thrown at the homes of the cricketers but no such reaction was observed after such shocking defeat in such a big clash which surprise the world media which already doubted the Pakistanis as a peaceful nation .Every body praises Pakistani team for putting up fight in such a big tournament where every cricket Pandit was forecasting an early exit of the Pakistani team from the world cup.
The Peace have been the winner of this big clash and surely the people of India and the Pakistani in Particular have been the joint Men of the Match who showed great peace and harmony during and after this match which certainly melt the Ice between two rival neighbouring countries