Life is a Game…

The dust has settled and it was Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in the finals of T20 World Cup. Both teams have many issues in common. Terrorism and civil war has hampered the progress of both the nations. Both the teams were at the receiving end of terrorist attacks in Lahore and it is plain fortune that some of the Sri Lankans are still alive.

Pakistan are in the midst of a political turmoil and the administration has no control over the events happening out there. They will not see their team playing cricket on their home soil for atleast three years. The Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team have all but ended the sympathy of the world. But this world cup has brought some reason for the people to cheer about.

Sri Lanka are enduring terrorist attacks both inside and outside their country. The civil war strained their economy and they toured Pakistan without heeding to the advice of security experts just for the want of money. But unfortunately they paid the price for it, as the terrorists struck them in a point blank range. And a world cup would have been a fitting consolation for the distressed team.

Sri Lanka may have lost the finals but at the end of the day, it is cricket that won and not the terrorists!