The issue of Pakistan’s humiliating defeat at the hands of ‘Mini India’ in a match of the T20 World Cup tournament played in America has reached the foreign ministry there. No one expected Pakistan, a major force in world cricket, to lose like this.
Actually, in a World Cup match last week, Pakistan was up against America. America has never been a cricket playing country. The most popular sports there are basketball and football. But, to make cricket popular, this time ICC had decided to hold eight league matches of T20 World Cup in America. Being the host, a cricket team from America also came to play in this tournament.
The interesting thing is that there were very few natives in the American cricket team. Because Americans have never been very fond of cricket. In such a situation, the team that was formed had not just one or two but seven players of Indian origin. Due to this, the American team came to be called ‘Mini India’.
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— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2024