As soon as Afridi steps his foot in Karachi, he’s all headlines again! Not for his performance in the Asia Cup final, which made him man of the match, the chewing of balls, neither his hot temperament during a match or even the so called captaincy-rivalry between himself and current captain, Misbah-ul-Haq. This time he’s in news for his ‘bashful’ behavior towards a fan as he stepped in Karachi Airport, returning from Bangladesh, after winning the much-hyped Asia Cup series. 

Today, twenty years have passed since Pakistan’s historic triumph at Melbourne. It’s a day many Pakistanis look up to with pride. A day Pakistan beat their colonial masters to stake a claim on dominance of the cricketing world.

For many, the 1987 heartache at Lahore had been cured.Talents that would carry the mantle of Pakistan cricket in years to come had been unearthed. A glorious career of an able and charismatic leader had come to a befitting climax. 

Being Pakistan’s solitary world cup victory, makes it even more special for the Pakistani fans around the globe. Pakistan’s journey in this tournament epitomized their innate ability to leave the opposition flabbergasted with their inconsistency.

Even the most optimistic of opinions would have written them off halfway through the tournament. It was a safe bet against a team which had managed a solitary win in its first five games. Yet it took one man’s unshakeable resolve and a stroke of luck to drive Pakistan to top of the world.

The Pakistani Domestic Season for the year 2011-2012 is heading towards a close, with P.I.A doing a double by winning the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in December last year and also the Faysal Bank National One Day Cup 2012 the Final Tournament which is The Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 will be played in Rawalpindi from the 25^th of March. As per the schedule top 8 Regional T20 teams will participate in the tournament. These teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each. Group A includes Faisalabad Wolves, Lahore Lions, Karachi Zebras and Peshawar Panthers, whereas Groups B features power houses like Karachi Dolphins, Rawalpindi Rams, Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Eagles.

Rawalpindi Rams, the Home team will be defending the title which they won in June last year under the dynamic leadership of International All Rounder Sohail Tanvir. And the tournament is sure to attract a lot of spectators because of participation of international stars like Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul, Umar Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Imran Nazeer, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam and many more.

With so many stars representing different regional sides, the tournament is sure to be a big hit once again just like the last time and will provide quality and entertaining cricket to Pakistani crowds that are deprived of seeing International Cricket since long.

The current edition of the Super Eight will be the Second one. And will be a successor to a very Successful and Entertaining First edition that was played in Faisalabad, June last year.

The first edition was a very big hit and it saw a huge number of people from Faisalabad and Sargodha amassed at the Iqbal Stadium to watch the entertaining T20 Cricket on display.

Star All rounder Shahid Afridi replaced as Captain, pulled out of the Dolphins side alongside his team mate Fawad Alam.

It is the first major multinational one day tournament the Greens have won in 12 years since

they last won the Asia Cup when it was last held in Bangladesh. After the World Cup &

Champions Trophy this is the next major piece of ODI silverware the Greens can win as far as ODIs are concerned so the moment is one to cherish for fans, countrymen, players, management, and backroom staff.