I-India inqobe iPakistan ngo 3-1: Ngezinye izikhathi, lo mdlalo wawungabangela abaningi basebekhulile abangaphesheya komngcele ukuthi bamangale.
Esikhathini esidlule, imidlalo yamaNdiya namaPakistan ibilokhu ilwiwa kanzima kodwa ayizange iswele ubuhlakani bomuntu ngamunye kanye nekhwalithi ephezulu.
Umdlalo odlalwe ngoLwesihlanu phakathi kwalaba ababili ababeyizimbangi, odlalwe engxenyeni ye-round-robin ye-Asian Champions Trophy, wawuphambene kakhulu nale midlalo.
I-India inqobe iPakistan ngo 3-1, okwandise iminyaka emihlanu ingahlulwanga idlala nePakistan futhi kwandise nethuba layo lokuba phezulu etafuleni kulo mqhudelwano.
Nokho, kwakuwumdlalo omubi futhi ongaguquguquki lapho iqembu lase-India elisezingeni le-18 lakwazi ukukhungathekisa iqembu elisezingeni lesithathu emhlabeni isikhathi eside futhi lathola amaphutha kuwo futhi ladala umdlalo kulokho okwakungaba umdlalo oqondile ongenamncintiswano.
Igebe ekilasini phakathi kwamazwe amabili i-India nePakistan labonakala kuyo yonke imizuzu engamashumi ayisithupha.
I-India idlale iningi lezinyathelo eziyingozi kanye nokulawula ibhola. Okungenani, amaphasi abo athunyelwa nge-telegraph ukuze afike ngqo entongeni yozakwabo.
IPakistan yayivame ukubonakala ingenalwazi. Izingqondo zabo zazibayala ukuba bagijime, kodwa imilenze yabo yayingalandeli. Bazama ukuthola umlingani ngamaphasi abo, kodwa ibhola lalincamela ukunyamalala enkundleni yokudlala.
Akumangazanga ukuthi uHarmanpreet Singh, i-India ethembele kuye kakhulu ekushayeni amagoli nasekuvikeleni ibhola, ubeke i-India esicongweni ngomzuzu wesi-9 esebenzisa i-drag-flick yakhe enamandla futhi enamandla.
Umdlalo wawunjengoba wawuhleliwe kuze kube yileso sikhathi.
Kodwa-ke, iPakistan ihlala ikhumbuza umhlaba ukuthi yize kungenzeka ukuthi ayinalo ithalente nokuqina komzimba okudingekayo ukuze iphumelele kuleli zinga elithile lokudlala, inokuzimisela osekunesikhathi eside kuhlotshaniswa nayo.
Njengoba bazi ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukulingana ne-India kuphela ngokufaneleka kanye nekhwalithi, iPakistan yenza into elandelayo ephumelela kakhulu abangayenza: ukubakhungathekisa.
Kodwa-ke, uSiegfried Aikman, owenze iJapan yaba yiqembu eliqinile lokuzivikela, akakaze abe nesikhathi esanele sokusebenzisana nabadlali basePakistan.
Emasontweni ambalwa enabo, lo mdlali waseDutch odabuka eNdiya kubikwa ukuthi udale uhlaka oluqinile lokuzivikela oluvumele iPakistan ukuthi ihlale iseduze ne-India kulo lonke umdlalo.
I-India ayidumile ngesineke sayo noma ngokuthula kwayo, yize ithuthuke ngaphansi kukaGraham Reid. Kodwa-ke, lapho iPakistan igcwalisa abadlali bayo engxenyeni yayo, ukuphasa kwe-India nokuphula ukunyakaza kwayo kwaqala ukuzizwa bekhathazekile ngabadlali abawine izindondo zethusi kuma-Olimpiki aseTokyo.
Lapho iPakistan iqhubeka nokukhungathekisa iNdiya, kwanda amaphutha.
Umdlalo wenzeka ngendlela ethile. Okokuqala, i-India yayicindezela kakhulu, i-Pakistan yayihlala phansi bese ibamba ibhola, izame ukuqhubekela phambili, yehluleke, ilahlekelwe yibhola, bese i-India izama futhi ukulidlala.
Kwakungeyona indlela engcono kakhulu yokubukela. Kodwa-ke, ngokombono wePakistan, yayisebenza kahle.
U-Akashdeep Singh, obuyele eqenjini ngemuva kokwehliswa kwakhe kuma-Olimpiki aseTokyo, ama-Indians aphinde kabili ithuba lawo ngomzuzu wesibili wama-42.
Usebenzise umsebenzi ohlangothini lwesobunxele lukaShilanand Lakra noSumit. Nokho, iPakistan yashaya ngemuva ngemuva kwemizuzu emithathu lapho uJunaid Manzoor eshaya elilodwa ngoKrishan Pathak.
Bekuyimpi kusukela ekugcineni kuya ekugcineni ngesikhathi sekota yokugcina, lapho iPakistan izama konke ifuna igoli lokulinganisa kodwa ingenalo ikhwalithi ekuhlaseleni kwayo. I-India izame ukushaya igoli lesithathu kodwa yavinjwa ngunozinti uMazhar Abbas.
Ekugcineni, ingcindezi eyabekwa yi-India kubaphikisi yaba nemiphumela emihle lapho ishaya ikona yephenathi ngomzuzu wama-53. Yaguqulwa nguHarmanpreet, owakhipha ihlombe elikhulu, ekhombisa ukuzimisela kweqembu lakhe ukusebenzela lokhu kunqoba.
I-India ne-India, okuhlelwe ukuthi zibhekane neJapan ngeSonto, ngabe zinqobe ngomehluko wamagoli amabili, kodwa akuvezi izinga lokuqina kwePakistan.
Akubonisi nokuthi umdlalo wawungcolile kangakanani.
