Pak lose, crash out with India

MONDAY might not have been a good day for Pakistan on the field - they dropped as many as seven catches in what was one of their forgettable outings in recent times and lost to New Zealand by 54 runs and crashed out of the T20 World Cup - back home there is still hope.

- KALYANI MANGALE

For long, Pakistan have produced some of the best cricketers across genders. From the flamboyance of the likes of Imran Khan and Shoaib Akhtar to the elegance of the likes of Sana Mir and Bismah Maroof, even for fans outside of Pakistan, watching some of the greats of the game has given some pure joy. Behind many of these players, there are coaches who have stood behind them right from the go. Sir Imran Rana of Daughter's Cricket Academy is one of them. His ward, number two-ranked T20I bowler, Sadia Iqbal has come a long way to make it to the international level. "I am from Faisalabad, Pakistan, and I run this academy as a social work of sorts-it's not a commercial one," Rana told this daily. "I try to train kids from government schools who cannot afford expensive cricket training. Our system in Pakistan is not that supportive of players coming from low-income groups. So I decided to do it. I would have l