Shafaqna Special:  A democracy threatened by push-ups

by Tauqeer Abbas
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Pakistan team captain Misbah-ul-Haq defended the celebratory press-ups his players do after high-profile successes, despite government criticism back home. Press-ups (or push-ups) took off as a unique way for Pakistan’s cricket team to celebrate following a Test against England in July when Misbah himself first dropped to the ground to flex his muscles. But on Wednesday, a national assembly member of the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League, Rana Mohammad Afzal objected to the manner of celebration. In fact there was no need for legislatures to express their wonder or caste an aspersion on newly invented style of celebration by cricket players as most of the teams, especially West Indians, introduce new styles every now and then to mark their victories. It has also been noted that whenever the West Indians come up with a novel style of celebration, they register a big win and it was witnessed in the last T-20 world cup, where their players danced to victory. In the mega event, they celebrated their every single win with unique dance performances while forgetting the pressure of next match which in fact lifted their spirit and morale so high that they finally lifted the world cup for second time by defeating some of the very strongest teams. Those who understand the sports well would also agree that apart from routine training and fitness exercises, something extra is required to lift the spirits of players in the field. Rejoicing on successes is also a human nature and for players it helps them relieve the pressure. So our legislatures must not entangle our players into any unnecessary controversy especially when they have started showing better performances in all the three formats. There is nothing negative in push-ups. Legislatures should mind their own job while leaving players to their own to earn laurels for the country.

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