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Nice promo Steve! Hope you guys manage to find your way back home tonight. I thought I'd be first to post bets in that thread but looks like casperBGD got ahead of me 
Yeah, very lucky to attend India-Pakistan matches as well, probably the only place (PK) where people celebrate 50 and 100 overs with thousands of rounds of gunfire haha.
I get the appeal, for sure, sports that's easy to play will always have players -- cricket, football. No ball? Use something small and round. No bat? Use a stick. No goalpost or base? Use shoes/chapals haha. Incidentally, Pakistan is where a lot of football and cricket stuff is manufactured at high quality, so I was pretty surprised at how cheap really good gear there was.
Yup! Something about football that brings people together, regardless of whether you've got skin in it
Oh wow! Nice to know that you were in those countries. If you have spent three years there, you must be familiar with the culture and know how crazy people are about Cricket. Every South Asian country is cricket-loving, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Nepal. Indeed there are some football fans as well. You can see the football craziness during the world cup.
Yeah, very lucky to attend India-Pakistan matches as well, probably the only place (PK) where people celebrate 50 and 100 overs with thousands of rounds of gunfire haha.
I get the appeal, for sure, sports that's easy to play will always have players -- cricket, football. No ball? Use something small and round. No bat? Use a stick. No goalpost or base? Use shoes/chapals haha. Incidentally, Pakistan is where a lot of football and cricket stuff is manufactured at high quality, so I was pretty surprised at how cheap really good gear there was.
Yeah. This is impressive. A country doesn't have their team in the world cup, but they are cheering for another country; this must come from the heart. Without loving football, it's not possible. Just imagine your country is not in the tournament, but you are still cheering for a team. It's because you are a soccer fan, and that's why you are there.
Yup! Something about football that brings people together, regardless of whether you've got skin in it