Pakistan’s Volleyball team doesn’t get the spotlight often, however, their recent win against India did just that.
Netizens have swept the internet with congratulatory messages for Pakistan’s Volleyball team for their win over India in the Asian Volleyball Championship match.
The match was played for the seventh position in the tournament at Tehran’s Azadi stadium, in Iran.
The national team did fairly well in the tournament but they lost close matches against Australia and Japan.
It could have been just another game between Pakistan and India, but given the current circumstances when the two militaries are in a standoff over Kashmir, it was a matter of pride for each country.
Pakistan beats India 3-2 to get 7th position in Asian Volleyball Championship. pic.twitter.com/WQ5wEZNeU9
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) September 21, 2019
Pakistan started the game well and won first two sets with 25-23 and 25-21. The Indian team came back strongly in the next two rounds with a score of 25-19 and 25-20.
That was when Tehran’s Azadi stadium heard the roaring chants of “India, India, India.”
Pakistan bounced back when it really mattered and won the final set a by a huge margin of 15-6 to secure the seventh position in the tournament.
The stadium was filled with chants of”Dil Dil Pakistan, Jaan Jaan Paksitan.”
DIL DIL PAKISTAN, JAAN JAAN PAKISTAN 💚 After listening to India India chants throughout the game of 5 sets, this is how Pakistan Volleyball Team walked off after winning the match ❤#PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/h6Qd0oD697
— Muhammad Umair Tariq (@umairtariq90) September 21, 2019
The comeback was talked about on Twitter as the team was hailed for their victory against India.
Here is how the people are reacting to Pakistan’s win over India:
Another one.. Pakistan Zindabad 💚 pic.twitter.com/YgkKy73Bit
— Muhammad Umair Tariq (@umairtariq90) September 21, 2019
Alhamdulillah.what a news to start your Saturday with.pakistan beat india 3-2 in 7th place match of Asian senior men volleyball championship. pic.twitter.com/5XRMF52YuJ
— AMIR ALI (@AMIRALI23849481) September 21, 2019
That is a proper achievement, if we invest property in volleyball we can earn medal at least on Asian level
— Syed Ati (@syed_ati) September 21, 2019
Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. 2019 Iran. Today result
Pak. vs. IND
25. 23
25. 21
20. 25
19. 25
15. 06Pak. won 3-2 #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/1YcxDL4duq
— Mansoor Hayat Lak (@MansoorHayatLak) September 21, 2019
So #Pakistan defeated #India 3-2 at the Asian senior men's Volleyball Championship in Tehrab, of course the team celebrated it. However can't get over how it just turned into the person standing in the middle…
Video credit: Pak Volleyball Fed. pic.twitter.com/1fjWHn3E5R— natasha (@NatashaRaheel) September 21, 2019
RT ETribuneSports: #Pakistan 🇵🇰 beat #India 🇮🇳 to bag 7th position in Asian #Volleyball Championship
Full story here: https://t.co/KW5eaFLxMe https://t.co/DViBo2H5Fj #Pakistan
— News Journal (Save Life Foundation Inc.) (@newsjournalpak) September 21, 2019
Pakistan Volleyball team wins the match !!
Pakistan team beat India by 3-2 for the 7th position match. #PakistanZindabad #volleyball pic.twitter.com/cEnvboZUyt
— 𝑀𝓊𝒽𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒶𝒹 𝒯𝒶𝓎𝓎𝒶𝒷 𝒵𝒶𝒻𝒶𝓇 (@imtayyabzafar) September 21, 2019
Given the fact we were VERY close to beating Australia and qualifying for the Semi-Final should nudge the Sports ministry to invest a little bit so they can win their upcoming Olympic qualifiers in January. In fact, the Govt. and media should start to focus on Olympics more from today so that an awareness is created among the people and the concerned to actually take it with SERIOUSNESS