Many Americans were oblivious to the magnitude of the World Cup victory against Pakistan on Thursday. But the pain was sharp in the cricket-mad nation.
It was a very unlikely win. Some, if not all players on this team have day jobs.
Yeah, probably not for them. I don't really follow sports, but I thought it was kinda neat that a relatively small and unknown team (that appears to do it part-time) beat a pro team. Pretty uncommon!
After repeating this news to my Indian wife, she didn't believe me. She even called it fake news lol. "From the NY Times?", I asked. She said there must be some mistake and still doesn't believe it. That is how surprising this match result is.