Sports always have a prominent share in any country's progress.Nations leading the Sports charts are also the one leading the world.Pakistan although is considered as a developing country but it had a good share in Sports world.Hockey, Cricket, Squash, snooker were once the games mostly dominated by Pakistani Players.There was a time when we were world champions in Hockey, cricket, squash, and snooker but unfortunately we couldn't be able to maintain our pace.In today's discussion, I will be focusing on such few sports that once were dominant by us.
Hockey:
The governing body of Pakistan Hockey is Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), and they have been a member of International Hockey Federation (IHF) since 1948 and founding member of Asian Hockey Federation(ASHF) since 1948.Pakistan Hockey Team is the most decorated team in the world with Four World Cup wins in 1971,1978,1982 and 1994 along with the best overall performance in world cups with 53 victories in 84 matches played, seven draws, six appearances in the final and 24 losses.They have also played all World Cups except 2014.They are also the most successful team n Asian games with eight gold medals in year 1958,1962,1970,1974,1978,1982,1990 and 2010. It is also a team with 3 champions trophy wins in 1978,1980 and 1994 and also won three gold medals in Olympic games in 1960, 1968 and 1984.Former Pakistani captain Sohail Abbas holds the record of most international goals with a number of 348 goals while Waseem Ahmed holds the record of most appearances for Pakistan by playing 410 matches.
Cricket:
Without a doubt, and without the support of any statistical data, I can proclaim this fact that cricket is the most loving and watchable sport of Pakistan.Commonly known as Green Shirts, Pakistani cricket team is one of the best cricket Team of the world.Administrative authority of Pakistani cricket is commonly known as Pakistan Cricket Board, who is an active member of International cricket council (ICC).In the test, Pakistan has played 412 matches with 132 wins,122 losses and 158 draws(Stats last updated in Pak vs Srilanka series in UAE in 2016-17).In ODIs, Green Shirts have played 889 matches with 469 wins,394 losses,8 ties and 18 matches ended on No result (Stats last updated on Pakistan tour of New Zealand 2017-18).In T20s, Pakistani Team has played 126 matches with 77 wins 46 losses and three matches ended on Ties.Currently, Pakistani Team is seventh in world Test Rankings, sixth in ODIs and First in T20s.Pakistani team also has won ODI world cup in 1992, one T20 world cup in 2009 and also is a winner of ICC champions trophy 2017.
Squash:
None country has dominated a game as Pakistan did in Squash and the golden era of squash extended for almost 5 decades.Starting from Hashim Khan, Azam Khan, Roshan Khan and then the dual of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan has mesmerized the world with there world-class performances.Jahanger khan is considered as the greatest player world ever has with Six time world open and 10 times british open title wins.He also has a streak of 555 wins consequtively.
Sources: Wikipedia, Espncricinfo
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