Phakathi ngesonto lapho izwe wabona uMongameli omutjha akhethwe Commander-in-Chief eMelika British Prime Minster uTheresa Meyi wavakashela India, kungenzeka ukuthi isivivinyo sokuqala siqhathaniswa namaqhinga ezepolitiki omhlaba jikelele.
Isisho ukuthi ngesonto uyisikhathi eside kwezombusazwe - futhi izwi uzovela ezifanelekayo ikhilikithi kakhulu.
naysayers kuphela izinsuku ezimbalwa edlule eziningi (ngokwami kuhlanganisiwe) babenovalo lokuthi abaphathi bezindawo bangangenisela izivakashi uchungechunge olumhlophe - ikakhulukazi uma ikakhulukazi abaphezulu bengazisebenzisi kangcono.Manje, zimane nje kwezinsuku ezinhlanu kamuva nabo bonke ubonakala kahle emhlabeni. Impela iNgilandi ikhombise isimilo esiningi ukuphuma nokuwina amaphuzu (ishidi lamaphuzu lizofunda ukudweba). Ushintsho olucashile lungenza umehluko emhlabeni futhi ukwethulwa kwensizwa uHaseeb Hameed njengesiqalisi bekuyinyathelo elihle uma lingadingeki kakhulu. Futhi wabamba ithuba lakhe, ukuvelela ekuzalweni kokuqala. Kuningi osekuvele kubhaliwe mayelana nokufaneleka kwengane eneminyaka engu-19 yenguqulo ende yomdlalo - iminwe iwele uphila kuze kube seqenjini futhi iNgilandi ekugcineni ithole umlingani ofanele ukuhlala eceleni kuka-Alastair Cook.
Kuhle ukubona uRashid engena kuma-wickets. Akaqedanga impela u-India kodwa ulayini wokuqeda ubuncane ubusabonakala. Ngethemba ukuthi iNgilandi ingagcina lomfutho ochungechungeni yize kwesinye isikhathi izobhekana nesitsha sethuli esiphenduka isikwele - ukuthi bakusingatha kanjani lokho okusazobonakala.
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