It was indeed a carnage, madness or the swat of the breathtaking swings of a sword that rocket propelled into the stands of the upper tear. Indians left helplessly rendered to some ordinary bowling that disappeared each time it was bowled. The first ten overs, yielding 100 runs. Before Afridi got out for a massacring 102, hitting 9 of them outside the boundary rope, he had by then all but settled and took the match right out of the grasp of the Indians on a pitch with little for the batting, and anythin in excess of 200 would have been a good total to defend. Pakistan needed a solid start and boy did they get one. It was a total manifestation of bludgeoining onslaught. Anything of such magnitude would have been enough to even boil down the best in the world. As he had shown previously, with his little cameos here and there and giving Pakistan the breezy and brisk start they needed at the start of the innings. Something around the corner was definitely in there for his takings. He wasn't getting big scores, but he was doing all but what was needed by his captain, to give Pakistan the start they need. With an exquisite 43 of 23 or even 20 of 9 balls, pundits around the cricketing world were never expecting something of this turmoil again from him. But with this he has shown that he remains one of the most destructive batsman in world cricket. Even the breathtaking batting of Shehwag, or the maestros of Gilchrist are secondary to this prime young fellow when it comes to pinch-hitting. He doesn't slog, he hits through the line of the ball with exquisite hand-eye cordination and a powerful strength from his fore-arms, ensuring that the ball travels a mighty distance when its hit. Rest of them just had to cruise-control to victory. Such is this batting genius, that he brings great excitement each time he comes out to be. Cricket needs someone like him to make it even more exciting and watchable for many people feeling boredom from slow over rates and long daunting hours. Wait till you watch Afridi, Shegwag or Gilchrist bat the opposition out of their way, and even test cricket bigots to a one-day format each day of its five days. This is what is needed and this is where the power-hitting comes into the action, where techniques becomes meaningless, basics are superlative and cricket becomes exciting. Another Afridi blitz is always near the corner. He cannot settle, he cannot defend, but he can hit right through the line. He has been given the green light to take off right on the chip of his powerful soulders from the time Bob Woolmer came into the side. And Afridi has he shown again, shown tremendous bullying under pressure. He is the embodiment of the best of the best, and he remains an element of destruction. Inzamam, all but now realise that nothing is impossible and with some other power hitters in the side in the likes of Razzaq, Youhana, Malik and Akmal, and Inzi himself, for instance their win in ther third one-dayers even without the cameos of Afridi, remains one of their best chases in recent memory, fatastic 315 from India looked ordinary, when this bunch of exciting players come together. Afridi's powerful heap over mid-wicket of a Zaheer Khan delivery became his 200th sixes in one-dayers, and there is plenty more to come, taking him right on top of the best striking rates in the world. His 4th one day hundred came at a crucial time for Pakistan and the Indians will have to come out with nothing short of total team strategy to break up withthis madness from the what they call, Pakistan's answer to Shehwag.