Pakistan create history, thrash India in Champions Trophy final
Fakhar Zaman scored his maiden century while Mohammad Amir tore apart the Indian top-order as Pakistan defeated India
Highlights
- Green shirts win Champions Trophy for the first time!
- Pakistan shot down India for 158
- Hardik Pandya gone after scoring quickfire 76
- Kedar Jadhav top-edges one to Sarfraz! India 72-6
- Hasan Ali dismisses Dhoni!
- Shadab traps Yuvraj right in front!
- Amir strikes to get Dhawan for 21
- India 31-2 after 8 overs
- Amir sends Kohli back to pavilion, India two down for 6
- Amir gets Rohit out on duck off first over
- Pakistan set India target of 339
- Pakistan 318-4 after 48 overs
- 300 up for Pakistan. 28 balls to go
- Pakistan 294-4 after 45 overs
- Babar Azam dismissed at 46. Pakistan 267-4 (42.3 ov)
- Malik out at 12 (16). Pakistan 247/3 (39.4 ov)
- Babar and Malik on crease. Pakistan 239-2 off 38 ov
- Fakhar out at 114. Pakistan 200-2
- Pakistan 186-1 after 31 overs
- Fakhar Zaman reaches maiden 100
- 50 partnership up between Fakhar and Babar
- Azhar run out at 59. Pakistan 128-1 off 23 ov
- Azhar, Fakhar bring up their fifties
- 100 up for Pakistan, 18 overs down
- Pakistan 86-0 after 15 overs
- Pakistan 56-0 after 10 overs
- Fakhar survives after getting caught behind off a no-ball
- The match starts with a maiden over
- Mohammad Amir in, Rumman Raees out; India unchanged
- India win toss, put Pakistan in to bat first
- Pakistan team reaches The Oval for the finale
- Coach Mickey Arthur confirms Mohammad Amir is fit and will play final
- Sarfraz Ahmed says team has prepared strategy to beat India
- Kohli praises Pakistan team, says the young talented side can beat anyone on their day
LONDON: A young Pakistan team stunned the world and created history on Sunday, thrashing an in-form and star-studded Indian side by 180 runsin the Champions Trophy finale at The Oval.
After scoring a mammoth 338 runs, Pakistan shot India down at 158 runs to secure one of the greatest victories in the history of cricket.
Mohammad Amir tore apart the famed Indian top three, shaking India to the core as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan headed back to the pavilion.
Sharma was trapped LBW for a duck while Kohli was caught by Shadab Khan for 5. Amir then had Dhawan caught behind for 21.
Wickets of Yuvraj Singh and Kedar Jadhav were picked up by Shadab Khan while MS Dhoni was dismissed by Hasan Ali, breaking the back of the Indian batting.
An 80-run stand between Hardik Pandya was broken via a run out as mix-up between the two batsmen in the middle diminished the last hope for India.
An over later, Ravindra Jadeja was picked up at slips by Junaid Khan. India were 154-7 at this stage.
It was a mere formality from this point onwards as Pakistan bowled India out for 158, securing one of the greatest wins in the history of the country.
Defending champions lost their last four wickets for the addition of only six runs.
From the get go Pakistan looked like a side on a mission. The opening pair of Fakhar Zaman and Azhar Ali played shots all over the field as the Indian bowlers looked rattled.
Azhar Ali scored a fifty but was run out in an unfortunate mixup. Fakhar Zaman played the innings of his young career as he smashed 12 fours and 3 sixes en route to his maiden century. Fakhar Zaman was dismissed at 114 but the rest of the Pakistani batsmen picked up from where he left off.
Babar Azam chipped in with a calculated 46 and towards the end of the innings, Mohammad Hafeez and Imad Wasim kept the pressure on. Hafeez scored a brilliant 57 which included some massive sixes.
Title-holders India, who thrashed Pakistan by 124 runs in their opening group match, were unchanged from the side that hammered Bangladesh by nine wickets in Thursday´s semi-final at Birmingham´s Edgbaston.
But Pakistan made one change, with the fit-again Mohammad Amir, who missed Wednesday´s impressive eight-wicket semi-final win over previously unbeaten tournament hosts England with a back spasm, returning.
Amir replaced fellow left-arm quick Rumman Raees, who marked his one-day international debut with two wickets against England.