Revelation and redemption helped Pakistan turn world cricket's order upside down as Fakhar Zaman's maiden one-day worldwide century and Mohammad Amir's brilliant new-ball spell underpinned a landslide 180-run win over India in the Champions Trophy final.
All in all, it turned out to be a momentous display for Pakistan, whose fans have struggled to find much joy in a team whose fortunes wax and wane.
Fakhar became the second Pakistan batsman after Salman Butt to score a hundred in his maiden ODI innings against India. The boys were really motivated today. Credit to them, they outplayed us in all three departments.
But he did do India a favour in the 23rd over by bringing his opening partnership with Azhar Ali, worth 128 at better than five runs an over, to an end in calamitous fashion.
He celebrated with an extravagant twirl of his bat and kissed the turf as the Pakistan supporters sensed an unlikely win.
The wicket also stretched Hasan's tournament haul to 13 wickets, making him by far the highest wicket-taker of the 8th Champions Trophy. Azhar Ali, Babar Azam and Imad Wasim too chipped in with handy knocks while a late 57-run dash by Mohammed Hafeez lifted Pakistan to a solid 338. The duo began cautiously and went three overs without a boundary.
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Their hopes now rested largely on the shoulders of Shikhar Dhawan who had been in fine form in the tournament but he made only 21 before nicking the inspired Amir to wicketkeeper Sarfraz.
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Pandya, however, briefly raised their spirits with a quickfire 76, reaching his fifty with three successive sixes off Shadab and hitting six maximums in all before he was run out.
Fakhar, who made his reputation in the Twenty20 Pakistan Super League, was called into the side after Ahmed Shehzad was dropped following Pakistan's 124-run thrashing by title-holders India in the Asian giants' Champions Trophy opener at Birmingham's Edgbaston on June 4.
"Early wickets are never good, especially in a chase. We need to move forward and learn from our mistakes", Kohli said. We've got a group of young players who are fantastic.
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