To make the victory sweeter, they defeated arch-rivals and defending champions India by a huge margin of 180 runs to take revenge of the opening match which India won by 124 runs. It was formalities for Pakistan after that and they clinched the win by bowling out India for 158 in the 31st over.
Amir, whose career was almost ended on the other side of London s River Thames by a ban and jail sentence for his involvement in a spot-fixing scan during a 2010 Test at Lord s, made a brilliant comeback after a back spasm forced him out of the semi-final victory over England.
Earlier, Fakhar Zaman's maiden one-day global hundred was the cornerstone of Pakistan's 338-4. A high-profile and colourful finale was at least assured by India and Pakistan's presence in the final as another chapter in cricket's fiercest rivalry prepared to be written. On a lifeless wicket, Pakistan got a muchneeded lifeline early on in their innings and they kicked off from that point.
"It was about the team doing well and we have done well to be in the final", Kohli said.
"We just had to keep believing. they kept on believing, trusting their roles (and) trusting the game-plan that "Saffy" (Sarfraz) and I had set up", said Arthur for whom this was a first major tournament success after spells in charge of both his native South Africa and Australia.
"We want to try to be a lot more consistent as a team, but we've got a group of young players here that are fantastic".
Azhar Ali (59), Mohammed Hafeez (57) and Babar Azam (46) also played solid to prop up the Pakistan innings as they put on board 338 for four.
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The cricketing world's biggest match will decide the Champions Trophy title, as archrivals Pakistan and India reignite rivalry yet again after facing off in their group game on June 4.
Given that the highest successful run-chase in an ODI at the Oval was the 322-3 scored by Sri Lanka against India 10 days ago, Kohli's side needed a strong start to defy history.
Kohli, the world's top-ranked one-day batsman, had been dropped off the previous delivery in the slips and the India fans looked shell-shocked as he trudged off. "They made us make those mistakes because of the way they were bowling and the way they applied the pressure in the field, as well, and we have no hesitations or shame in admitting that we could not play our best game today".
After the first game, played against the team they can not lose to, Pakistan were dead and buried, with the only question being which airline they would use to book their flight back home.
Pandya, Kumar and Kedar Jadhav picked up a wicket each. Pandya's resistance was ended by a run-out and minutes later last-man Jasprit Bumrah was missed by Hasan, triggering celebrations all over the ground.
Hardik Pandya smashed 76 off 43 balls, hit half a dozen of sixes to provide some entertainment, before being run-out due to a disgusting mix-up with Jadeja.
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