Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes his side's crushing victory over India in the Champions Trophy final would serve as a catalyst to bring back worldwide cricket back home.
Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has expressed hope that the proposed World XI tour to the country will go ahead after his side crushed their arch-rivals India to clinch their maiden Champions Trophy. The pre-match verbal jousting was not without the banter of Indian celebrities.
However, it was not long before the opener found his feet and things looked rosy for Pakistan as Azhar and Fakhar brought up their respective fifties from successive balls in the 20th over. But it were India who capitalised on a lot of them.
After the initial response from Pakistani fans, Rishi chose to tone down his verbal attack but decided taunt Pakistani fans by bringing the issue of terrorism into the fray. "And then we just showed great, great character and I am really happy because it's all for the nation of Pakistan because they've been waiting for such a long time". Pandya scored 76 before getting run out in a disappointing fashion. Talk about sweet but cold revenge.
"Pakistan break jinx, trounce India in dream final", the Dawn proclaimed in its lead story. I would wait for a gesture from India, either from Sehwag, or Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor (who too has been in the wars with Pakistani fans).
"Hopefully, this win will boost Pakistan cricket and all teams will come to Pakistan to play", Sarfraz added. When we arrived here, we just played like we have nothing to lose. India's spin mainstay went for 28 from his first four overs.
On Sunday evening, the subcontinent was glued to its television sets as India took on Pakistan in the finals of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament being played at the Oval in London.
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"We can be very proud of that as a unit, we leave here with our heads held high because we understand the kind of expectations and pressures we face as a team".
"India couldn't even make half of the score, whole team booked in 30.3 overs", the Daily Jang said.
Sports fans in India got to witness two contrasting results on Sunday in two different sporting arenas but in the same city.
"We want to be a little more consistent as a team but we've got a group of players here who are fantastic". Amir, who was 18, was banned from cricket for five years and also served three months of a six-month prison sentence in a young offenders' institute.
Pakistan had to earn their win and they made us make mistakes.
Pakistan have been starved of worldwide cricket in their own country since an attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009, forcing them to play their "home" series at neutral venues. The win in 1992 had put Pakistan on the world stage.
Amir was one of three Pakistan players involved in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal, which took place during the Lord's Test against England.
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