The caption of the photo read, 'Pakistan supporters burst crackers in downtown Srinagar to celebrate Pakistan cricket team's victory over India in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday'.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said being named skipper of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) team of the Champions Trophy was the "perfect icing on the cake" of his side's stunning title triumph.
For Pakistan, pacers Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali bagged three wickets each.
In the ODI player rankings, India opener Rohit Sharma, who scored 123 not out in the semifinal, has gained three slots to reach 10th position while pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up four places to joint-19th) and Jasprit Bumrah (up 19 places to 24th) are the others to gain.
"We just had to keep believing. they kept on believing, trusting their roles (and) trusting the gameplan that "Saffy" and I had set up".
"We dusted ourselves off after the defeat to India at Edgbaston and came back superbly", added the South African after Pakistan's first major global tournament success since they won the 2009 World Twenty20 in England.
"I have a smile on my face because I am very proud of the boys".
"The stars aligned for Pakistan on a bright Sunday in South London when they cut their old rivals down to size to win their maiden Champions Trophy crown", The News said.
Reflecting on their response to the adversity of their initial setback against India two weeks ago, and the culmination of their hard work, he said: "It sort of feels surreal really".
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The side was selected by a jury of cricket experts, which comprised former captains Michael Atherton of England, India's Sourav Ganguly, Ramiz Raja of Pakistan as well as Lawrence Booth (Editor, Wisden Almanack and cricket writer, The Mail) and Julian Guyer (cricket correspondent, Agence France-Presse), with ICC General Manager - Cricket, Geoff Allardice, as chairman.
"We tried to do out best, but even with the ball, they were aggressive, we didn't show any resistance apart from Hardik, who's knock was outstanding", he said.
Amir, once vilified for his role in the 2010 Pakistan spot-fixing scandal which led to him serving a prison term in the United Kingdom, was at his brilliant best when he produced a devastating opening spell.
Then one ball after Kohli, the world's leading ODI batsman, was dropped at slip off Amir, the bowler had him caught at point by Shadab Khan.
The collapse continued when left-handed opener Dhawan was caught behind off Amir.
Dhawan was out to an Amir cross seamer, and India was 33-3.Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni could still rescue India, but Singh was hit pad first by spinner Shadab, confirmed by video review.
But after the victims were remembered with a minute's silence by a capacity crowd, fans at The Oval were soon engrossed by an extraordinary match.
The only bright spot for India was the performance of Pandya, who clubbed six sixes in a thrilling counter-attack before being run out in a mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja.
Earlier, Fakhar rode his luck after Kohli sent Pakistan into bat at a sun-drenched Oval.
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