The Pakistani national team stunned the cricket world by beating India in the final of an worldwide tournament called the Champions Trophy, in London. The third and fourth games will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua while the final ODI and the T20I will be played at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
Only Pakistan's mercurial reputation gave anyone pause about its slim-to-none chance of winning the Champions Trophy.
India skipper Virat Kohli, opener Shikhar Dhawan and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar were the only Indians to find places on the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 team, which will be led by Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed.
Ever since a terror attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in 2009, no major cricketing nation has toured Pakistan for a series and they had to play all their "home" matches outside the country.
"They also came to express their skill and win a cricket game and they certainly did", Kohli told a news conference.
Arthur for one was looking forward to the series. "A 16-team World T20 - even a 20-team World T20 - down the line is something that we would like to look at", Richardson said. "We can only hope".
The South Asians arrived in Britain for the eight-team, one-day global tournament as the lowest-ranked side, packed with players still trying to find their feet at the highest level and given little hope of emerging victorious.
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Victorious Pakistan players dominate the team with their captain Sarfraz Ahmed named captain of the side.
The News, in a piece headlined "Champions", said: "When Pakistan was thrashed by India in its opening match of the Champions Trophy, the obituaries were already being written".
He added: "Hopefully this win, everyone will remember, not just for today, not just for tomorrow, but for a very long, long time". It read, "We are the champions".
South Africa have managed to retain their top spot, though it is just two rating points that separate them from the second-placed Australia.
There also seems to be a lot of similarity between the Champions Trophy and the ICC World Cup, which might go against the former.
"Credit to everyone for standing up and showing that resilience and reaching the finals - (but) we were outplayed in all departments".
"In the end. you have to accept and admire sometimes the skill of the opposition".
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