Pakistan legend Imran Khan tweeted, "Congratulations to Team Pakistan on their great performance in winning #CT17 And how wonderful to watch Fakhar's raw talent in action". Watching a match was a struggle and, oftentimes, I found myself turning away from the TV after witnessing the token Pakistani collapse. Pakistan who lost their opening game to India by 124 runs.
But as Twitter has a tradition to troll everyone, people started trolling her for being diplomatic.
India had already beaten Pakistan once in the tournament.
Brimming with laudation, the whole nation is celebrating the win along with the political leaders of Pakistan who have also taken the social media in praising the smashing triumph by the Pakistani cricket team. With the ball, we could have had more wicket-taking opportunities.
Successive Indian governments have refused to play bilateral cricket with Pakistan and it is unlikely that the result of the 2017 Champions Trophy will change the views of the Narendra Modi government. Credit to Pakistan. They outplayed us. "We thought one big partnership would have set it up nicely", Indian skipper Virat Kohli said after the match.
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He trapped Rohit Sharma lbw for nought with a swinging delivery and removed India talisman Virat Kohli with another fine ball which the captain could only edge to point for five.
In a statement issued today, Rasheed said: "It is odd that Indian TV channels are still trying to distort the facts and putting their own narratives and fabricated versions of the whole story".
Harbhajan mentioned Pandya's 46-ball 76 as the only positive thing on Sunday's match. But for a guy like Zaman, it becomes really hard to stop players like him, because I think 80 per cent of his shots were high- risk and they were all coming off. "We would have loved to bowl first but I also thought that if we can score 280, it will put pressure on the opposition.", he said.
"Sometimes, you have to sit and say, the guy is good enough on the day to tackle anything. We tried our best to hit good areas but they just batted really well today", said Kohli.
"It's never wise to try and make a call too early, but certainly the applications of both are very well founded", said Richardson. "That is something that we need to keep a check on". We don't get the home advantage like other teams. While cricket continues to rule the heart of Indians, soon after India's defeat, displeased Indian fans took to the streets to express their anger across India and in Karnataka, too.
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