Mohammad Amir removed all of India s top three as Pakistan stunned their arch-rivals with a remarkable 180-run win at The Oval. This was the first time when India and Pakistan were playing against each other in a 50-over ICC final.
Sanjay Pathak, a local police inspector said the men from Mohad village "were celebrating Pakistan's victory by bursting firecrackers and shouting anti-India slogans", CNN reported.
Defending champions India had been expected to cruise to victory against outsiders Pakistan during the much-anticipated final Sunday.
"With the World Cup becoming a ten-team event, it's nearly like the World Cup is becoming more like the Champions Trophy, which I think is a good thing", ICC CEO David Richardson was quoted as saying by Espncricinfo on Wednesday. The entire nation salutes them for winning the championship in flying colours and bringing the Champions Trophy home.
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The Champions Trophy may be scrapped to accommodate two World Twenty20 tournaments in a four-year cycle, ICC CEO David Richardson has said. "It is the right of the people of both the countries to witness Pak-India matches and one should not take it away from them", he said. The 15 villagers were produced before a court on Tuesday that sent them to jail for 14 days.
"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 the issue will be discussed during the ICC annual conference, which is now being held at The Oval in London.
Sixteen teams had participated in the 2016 World T20 held in India. Currently, Pakistan hockey team had only won their last group match against Scotland by 3-1in the World Cup Hockey qualifiers while in the first match Netherlands defeated Pakistan by 4-0. "These two lads, plus Shadab Khan, are the future of Pakistan cricket and I sincerely hope they will only go in the upward direction from here", he added.
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