The arch rivals of the Asian continent, India and Pakistan have been clashing only in the ICC and World Cups for the last 10 years due to the border issue. Being neighboring countries, these two teams usually do not see cricket as a game but consider it as an honor and fight with all their might to win, so India-Pakistan matches are famous worldwide. Especially in the ICC series, except for the first defeat in the last 2021 T20 World Cup, India has been continuously defeating Pakistan for more than 30 years and is acting as a successful team.
However, India, who entered the Champions Trophy held in England in 2017 as the current champion, for the first time under the leadership of Virat Kohli performed well in the league round and qualified for the finals in the knockout round. But India’s 180-run defeat in the grand final at the London Oval cricket ground remains a memorable event for Indian fans. Batting first in the match, Pakistan amassed 338/4 to ensure victory early on.
Heat the children:
Bumrah, who was out especially when he was short of runs, took advantage of Bumrah’s no-ball, and Baqar Zaman smashed India’s dream in half by scoring 114 (106) runs. Chasing the rest of the dream of 339 runs, the top order batsmen like Rohit Sharma 0, Virat Kohli 5, Shikhar Dhawan 22 were all out for few runs in the action of Mohammad Amir’s swing fastballs. So it is seen as the first and last peak achievement in Pakistan’s captain Sarfraz Ahmed’s career who won the trophy and created history.
In this case, Sarbaraz Ahmed said that in that match, India, which includes quality experienced players like Dhoni, Virat, Rohit, was painted with young players like children who have not lost their milk teeth like Baqar Zaman and Babar Azam. Here is what he talked about in a recent interview: “I will never forget the memories of winning the Champions Trophy. Winning that final against India can’t be described in words.”
“It wouldn’t be so special if it was an ordinary match. We have won ICC and bilateral series before against India. We have had a lot of wins against them, especially in ODI cricket. But to beat such a strong Indian team to chase that goal was incredible. No goal is too big for them. Because the Indian team had MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli etc.”
” But we had players in our team who never lost their baby teeth. Especially the young players who were like children at that time have now reached great heights in Pakistan cricket. Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Baheem Ahmed were young players at that time.”
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“Because of that, the Indian team that was there at that time was nothing compared to us. Our team had only 2 experienced players Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. All the other players were rookies,” he said.