Media praises Pakistan after huge triumph
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JUBILANT photographs of Pakistan cricket fans dancing in the streets were plastered all over national newspapers yesterday after their eighth-ranked team produced a thrilling win against arch-rival India in the Champions Trophy final.
Pakistan inflicted a massive 180-run defeat upon title-holder and favorite India at the Oval in London on Sunday to win the tournament featuring the world’s top eight one-day international nations.
The victory was splashed across most major newspapers, with leading English daily Dawn proclaiming: “Pakistan breaks jinx, trounce India in dream final”.
While the country’s largest paper, the Urdu-daily Jang, announced: “Pakistan Champions, trounced Indian team.”
Pakistan made 338 for four, with the cornerstone being opener Fakhar Zaman’s 114, his maiden ODI hundred.
Mohammad Amir then reduced India to 33 for three by dismissing its much-vaunted top three, with Rohit Sharma out for a duck and opposing skipper Virat Kohli, the world’s top-ranked ODI batsman, falling for just five.
India eventually collapsed to 158 all out as it suffered its heaviest defeat in terms of runs in 129 ODIs against Pakistan.
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.
“But if there is one thing you can say about the Pakistan cricket team, it is that it exists to confound everyone.”
In India almost all print media went easy on Kohli and his team, crediting Pakistan’s performance though the front-page of the Hindustan Times screamed “Obliterated at the Oval: India humiliated by Pak.”
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