Delhi: The match between India and Pakistan in the ICC tournament is always exciting. Generally, whenever these two teams are face to face in the ICC event, victory is from India. However, Pakistan changed this story in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Eight years after that historic victory, the then captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has told how his team prepared himself for the final and won against India.
When Pakistan changed strategy
India’s upper hand is usually heavy in the ICC tournament. India also defeated Pakistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy played in England in 2017. When both teams clashed again in the finals, most people felt that India would win again. However, Pakistan surprised everyone by winning by a huge margin of 180 runs.
Sharing the strategy behind this victory, Sarfaraz Ahmed said, “After losing to India in the group stage, we had a meeting. Our senior players Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez had kept their words in this meeting. We changed our thinking that day. We had a feeling of revenge. We made some changes in our team and it increased our confidence significantly. ”
‘Confidence won’
Sarfaraz said that forgetting the defeat of the group stage, his team made a great comeback. He said, “We defeated England in the semi -finals and our bowlers were in excellent rhythm. After this we had to face India in the final, but we were confident that we could win. ”
Before the final, Sarfaraz told his team, “We have already defeated many strong teams, so the competition with India is not like a new challenge. Just don’t worry about your 100% and result. “
The condition of the final match
In the final match, Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman scored 114 runs while batting brilliantly. Azhar Ali scored 59 and Mohammad Hafeez scored a fiery innings of 57 runs, making Pakistan score a big score of 338/4.
In response, the Indian team was all out for only 158 runs in 30.3 overs. Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Aamir bowled deadly and dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan quickly, causing the Indian team to go on the backfoot and could not return.
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