23 booked in Kasaragod for celebrating Pakistan’s victory in ICC Champions Trophy

Earlier in 2014 when Pakistan beat India in a match, over 60 students from India-administrated Kashmir were arrested on sedition charges after being accused of celebrating their win.

This was Pakistan’s maiden Champions Trophy silverware, and they now have all the three ICC trophies; the ODI World Cup from 1992, T20 World Cup from 2009 and now the Champions Trophy in 2017. “Sarfraz came out on the balcony with the trophy and showed it off to fans, waving and making the” victory sign” with two fingers as the crowds outside threw rose petals.”First of all I would like to thank Allah. The only exception was the 2003 World Cup when Sachin’s brilliance with the bat saw India chase down the target easily.

For them, and for millions of people across Pakistan, the taste of victory was sweet.

Widely written off after an abject display in their opening group match against the same opponents, the lowest-ranked team going into the tournament suddenly rediscovered their mojo.

Fans decorated the entire street and house of captain Sarfaraz Ahmed who arrived with fast bowler Ruman Raees at 4:45 am with the trophy that Pakistan had won for the first time.

Because she is the wife of Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik. “We have a young team and credit to my boys”. All of a sudden the world’s best bowling attack was born, restricting the top four teams (South Africa, Sri Lanka, England and India) to under 250. Even Kidambi’s victory in the Indonesia Open got only a mention while Rohan Bopanna’s Grand Slam doubles win at the French Open hardly got the coverage it deserved.

India captain Virat Kohli was brutally honest in assessing his team’s below-par performance in a chastening 180-run loss to archrival Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final Sunday. In the final while we marvelled at the fighting spirit and firm grit of Pakistan’s players, we saw only a meek bunch of Indian players. Instead, those who gathered at the religious center in Rawalpindi delayed the food in order to watch Pakistan’s historic win over India at the Champions Trophy on a giant TV screen.