Following the win, Sarfraz said that although no one had expected them to qualify for the finals, they are happy to defy all odds and bounce back from their opening-match defeat to India. "We won because of prayers and God; and I can not name the facilitators of those prayers". Read Also: India vs Pakistan: Most memorable moments " If asked, I will say that the prayers of the fans and God has won them the games.
The final will be a contest between Pakistan's strong bowling and India's solid batting.
The picture of India's wicketkeeper-batsman and former captain MS Dhoni with Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed's son has shown to the world that sports is beyond boundaries.
"When you return to Pakistan, we will sit together and remove this misunderstanding", he said. The strategy of fielding first against other teams has worked well for Sarfraz against other teams as the spinners throttled the opposition in the middle overs. "I am really impressed to see that Sarfraz has turned out to be such a bold captain", Imran said. But it will not be a one-sided final and there will be a fine contest between India and Pakistan.
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So we will have to wait and see what people out there want to decide or whoever is in control of making that kind of decisions. And I can take this team forward. "I can take us to win a World Cup, I believe", De Villiers told a news conference.
India is in a great place and must be favoured to retain the ICC Champions Trophy but no-one should discount Pakistan.
In Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali, Sarfraz has had a similarly mean duet in this competition. "We know you ability, so play cricket quietly. I think Pakistan team has some good players who could be match winners".
Before the match begins on Sunday afternoon, all that anybody can see over the internet and social media is the same old and a pretty rehearsed question of 'Who will win this war?' and memes to put the opposing team down by both sides of the country.
"After a long time, India has three or four good pace bowlers. Don't wish to get into the details on who won them the games", Sohail said during a programme on a Pakistani channel.
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