Left-arm fast bowler Amir, whose career was nearly ended on the other side of London's River Thames by a ban and jail term he received for his part in a spot-fixing scam during a 2010 Test against England at Lord's, finished with three for 16.
"And then we just showed great, great character and I am really happy because it's all for the nation of Pakistan because they've been waiting for such a long time".
But it was the first ball of the fourth over that turned cruel for India and a blessing for Pakistan.
Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, on the other hand, said that they too would have elected to bowl first had he won the toss, adding that they are looking forward to posting more than 300. However, they never really got off the blocks in the second innings.
Things didn't improve from there, with India all out for 158 in the 31 over, as Pakistan posted a massive 180 run victory.
"I was lucky with the no ball", he said.
There was no looking back after that and was liberal help from all the Indian bowlers, who erred in length, gave away needless extras to release the pressure completely.In humid conditions and on flattest of decks, Kohli chose to field first but his bowlers did not do justice to the faith he had shown in them.
A fiery Amir dented India's top batting order.
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Then one ball after Kohli, the world's leading ODI batsman, was dropped at slip off Amir, the bowler had him caught at point by Shadab Khan. Dhawan was surprised by the extra bounce from the left hander and edged behind the stumps to give a simple catch to Sarfraz Ahmed.
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Yuvraj Singh was lbw to leg-spinner Shadab and former captain MS Dhoni, the hero of many an India rescue mission, holed out in the deep.
Successive Indian governments have refused to play bilateral cricket with Pakistan and it is unlikely that the result of the 2017 Champions Trophy will change the views of the Narendra Modi government. Fakhar's figures of 3.3-0-25-0 were ruined only by Hardik Pandya hitting two consecutive sixes. He ended up with a knock of 76 runs off 43 balls.
Fakhar left to a standing ovation and handed the baton to Babar, who saw Shoaib Malik hole out off the economical Bhuvneshwar Kumar before failing to clear the rope himself, caught off Kedar Jadhav at long off.
The 27-year-old proceeded to share a 128-run opening stand with Azhar before posting his maiden one-day global century, brought up in 92 balls.
What a time for Mohammad Amir to produce one of the great opening spells in the history of one-day cricket.
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