Mohammad Amir removed India's top three batsmen as Pakistan stunned their arch-rivals with a remarkable 180-run win in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday.
Sarfraz Ahmed's side suffered a shambolic 124-run loss to India on DLS in their first match a fortnight ago but closed the campaign a team transformed with their fourth win in a row.
Pakistan bowler Hasan Ali took three wickets, including the final wicket of Jasprit Bumrah caught by Pakistan Captain Sarfraz Ahmed, and went on to win the tournament's Golden Ball award at the top bowler throughout the competition.
With the bat in hand, India found themselves under early pressure after losing both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for just 6 runs.
The Pakistan openers went off to a flier as Fakhar Zaman and Azhar Ali added 128 runs for the first wicket on a track that was very good for batting. The other notable scorers were:- Azhar Ali 59, Mohammed Hafeez 57 and Babar Azam 46.
The last time Pakistan won a major 50-over ICC tournament was also during Ramadan, when Khan led his team over England in the 1992 final at Melbourne, Australia.
Pakistan celebrate after winning ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
"We played like we had nothing to lose, now we are champions".
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They wouldn't keep their lead into half-time though, Javier Hernandez drawing Mexico level just before the interval. Vela combined with Raul Jimenez, who laid off the ball to an onrushing Hernandez.
As soon as the sun set and people broke their religious fast, large numbers came out to watch Pakistan seamers squeezing India in its run-chase.
Turning to the coin, India won the toss and Virat Kohli opted to bowl first.
Kohli, the world's top-ranked one-day batsman, had been dropped off the previous delivery in the slips and the India fans looked shell-shocked as he trudged off. "They outplayed us. They were more intense and passionate on the day".
After the first game, played against the team they can not lose to, Pakistan were dead and buried, with the only question being which airline they would use to book their flight back home.
Although it was a chastening defeat for Kohli, it was something to savour for his Pakistan counterpart Sarfraz.
Any thought of the unlikeliest of victories was snuffed out when Pandya was run out by the length of the pitch after a mix-up with Jadeja.
Pakistan, who started the tournament as the eighth-ranked team, should thank the 27-year-old Fakhar for laying the platform for the memorable win. This is the fifth-highest margin in any final; the largest is 245, and India were at the receiving end there too, against Sri Lanka in the Coca Cola Champions Trophy in 2000.
The harum-scarum left-hander had already survived with just a single to his name when he pushed Bhuvneshwar Kumar to cover and would have been run out had Kedar Jadhav managed a direct hit.
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