The panel of legendary former cricketers including England's Michael Atherton, Indias Sourav Ganguly and Ramiz Raja of Pakistan, among others, selected four Pakistanis, three Englishmen and one from Bangladesh with New Zealands Kane Williamson as the 12th man.
Communities gathered around TV screens throughout the country on Sunday night to share the moment as Pakistan won its first ever Champions Trophy, just weeks after being written off following a loss in the tournament's opening match - also against India. India have won the Champions Trophy twice. Cricket fans in both countries have been arrested in the past for supporting the rival teams or players.
India was then bowled out for 158 in just 30.3 overs as Pakistan notched up a 180-run win in a lop-sided summit clash.
Under Sarfraz Ahmed's captaincy, Pakistan beat South Africa and Sri Lanka in the remaining group matches before surprising host England in the semifinals.
"The Champions Trophy 2017 has been a memorable event and Pakistani fans will remember it for a very long time indeed".
The celebrations which had followed Pakistan's 1992 World Cup win were relived as Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was given a rapturous welcome here on his return from London with the Champions Trophy.
"When players like that get going on their day, it becomes really hard to stop them because I think 80 percent of his shots were high-risk - and they were all coming off", said Kohli.
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Pakistanis must celebrate their victory as it should be celebrated - neither more nor less.
"Dropping him was a really big disappointment", he said. We've got the monkey off our back in terms of qualifying.
Messages such as "Champion of champions". Team India lost the finals but the boys weren't sore, they were proud of their performance and thus accepted the defeat.
Bowling superstar Hasan Ali, who took home the Golden Ball award for the most wickets (13) in the tournament, has catapulted to number seven spot in the latest ICC ODI bowlers rankings.
Fans surrounded Ali's auto and showered it with rose petals, while the fast bowler smiled and waved from inside the vehicle.
Zaman, who was awarded the Man of the Match award for his aggressive century, pulled out of training on Saturday after feeling unwell.
Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan and Junaid Khan arrived in Islamabad where a fleet of policemen gave a guard of honor to the three players at the airport.
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