‘An 8th-ranked team beat India in the final’: Hasan Ali recollects 2017 Champions Trophy win

Fast bowler Hasan Ali recalled Pakistan’s well-known win towards India within the ultimate of the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, revealing how excited about the sport nonetheless offers him goosebumps. Ali, who’s at the moment nursing a again harm, was adjudged the Player of the Series after choosing up 17 wickets within the match and capped it off by returning figures of three/19 as Pakistan steamrolled India by 180 runs within the summit conflict.Also Read | ‘Back-to-back overs in a Test match? Not sure,’ David Warner has reservations about T Natarajan as Test bowler“Remembering the Champions Trophy win still gives me goosebumps. You cannot describe the feelings of that tournament in words,” he mentioned in an interview on Cricket Baaz. “There were a lot of players who made their debuts – Rumman Raees, Faheem Ashraf and Fakhar Zaman, and there were a few players whose careers had just started – like me and Shadab Khan. So, it was a young team, and a new captain was handling it: Sarfraz bhai.”Also Read | ‘If one guy bowls tight, the other picks up wickets’, Pragyan Ojha desires India to incorporate ‘phenomenal’ bowling duo in SydneyIt was a collection the place nobody gave Pakistan an opportunity within the match, let alongside towards India within the ultimate, a group that had thrashed them by 124 runs (D/L methodology) within the fourth match of the match. But from that defeat, the group picked itself up inspiringly en path to beating South Africa, Sri Lanka earlier than taking down hosts England within the first semi-final. In the ultimate, India have been outplayed with the group folding for 158, chasing 339 to win.Also Read | Fan claims to have paid invoice price INR 6683 for Team India’s lunch in Melbourne“Imagine, An eighth-ranked team went to a mega event and defeats the teams ranked in the top three and then beats India in the final. So, it was just by the grace of God and the way Sarfraz bhai captained the side and every single player performed, I cannot tell it in words,” Ali added.“No doubt India were stronger on paper, and their performance was also going good, but when a team has the momentum, they can defeat any team in front of them. So everyone had the hunger to perform.”