PM to meet Pakistan cricket team on 5th July 2017
By.Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will meet victorious Pakistan cricket team .P.M.Nawaz Sharif has invited the members of the victorious Pakistan cricket team to meet him on 5th July 2017 at P.M.house Islamabad.The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will present the players of the victorious cricket team, who clinched their maiden ICC Champions Trophy title by beating India, with cheqeues to reward them for the achievement.The Pakistani players ;Captain Sarfraz Ahmed,Ahmed Shehzad,Azhar Ali,Babar Azam,Faheem Ashraf,Fakhar Zaman,Haris Sohail,Hasan Ali,Imad Wasim,Junaid Khan,Mohammad Amir,Mohammad Hafeez,Rumman Raees,Shadab Khan,ShoaibMalik,Wahab Riaz will be given Rs 10 million each while 13 officials will be given Rs 5 million each.Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will meet has announced price money of Rs.1 crore each for every player of the national cricket team, as a reward for winning their maiden Champions Trophy 2017.Pakistan delivered an all-round performance against India, winning the finals by massive 180 runs at the Kennington Oval to lift their maiden Champions Trophy title.Pakistan beat arch rival India with a massive margin of 180 runs to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy at the Oval.Chasing the target of 339, India were all out for 158 in 31st over. Fakhar Zaman was declared Player of the Match for his brillent knock of 114 runs of 106 balls.Muhammad Amir and Hasan Ali secured three wickets each.Hassan Ali was declared winner of the Golden Ball and player of the tournament.Pakistan made history by beating India comprehensively in the final of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at The Oval . Sarfraz Ahmed’s team started the tournament with a heavy defeat to their arch-rivals, but finished it with a win over them in quite some style. Pakistan became the fourth team after West Indies, Sri Lanka and India to win the World Cup, World T20 and Champions Trophy.Fakhar Zaman and Azhar Ali’s century stand for the opening wicket put Pakistan in the driver’s seat after Virat Kohli opted to bowl first in the high-voltage clash. It was vital for Pakistan to post a big total and they did it with the help of Mohammad Hafeez’s cameo at the end. Zaman took risks here and there did not allow the Indian spinners to settle by taking risks and due to that India were not able to pick wickets in the middle overs.India lost their two key batsmen – Rohit Sharma and Kohli early in the big chase and then never came back into the match as they kept on losing wickets regularly.Hardik Pandya tried to show some fight but he was run out when he was set for a century, and Pakistan won the final by a mammoth 180 runs – the largest winning margin in the final of an ICC tournament. This was also Pakistan’s biggest winning margin by runs over India in ODIs.