India started off on a strong note with a commanding win over Pakistan in the Group B match, but Pakistan extracted revenge rather emphatically in the summit clash of the tournament, pulling off a 180-run win.
The tournament saw its share of ups and downs — from rain spoiling the proceedings in most games, top sides such as South Africa and Australia getting knocked out in the first round to Bangladesh reaching the semi-final of an ICC tournament for the very first time, and Pakistan scripting a fairytale.
Pakistan came into the match as underdogs but they have looked anything but. India were never in the game. They were dominated by Pakistan in their innings and their top order was sent back into the hut even before the first 15 overs got over. Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the very first over for none. Virat Kohli followed with a little more than none and Shikhar Dhawan walked back after making 21. Hardik Pandya, for a moment would have given the Indian fans some hope but he was only delaying the inevitable. His wicket effectively ended the Indian challenge and it was only a matter of time before captain Sarfraz Ahmed took the Jasprit Bumrah’s catch and Pakistan were off. India had to chase down 339 and fell short by 180 runs.
1st Innings
128/1 ( A. ALI 23 OVERS ), 200/2 ( F. ZAMAN 33.1 OVERS ), 247/3 ( S. MALIK 39.4 OVERS ), 267/4 (B. AZAM 42.3 OVERS )
2nd Innings
0/1 ( R. SHARMA 0.3 OVERS ), 6/2 ( V. KOHLI 2.4 OVERS ), 33/3 (S. DHAWAN 9 OVERS ), 54/4 (Y. SINGH 13 OVERS ), 54/5 (MS DHONI 13.3 OVERS ), 72/6 ( K. JADHAV 17 OVERS ), 152/7 ( H. PANDYA 26.3 OVERS ), 156/8 ( R. JADEJA 27.3 OVERS ), 156/9 ( R. ASHWIN 28.1 OVERS ), 158/10 ( J. BUMRAH 30.3 OVERS )
180 run loss for India is the biggest for a Full Member nation in CT.
PRE: 167 runs by Ban vs NZ, Colombo(SSC), 2002
180 run margin is the biggest loss for a team in an ICC tournament final.
PRE: 125 by Ind vs Aus, Joburg, 2003
Most wickets in a single edition of CT:
13 J Taylor (2006)
13 Hasan Ali (2017)
12 F Maharoof (2006)
12 R Jadeja (2013)
Teams winning all three ICC World titles: West Indies, India, Sri Lanka (shared trophy in 2002), Pakistan
Shadab Khan (18y 257d) is the youngest to win an ICC ODI tournament final. PRE: Aaqib Javed (19y 233d), WC 1992 final
Hasan Ali – first bowler to take four successive three-fers in CT
Best figures in CT finals: 5/30 Kallis v WI, 1998; 3/16 Mohammad Amir; 3/19 Hasan Ali; 3/20 R Bopara v Ind, 2013
Man of the Match in CT finals: J Kallis , C Cairns, I Bradshaw, S Watson (2), R Jadeja, Fakhar Zaman
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