Summary One raw and brave, the other experienced and highly-skilled, wrote Sangakkara in his article
WEB DESK - After Pakistan crushed India in the finals of ICC Champions Trophy, accolades came for men in green from all corners as the outstanding achievemnet was hailed in countless words by cricket fans, stars, celebrities and former greats.
Former Sri Lankan skipper and legend Kumar Sangakkara lauded the efforts of Pakistan during the champions trophy campaign as he expressed in a a column for the ICC that Pakistan found two heroes on the day of the final.
"One raw and brave, the other experienced and highly-skilled. Fakhar and Amir were brilliant," Sanga wrote.
"Opener Fakhar Zaman, playing in just his fourth ODI, emphasised better than anyone this resurgent belief, fighting off pre-match nerves, inexperience and illness. Like many of his youthful colleagues, he did not carry the psychological scars of previous failures to arch-rivals India and it showed," he added.
While paying homage to the jaw-dropping spell of Mohammad Amir the former Sri Lankan skipper expressed, “The in-swinging delivery to get Rohit Sharma was perfect and against Kohli he was undaunted by a dropped catch at first slip, nailing his man at the backward point immediately after. A few overs later he found the outside edge of Shikar Dhawan with a probing, bouncing delivery.”
Sngakkara also admired Fakhar Zaman for his marvellous show during the final as he wrote:
"Zaman batted freely and aggressively. Mixing attacking boundary options and smart strike rotation, he anchored the Pakistan total with the most important innings of his life."
