Lahore mayor announces Rs1.5 million prize for Pakistans team
Lahore mayor announces Rs1.5 million prize for Pakistans team
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore Mayor Col (rtd) Mubashir Javed has announced a prize of 1.5 million rupees for the Pakistani team due to tremendous victory against India.
After defeating India in the T20 World Cup, the Lahore mayor announced that Rs1.5 million would be given to the Pakistani team.
Col (rtd) Mubashir Javed said that the Pakistani team have won the hearts of the whole world among Pakistanis.
Earlier, Pakistan made history by defeating India by 10 wickets for the first time in T20 World Cup.
Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets to register their first win over their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 World Cup.
Chasing 152 for victory, Babar (68) and Rizwan (79) took apart the Indian bowling as they steered their team home with 13 balls to spare in Dubai.
Left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi set up victory - their first over their neighbours in six attempts in the tournament - with figures of 3-31 that kept down India to 151-7 despite a valiant 57 from skipper Virat Kohli.
In the immediate aftermath of victory, celebratory gunfire erupted in the Pakistan cities of Islamabad and Karachi.
Babar and Riwan went on the attack from the start with boundaries inside the powerplay - the first six overs when only two fielders are aloowed outside the innner circle -- to set the tone for their chase.
The dew did not help the Indian bowlers who regularly wiped the moisture off the ball with their towels while the openers kept the score ticking and got the occasional fours and sixes.
The batting pair kept up the charge as Babar reached his fifty with a six off spinner Varun Chakravarthy to get the Pakistan crowd dancing with joy.
Rizwan raised his fifty with a boundary off pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah and then raced past his captain, hitting six fours and three sixes in his 55-ball knock.
Babar hit the winning runs to turn a new page in Pakistan-India rivalry.
