{"id":24112,"date":"2021-10-25T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=24112"},"modified":"2021-10-25T02:37:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:37:35","slug":"guns-and-songs-as-pakistan-hails-myth-busting-world-cup-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/guns-and-songs-as-pakistan-hails-myth-busting-world-cup-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns and songs as Pakistan hails &#8216;myth-busting&#8217; World Cup stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi, Oct 24 (AFP\/APP):Jubilant cricket fans poured onto the streets across Pakistan on Sunday to hail their team&#8217;s rout of arch-rivals India at the T20 World Cup in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan romped to a 10-wicket triumph, a first ever at the World Cup level over their South Asian neighbours.<br \/>\nFans danced and sang, shouting slogans of &#8220;Pakistan zindabad&#8221;, or &#8220;Long Live Pakistan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Celebratory gunfire erupted from the rooftops of houses in the capital Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi while fireworks also lit up the sky.<br \/>\n&#8220;Congratulations to the Pakistan Team &#038; esp to Babar Azam who led from the front, as well as to the brilliant performances of Rizwan &#038; Shaheen Afridi,&#8221; Prime Minister Imran Khan, who led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup cricket, tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Former Test cricketer and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said in a video message on Twitter: &#8220;Our team has broken the myth of the Indian cricket team.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are a civilised nation and we will not say anything bad. Well done India.. you have done wonderfully well but not enough to beat the mightiest Babar and Rizwan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing 152 for victory, skipper Babar Azam (68) and Mohammad Rizwan (79) steered their team home with 13 balls to spare in front of 20,000 fans in Dubai and a global TV audience of hundreds of millions.<br \/>\nLeft-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi set up victory with figures of 3-31 that restricted India to 151-7 despite a valiant 57 from captain Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket fan Shahid Ahmad, 22, a student in Peshawar told AFP: &#8220;It was a great victory. Pakistan has proved that we can win in any situation. It was even more important because this victory was against India.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnother Pakistani cricket fan, Muhammad Basit who came from the UK for the match, told AFP in Karachi: &#8220;It&#8217;s a great feeling. Pakistan beat India in a very big match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re bringing the power back. 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