England defeated Pakistan in the T20 World Cup final by five wickets and chased the 138-run target in the 19th over with six balls to spare.
To reject Men in Green a fairytale finish in the tournament and become the first team to hold both global white-ball trophies in cricket at the same time.
Sam Curran featured with impressive bowling figures of 3/12 as England bowlers ran over the batting line to limit Pakistan to 137/8.
Leg spinner Adil Rashid spun out young sensation Mohammad Haris and skipper Babar Azam earlier Sam Curran and Chris Jordan wreaked havoc at the death, equally offering just 18 runs whereas taking four wickets in the last four overs.
Shan Masood top-scored for Pakistan with a skillful knock of 38 off 28, laced with two fours and a six while Babar contributed 32 off 28.
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Pakistan recovered well from initial scares as skipper and Shan elevated a valiant 39-run partnership on the third wicket, taking the scoreboard to 84/2 in 11 overs before Rashid got rid of Babar with a brilliant googly.
Iftikhar Ahmed went back on a duck afterwards facing six deliveries before Shan built another strong partnership (36 off 25) with no. 5 batter Shadab Khan routing Pakistan to 121/4 before the previous fell prey to Curran in the 17th over.
Pakistan went through a lower-order failure following Shan’s dismissal as the next three wickets fell in quick succession.
Apart from Curran’s brilliance, Rashid and Jordan took two scalps each although Ben Stokes took a wicket too.
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Previously, Openers Babar and Mohammad Rizwan trod carefully on a seam-friendly surface before England had the first breakthrough in the fifth over as Curren bowled out the wicket-keeper batter whereas he was trying to drag the outside the off-stump ball.
Energetic young batter Mohammad Haris was tested by England’s furious pace attack before he was terminated Rashid after managing mere 8 runs off 12 balls.