Champions Trophy: How Twitter played the India-Pakistan final
Getty ImagesPakistan thrashed defending champions India in the Champions Trophy to stun the country of 1.2 billion people on Sunday.
India started as the favourite both in TV newsrooms and on Twitter with anchors and people giving Pakistan absolutely no chance.
Take this tweet from a fan-page of former India cricketer Virender Sehwag.
Virender Sehwag (Fan page)But Pakistan had a different script in mind, which unfolded on Twitter like this:
The no-ball
Jaspreet Bumrah gets Fakhar Zaman early! But it's a no-ball.
Ranveer Singh
Madhura NaikZaman show
The batsman took a moment to ponder over his bad shot to Bumrah's "shocker" and proceeded to hammer the Indian bowlers.
By now, Indians supporters were getting a bad feeling...
Jas Gill... and started pleading for wickets
Mohammad KaifFakhar Zaman gets a 100!
Manish ShaarmaA plea for perspective
Lubzie
Hsley PakistanMammoth total
Pakistan set a target of 338 - but Indians were still confident.
Yogendra YadavBut Pakistan had other plans
@MehwishHayat
@cricketwallah
@Ussy_DeeThe wickets just kept on falling
@mohammedhanif
@hvgoenkaHardik Pandya made a valiant effort...
@cricketwallah... only to be run out
@gauravkalra75... and Pakistan celebrates an epic win!
@Jesuis_ZombieThe match summed up
@gowhargeelaniCongratulations pour in
@DaleSteyn62
@michaelkugelmanIn India, there was anger, blinding anger
@ANI_news... but most were gracious in defeat
@chinskap
@shashitharoorAnd anyway there's always hockey
@BabitaPhogat
@saliltripathi