Army chief, Imran, other celebrities felicitate Green Shirts on T20 series win

KARACHI: Congratulations pour in for Pakistan cricket team from the army chief, celebrities and politicians after their splendid victory over Australia in the final of the Twenty20 tri-series at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Opener Fakhar Zaman cracked a career-best 91 to help set up Pakistan’s six-wicket win.

Zaman shared in a century stand with Shoaib Malik as Pakistan recovered from an early wobble in their pursuit of Australia’s 183 for 8, and Malik then showed all the experience of an 18-year international career to see his team home with an unbeaten 43.

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has congratulated team Pakistan for retaining T20 top cricket team ranking.

In a tweet, Director General Inter Services Public Relations Asif Ghafoor said, “Pakistan is a resilient, peaceful and sports loving nation.”

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan also congratulated the team especially Captain Sarfraz Ahmed “for the way he led the team”.

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