Jubilant cricket fans poured onto the streets across Pakistan on Sunday to hail their team's rout of arch-rivals India at the T20 World Cup in Dubai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan romped to a 10-wicket triumph, a first ever at the World Cup level over their South Asian neighbours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fans danced and sang, shouting slogans of "Pakistan zindabad", or "Long Live Pakistan".<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Celebratory gunfire erupted from the rooftops of houses in the capital Islamabad, Peshawar, and Karachi while fireworks also lit up the sky.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Congratulations to the Pakistan Team & esp to Babar Azam who led from the front, as well as to the brilliant performances of Rizwan & Shaheen Afridi," Prime Minister Imran Khan, who led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup cricket, tweeted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Imran watched the game in Saudi Arabia where he is on an official visit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former Test cricketer and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said in a video message on Twitter: "Our team has broken the myth of the Indian cricket team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"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."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Left-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>\r\n\r\n
Cricket fan Shahid Ahmad, 22, a student in Peshawar told AFP: "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."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Another Pakistani cricket fan, Muhammad Basit who came from the UK for the match, told AFP in Karachi: "It's a great feeling. Pakistan beat India in a very big match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We're bringing the power back. I think we are going to win the competition, Pakistan zindabad, all the way."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former captain Shahid Afridi tweeted: "Same celebration, same side, new result. Well done my boys Green heart #PAKvIND #PakistanZindabad."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Faayz Khan, a 22-year-old software engineering student, admitted there were doubts over whether Pakistan would ever get the better of India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n