New Delhi: Was it Priyanka's presence or the Prime Minister's message that turned India's fortunes at Karachi's National Stadium.

As the nation celebrated its cricket victory over Pakistan, media managers of both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress worked overtime to claim credit for the win.

Within minutes of the victory, mobile sets were bombed with SMS messages from the two parties.

"Bharat ko jeetne ki sahi aasha thi, Rahul aur Priyanka team ke saath thay (India was rightly hopeful of victory. Rahul and Priyanka were with the team)," said the Congress message.

"Khel bhi jeeta, dil bhi jeeta, Shabaash India (Bravo India, you won both the match and hearts)," the BJP said in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's message to Sourav's boys prior to their departure to Pakistan.

There were celebrations at the BJP headquarters as well with party leaders associating the win with the "feel-good" factor.