India Wins Twenty 20 World Cup –Videos, Pics, Story

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Chasing 158 in the final of the first ever Twenty20 World Cup at Johannesburg, Pakistan was
skittled out 152 with three balls remaining.

Defending a modest 158, RP Singh struck first up to scalp Mohammad Hafeez for one run and
give India a kickstart.

He struck in his successive over to uproot Kamran Akmal for a duck even as the Pakistan
batsmen scored freely off a wayward Sreesanth.

But with Imran Nazir and Younis Khan at the crease, Pakistan looked in control as the runs kept
coming thick and fast. The duo scored briskly and pulled down the required run rate to below
eight.

Just when it looked that Pakistan were cruising, a superb throw from Robin Uthappa at mid off
brought an end to Nazir's cameo who was run out for 33.

Earlier, Gautam Gambhir, who scored 75 off 54 with the help of eight boundaries and two sixes
helped India reach a fighting total.

Pakistan bowlers did a tremendous job to restrict India to 157 for five after electing to bat. Umar
Gul, with his match figures of 4-0-28-3 was the best bowlers of the day.

Gul dismissed the big-hitting Yuvraj Singh, skipper Mahendra Dhoni and a well-set Gautam
Gambhir as India were restricted to 157-5 after electing to bat.
The match pitted as the 'mother of all contests' lived up to the hype attached to it as the drama
unfolded even before a ball was bowled. The fans went beserk when the two teams walked out in
the middle.

There were early jitters for India as on the very first delivery a slight confusion between Gautam
Gambhir and Yousuf Pathan resulted in a near run out before replays showed he was safe.

Post that, the two openers put India on the fast track as they belted a slower than usual
Mohammad Asif all around scoring 13 runs in the first over.

But Asif struck in his successive over to give Pakistan a crucial breakthrough when Pathan
miscued a pull shot and Shoaib Malik pouched a simple catch at mid wicket sending him back for
15.

Sohail Tanvir struck soon after to dismiss Robin Uthappa for 8 runs and peg India back. But
Gambhir remained composed at the other end and kept the momentum going. He used his feet
perfectly to the spinners as India waited to punish the bad balls.

Yuvraj Singh was bottled down by the spinners and took a while before he got his first boundary.
He could not get going and was gone for 14 off 19 balls trying to force the scoring off Gul.

The two men capable of giving impetus to the Indian score failed on the big occasion, both falling
to Gul in his two successive overs.

In what comes as a huge blow, Virender Sehwag has not recovered from his groin injury and will
miss this game. He is replaced by Yusuf Pathan.

Pakistan have also made one change, bringing in Yasir Arafat in place of Fawad Alam.
It will be a fiercely contested battle between the two teams who were never really the favourites
and upset all the heavyweights to set up the 'dream final'.

History though is on India's side. They have never lost a World Cup game against Pakistan.

Shah Rukh Khan was there on the field cheering for the Indians.

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India are World Twenty20 champions

G Rajaraman (Sportz Interactive) Monday, September 24, 2007 5:14:21 PM

The pressure caught up on the inexperienced Pakistan batsmen, losing wickets at

consistent intervals, losing the plot by 5 runs. The most thrilling grand finale produced
the most exhilarating match of the tournament. The outcome – India are the World
Twenty20 champions.

A gem of an innings from middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq reignited Pakistani

chances after losing the plot at the halfway stage. The pressure was on Joginder Sharma,
who bowled the very last over the match. Pakistan needed 13 runs for victory and the
fortunes swung India’s way. Sreesanth claimed the last catch to crash Pakistan’s hopes.

Irfan Pathan was the leading light for India ending with astounding figures of 3-16 from
his quota of four overs. Misbah-ul-Haq struck three massive sixes off Harbhajan Singh’s
bowling in the 17th over to reduce Pakistan’s equation to 35 runs from 18 balls.

Sohail Tanvir smashed Sreesanth for two massive sixes in the 18th over to reduce the
equation to twenty runs from the last two overs – making it anyone’s game!

All of Pakistan were hoping for a startling finish courtesy of Misbah-ul-Haq, but it was
never going to be an easy task for the 1992 World Cup champions.

Imran Nazir's initial onslaught was pegged back by a stupendous new-ball spell from RP
Singh and Sreesanth. The latter conceded 21 runs in his first over and made up for it with
a priceless maiden in his second.

India’s best bowler of the tournament RP Singh dismissed Mohammad Hafeez in the very
first over caught at first slip by Robin Uthappa. Later, he uprooted the stumps of the
dangerous Kamran Akmal in his very second over.
Pakistan needed 88 runs at the crucial halfway stage of their innings but they’re hopes
came crashing down on them courtesy of a terrific 12th over from Irfan Pathan – the left-
arm fast bowler dismissed Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi in the space of three
deliveries.

Harbhajan Singh was introduced very late into the attack – an intelligent piece of
captaincy from MS Dhoni.

Earlier, Umar Gul (3-28) rocked the Indian middle-order dimissing Yuvraj Singh caught
and bowled and then uprooting Indian captain Dhoni's stumps with a staggering yorker
length delivery. Gautam Gamhir (75 runs from 54 balls) guided India to a competitive
total of 157-5.

The pressure of the grand finale caught up on the Indian players as Umar Gul snapped
three wickets to emerge as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, taking his overall
tally to 13. Fittingly, he dismissed the top-scorer of the Indian innings Gautam Gambhir
in the very last delivery of his spell.

Teams

India: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni, Yousuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh,
Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, RP Singh.

Pakistan: Imran Nazir, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Shahid
Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Yasir Arafat.