The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) remembered India‘s historic 5-run victory in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 against Pakistan through a post on their official Twitter account on Thursday on the occasion of its eighth anniversary. India and Pakistan met in the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup, with the ‘Men in Blue’ having pipped the latter in the ‘bowl-outs’ during the group stage of the tournament. What was especially remarkable about the achievement was that the Indians lifted the trophy barely months after their disastrous first-round exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies. IN PHOTOS: India vs Pakistan, ICC World T20 2007 final
In what would go on to be a roller-coaster of a match, Gautam Gambhir led the way for the Indians with a 54-ball 75, with ample help from Rohit Sharma (30 not out off 16) down the order as India finished on a competitive score of 157 for 5 at the end of their innings after choosing to bat. Umar Gul took three wickets for 28 runs to emerge the pick among the Pakistani bowlers. Gambhir, who shared a 63-run third wicket stand with Yuvraj Singh, had hit a six off Gul a couple of deliveries before getting dismissed.
The Pakistanis were off to a disastrous start, losing their opening wicket of Mohammad Hafeez with just two on board. While wickets kept tumbling for the chasing team at regular intervals, thanks to the disciplined bowling efforts of Irfan Pathan (3 for 16) and RP Singh (3 for 26), 33-year-old Misbah-ul-Haq kept his team’s hopes alive with a steady and composed innings.
Pakistan needed 13 to win off the last six balls, when newly-appointed skipper MS Dhoni made the historic move of handing the ball to rookie Joginder Sharma, which raised many an eyebrow. The Haryana pacer had been handed the responsibility of the final over in the semi-final against Australia, although the latter required way more runs compared to Pakistan. Joginder started off with a wide, before getting smashed over long-off in the second delivery. The gamble appeared to be failing when Misbah went for the fatal scoop, that resulted in a simple catch to S Sreesanth at short fine-leg for India to seal the game.
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Brief scores:
India 157 for 5 in 20 overs (Gautam Gambhir 75, Rohit Sharma 30*; Umar Gul 3 for 28) lost to Pakistan 152 in 19.3 overs (Imran Nazir 33, Misbah-ul-Haq 43; Irfan Pathan 3 for 16, RP Singh 3 for 26) by 5 runs.
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