The Wanderers in Johannesburg hosted the inaugural World Twenty20 Final
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| Event | 2007 ICC World Twenty20 | ||||||
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| India won by 5 runs | |||||||
| Date | 24 September 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | ||||||
| Player of the match | Irfan Pathan (Ind) | ||||||
| Umpires | Mark Benson (Eng) Simon Taufel (Aus) | ||||||
| Attendance | 32,217 | ||||||
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The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final was a Twenty20 International cricket match played between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. Administered by the International Cricket Council (ICC) it was the culmination of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 which was the inaugural edition of the tournament. India won by defeating Pakistan by five runs. The teams had previously played each other in a Group-D match of the tournament, which was also won by India.
In Group D, after initial games against Scotland, rivals India and Pakistan met at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa.[1][2] After India got to 141 for 9 in their twenty overs, a Misbah-ul-Haq run-out on the last ball of the game saw the match head into a bowl-out which India won 3–0 with Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa scoring for India.[3]
In the Super 8s, India lost to New Zealand by 10 runs.[4] India then defeated England and host South Africa by 18[5] and 37 runs.[6] Meanwhile, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs.[7] Pakistan also defeated Australia[8] and chased Bangladesh to win by four wickets.[9]
The first semi-final was a tight contest between Pakistan and New Zealand, which Pakistan won by six wickets.[10][11] India faced Australia in the second semi-final match, the lead alternating until India turned it around to win their spot in the final.[12]
Ahead of the final, Pakistani newspapers predicted a victory for Pakistan due to the fact that the match would be held during the month of Ramadan.[13] Sambit Bal wrote on ESPNcricinfo that "There is little to choose between the teams, and it might just boil down to who can hold their nerve best."[14]
The Indian team made one change from their semi-final against Australia: Yusuf Pathan went into the lineup to replace Virender Sehwag, who was unavailable for fitness issues. Pakistan also had one change with Fawad Alam being dropped as he was replaced by Yasir Arafat.[citation needed]
After winning the coin toss and electing to bat first, India lost their opening wicket in the third over when Yusuf Pathan mistimed his shot to be caught by Shoaib Malik for 15. The next wicket to fall was Robin Uthappa, with another mistimed shot ending his innings on eight. Settling down, Gautam Gambhir played his shots (he achieved top score for India with 75 from 54 balls including 8 fours and 2 sixes). On the other end, Yuvraj Singh was caught out from a Umar Gul delivery to end the 63-run partnership. After MS Dhoni was bowled by Gul for 6, the innings slowed between over 14 to 18.[15] Rohit Sharma made some late-order hitting which brought India to 157 for 5 in the twenty overs. For Pakistan, Gul was the best of the bowlers as he took three wickets while Asif and Sohail Tanvir each took a wicket.[16]
In the run chase, Pakistan lost Hafeez in the first over while Akmal was bowled by an in-swinger from R. P. Singh. After a twenty-one run-over from S. Sreesanth, Imran Nazir was run out Robin Uthappa on 31, which started a brief collapse with the wickets of Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and Yasir Arafat putting Pakistan to 77 for 6.[15] Misbah-ul-Haq remained strong at the other end with support from the tail-enders, and reached within thirteen runs of the target; however, he lost his wicket, with the gamble of going over short-fine leg ending in a Sreesanth catch. This resulted in India winning by five runs.[15] The pick of the bowlers was Irfan Pathan and R. P. Singh, who each collected three wickets; Joginder Sharma and S. Sreesanth also got into the wickets with two and one, respectively.[16]
24 September |
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Gautam Gambhir 75 (54) |
Misbah-ul-Haq 43 (38) |
India won by 5 runs |
Source:[17]
 India batting
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Gautam Gambhir | c Asif b Gul | 75 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 138.88 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | c Malik b Asif | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 187.50 | |
| Robin Uthappa | c Afridi b Tanvir | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c & b Gul | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 73.68 | |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni *† | b Gul | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 187.50 | |
| Irfan Pathan | not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | did not bat | ||||||
| Joginder Sharma | did not bat | ||||||
| S. Sreesanth | did not bat | ||||||
| R. P. Singh | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (lb 1; w 4; nb 1) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 157 | 13 | 4 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1/25 (YK Pathan, 2.4 ov), 2/40 (Uthappa, 5.4 ov), 3/103 (Yuvraj, 13.3 ov), 4/111 (Dhoni, 15.2 ov), 5/130 (Gambhir, 17.6 ov)
 Pakistan bowling
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Mohammad Asif | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 2 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Yasir Arafat | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan batting
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Uthappa b RP Singh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Imran Nazir | run out (Uthappa) | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 235.71 | |
| Kamran Akmal † | b RP Singh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Younis Khan | c YK Pathan b Joginder | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Shoaib Malik * | c Rohit b IK Pathan | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Sreesanth b Joginder | 43 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 113.15 | |
| Shahid Afridi | c Sreesanth b IK Pathan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Yasir Arafat | b IK Pathan | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 | |
| Sohail Tanvir | b Sreesanth | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 300.00 | |
| Umar Gul | b RP Singh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mohammad Asif | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1; lb 4; w 6; nb 1) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 19.3 overs) | 152 | 11 | 8 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1/2 (Hafeez, 0.5 ov), 2/26 (Akmal, 2.3 ov), 3/53 (Nazir, 5.4 ov), 4/65 (Younis, 8.3 ov), 5/76 (Malik, 11.3 ov), 6/77 (Afridi, 11.4 ov), 7/104 (Arafat, 15.6 ov), 8/138 (Tanvir, 17.6 ov), 9/141 (Gul, 18.5 ov), 10/152 (Misbah, 19.3 ov)
| India bowling
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| R. P. Singh | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Sreesanth | 4 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 11.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Joginder Sharma | 3.3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.71 | 2 | 0 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 |
Key
After the match, Indian captain MS Dhoni remarked that "Twenty20 will be huge in India."[18] Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik blamed "luck"[19] and apologized to "Muslims all over the world" for the defeat, drawing sharp criticism from Muslim leaders and sportspeople in India.[20]
On 26 September, the Indian team was greeted with a warm welcome by the fans upon their return to India. The players took a 30-kilometre open bus ride from the Mumbai Airport to the Wankhede Stadium, where they were felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[21] The players were rewarded ₹80 lakh (US$193,477.39) each, while Yuvraj Singh was gifted an additional ₹1 crore (US$241,846.74) and a Porsche 911.[22][23]
In Pakistan, the loss was met with agitation by several fans who formed mobs, raised slogans and burned effigies of the players. In Lahore, effigies of Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan were burned at the football stadium which was hosting the 2007 AFC President's Cup.[24][25]
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