Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday relived India's maiden T20 World Cup triumph in 2007. On this day, September 24 India lifted the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. The Men in Blue had defeated Pakistan by five runs. In the final, India had won the toss and Gambhir had played the match-winning knock of 75 runs off just 54 balls.

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Gautam Gambhir says fulfilled dream of billions

During the game, India lost its first two wickets with just 40 runs on the board. Gambhir was the one who kept on scoring regular boundaries to keep the scoreboard ticking. "The rush of fulfilling the dreams of a billion people and being crowned World Champions," Gambhir said in a tweet. 

While, Yuvraj Singh, the hero from semi-final match against Australia found the going tough and he was dismissed for just 14 runs, skipper MS Dhoni had also departed cheaply for just six runs. However, Rohit Sharma, in the end, played a cameo of 30 runs to take the team total to 157 by 5 in the allotted twenty overs.

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BCCI also took to Twitter to remember this day, when India won the 2007 T20 World Cup.

Pakistan loses the match by a simple catch

Pakistan innings failed to get any type of momentum and the side was reduced to 77 by 6 in the 12th over. Misbah-ul-Haq then decided to take the matter in his own hands and started dispatching Indian bowlers to all around the park and the Green Shirts were the clear favourites in the final over as they needed just 13 runs. Misbah had dispatched the second ball off the final over for a six and Pakistan was just 6 runs away from the target. However, on the third ball of the over, Mishbah played a horrendous shot as he went for a scoop over short fine-leg but ended up handing a simple catch to S Sreesanth to give India a victory by five runs. 

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