T20 World Cup: MS Dhoni-led India, beat Pakistan on this day in 2007

On this day in 2007, MS Dhoni and team won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently tweeted a 16-second-long flashback video of India’s winning moment against their arch-rivals Pakistan in Johannesburg. BCCI tweeted the video with a caption. “This day in 2007, Team India were crowned World T20 Champions.”

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India’s T20 World Cup journey:

India’s journey at the T20 World Cup was like a fairytale. The MS Dhoni-led Indian team was relatively young. However, against all odds, the team entered the semi-finals by defeating South Africa. The 'Men in Blue' then claimed victory against the kangaroos in the semi-finals and went on to face Pakistan in the final.

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The final:

Selecting to bat, the Indian team started on a weak note by giving away two wickets with just 40 runs on the board. Gautam Gambhir was the only one who kept scoring runs and kept the scoreboard ticking. Yuvraj Singh was dismissed for a mere 14 runs, and skipper Dhoni departed cheaply for just six runs. However, Rohit Sharma managed to hit some good runs as he made 30 runs to take the team total to 157/5.

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In reply, Pakistan innings failed to get any type of momentum and the side was reduced to 77/6 in the 12th over. However, Misbah-ul-Haq took the matter in his hand and started dispatching Indian bowlers all around the park. Pakistan were the clear favourites in the final over as they needed just 13 runs. Dhoni decided to give the final over to pacer Joginder Singh. Misbah had dispatched the second ball of the final over for a six, and Pakistan were just 6 runs away from the target. However, on the third ball of the over, Misbah scooped the ball and he went for a scoop over short fine-leg, handing a simple catch to S Sreesanth to give India a victory by five runs.

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