2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final
| Event | 2007 ICC World Twenty20 | ||||||
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| India won by 5 runs | |||||||
| Date | 24 September 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Irfan Pathan (Ind) | ||||||
| Umpires |
Mark Benson (Eng) Simon Taufel (Aus) | ||||||
| Attendance | 32,217 | ||||||
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The final of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament, was played on 24 September 2007 between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Pakistan qualified for the final by defeating New Zealand in the first semifinal while India defeated Australia in the second semi final.
India won the final by 5 runs, to win their second ICC limited-overs title. India's Irfan Pathan won the player of the match award in the final for his bowling performance of 3/16 in 4 overs.[1] The match had an attendance of 32,217 at the stadium.
Background
Prior to this match, these two teams faced each other for only time which was too in the same tournament. That Group D match ended in a tie[2] but in order to satisfy the then ICC rule the winner of the match decided by Bowl-out where India beat Pakistan 3-0.[3]
Road to the Final
India qualified for the Super 8s being the champions of Group D. They won against Pakistan (India won in bowl-out against Pakistan) and their match against Scotland was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain. In Super 8 stage India was the topper of group E with wins against England and South Africa and a loss to New Zealand. India beat the ODI World Cup champions of that time, Australia in the semi-final to reach the final
Pakistan qualified for Super 8s from Group D where they finished second behind India. They won against Scotland but lost to India. Pakistan was potted in the Group F of Super 8. They faced Sri Lanka, Australia and Bangladesh there and won against everyone to reach the semifinal stage as group champions. Pakistan qualified the finals by beating New Zealand in the semifinal.
Team Composition
Indian team was almost the same as of their team for semi final against Australia. Just one changes were made. Yusuf Pathan was in the squad on for Virender Sehwag who was unavailable for fitness issues [4]
Pakistan team also had one changes in their squad for the final, from their team against New Zealand at semifinal. They dropped Fawad Alam from the team and Yasir Arafat replaced that place.
Match Details
Match Officials
Simon Taufel and Mark Benson was on field umpires and Daryl Harper was the third umpire. Ranjan Madugalle was selected as the match referee of this match.
Toss
India won the toss and decided to bat first
Indian Innings
India was on the charge from the beginning of their innings when debutante Yusuf Pathan started aggressively. But he was the first to fall for 15 runs. Then Indian scoring rate was going down. Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni all departed soon while Gambhir was stuck to the other end. His 75 from 56 and Rohit Sharma's 30 not out of 16 at last stage took India to 157-5 in 20 overs. Umar Gul took 3-28 to be the best performer for Pakistan.
Pakistan Innings
Pakistan suffered an early blow when Mohammad Hafeez was dismissed in the first over, and Kamran Akmal fell for a duck soon afterwards. then soon Yonis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Yasir Arafat departed to make Pakistan 104-7. But Misbah was not out at the other end. In the last over of the match Pakistan needed 13 runs to win the match and Misbah was still there. A six from Misbah took Pakistan to 152-9 and Pakistan's chance was then very good. But a shocking shot from Misbah washed all the hopes of Pakistan. He was dismissed for 43 by Joginder Sharma and Pakistan was all out for 152. Irfan Pathan and RP Singh was the best performer from Indian side by taking 3 wickets each.
Scorecard
 India innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| G Gambhir | c Mohammad Asif b Umar Gul | 75 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 138.88 | |
| Y K Pathan | c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Asif | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 187.50 | |
| R V Uthappa | c Shahid Afridi b Sohail Tanvir | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c & b Umar Gul | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 73.68 | |
| M S Dhoni | b Umar Gul | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| R P Sharma | not out | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 187.50 | |
| I K Pathan | not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1; w 4; nb 1) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 157 | 13 | 4 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Y K Pathan, 2.4 ov), 2-40 (Uthappa, 5.4 ov), 3-103 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.3 ov), 4-111 (Dhoni, 15.2 ov), 5-130 (Gambhir, 17.6 ov)
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, S Sreesanth, R P Singh
 Pakistan bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Mohammad Asif | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Umar Gul | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7.00 | |
| Yasir Arafat | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | |
| Pakistan innings (Target: 158 runs from 20 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Uthappa b Singh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Imran Nazir | run out (Uthappa) | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 235.71 | |
| Kamran Akmal | b Singh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Younis Khan | c Y K Pathan b Joginder Sharma | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Shoaib Malik | c Sharma b I K Pathan | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Sreesanth b Joginder Sharma | 43 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 113.15 | |
| Shahid Afridi | c Sreesanth b I K Pathan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Yasir Arafat | b I K Pathan | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 | |
| Sohail Tanvir | b Sreesanth | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 300.00 | |
| Umar Gul | b 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 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.5 ov), 2-26 (Kamran Akmal, 2.3 ov), 3-53 (Imran Nazir, 5.4 ov), 4-65 (Younis Khan, 8.3 ov), 5-76 (Shoaib Malik, 11.3 ov), 6-77 (Shahid Afridi, 11.4 ov), 7-104 (Yasir Arafat, 15.6 ov), 8-138 (Sohail Tanvir, 17.6 ov), 9-141 (Umar Gul, 18.5 ov), 10-152 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 19.3 ov)
| India bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| R P Singh | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | |
| S Sreesanth | 4 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 11.00 | |
| Joginder Sharma | 3.3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.71 | |
| Y K Pathan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| I K Pathan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4.00 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 12.00 | |
Player of the Match: I K Pathan (India)
Player of the Tournament: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and S J A Taufel (Australia)
TV Umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Match Referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies)
References
- ↑ "ICC World Twenty20, Final: India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "India v Pakistan / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results".
- ↑ "India edge past in bowl-out".
- ↑ "Media manager struggles to explain 'differences' between Dhoni and Sehwag". Times of India. Retrieved 25 February 2012.