India defeat Pakistan in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final

Monday, September 24, 2007 

India defeated Pakistan by five runs in the final of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gautam Gambhir scored 75 runs as India were limited to 157-5 after twenty overs. The other Indian batsmen fell cheaply, with Rohit Sharma the second highest scorer, reaching 30 not out. Yusuf Pathan was the first to fall, dismissed by Mohammad Asif for 15 runs. Robin Uthappa fell for just eight runs while Yuvraj Singh made 14 before being caught and bowled by Umar Gul, who was Pakistan's best performing bowler, taking 3-28. Gul also bowled Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who made six runs.

Pakistan suffered an early blow when Mohammad Hafeez was dismissed in the first over, and Kamran Akmal fell for a duck soon afterwards. Misbah-ul-Haq top scored with 43 runs as Pakistan neared the Indian total, but wickets fell too quickly as R P Singh took 3-26 and Irfan Pathan took 3-16 to set up a tense finish. Pakistan were bowled out in the final over, five runs short of India.

Toss: India won and chose to bat first.

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

India: G Gambhir, Y K Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, R V Uthappa, R P Sharma, M S Dhoni (capt, wkt), I K Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, S Sreesanth, R P Singh

Pakistan: Imran Nazir, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik (capt), Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat

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)

Semi-Finals

1st Semi-Final 22 September
	New Zealand	vs	Pakistan	PAK by 6 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: D J Harper (AUS) and S J A Taufel (AUS) Man of the Match: Umar Gul (PAK)
	143/8 (20 overs) Ross Taylor 37* (23) Umar Gul 3/15 (4)	(scorecard)	147/4 (18.5 overs) Imran Nazir 59 (41) Scott Styris 1/14 (3)

2nd Semi-Final 22 September
	India	vs	Australia	IND by 15 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and M R Benson (ENG) Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (IND)
	188/5 (20 overs) Yuvraj Singh 70 (30) Mitchell Johnson 2/31 (4)	(scorecard)	173/7 (20 overs) Matthew Hayden 62 (47) S Sreesanth 2/12 (4)

Sources

• "ICC World Twenty20 Final: India v Pakistan at Johannesburg" — Cricinfo, September 24, 2007
• "India win dramatic Twenty20 final" — BBC Sport, September 24, 2007