Icc World Cup Twenty20 Final, India vs Pakistan - VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

India claimed the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup after they beat Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final on Monday. Here are some video highlights:

T20 world cup Final Part 1(Indian innings, batting):



T20 world cup Final Part 2(Indian innings, batting):



20 world cup Final Highlights(Indian innings, batting):



T20 world cup Final Part 1(Pakistan innings, batting):



Last over of the India vs Pakistan Twenty20 Final:



Twenty20 Final - Pakistan - Fall of wickets:



Twenty20 Final - Awards + Celebration - India vs Pakistan

India Clinch Inaugural ICC World Cup Twenty20

The young guns of India claimed the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup after they beat Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final on Monday, 24th September 2007.

All-rounder Irfan Pathan and new-ball bowler Rudra Pratap Singh made the main demages for Pakistan and took three wickets each and Pakistan, who started well, tumbled to 152 all out in reply to India's 157 for five.

Just ten days ago India and Pakistan couldn't be separated in Durban. In front of a frenzied crowd at the Wanderers on Monday, they played out perhaps the best final ever seen in a major tournament.

After scrapping hard to get to 157 for 5 India were inspired with the balling and fielding, and Pakistan appeared to be well out of contention with 54 needed from 24 balls and just three wickets in hand. But when Misbah thumped Harbhajan Singh for three sixes and Sohail Tanvir chipped in with a four-ball 12, the improbable became possible.

After huge thought and discussion Dhoni decided to gambled on the inexperienced Joginder Sharma fro the final over from where Pakistan needed 13 runs to win. Starting with wide he was going to make the decision marked as a questionable! And it was became true when the next ball is gone for distance, Six. But with victory in his grasp, his judgement failed him. Moving across his stumps, he went for the scoop down to fine leg. He didn't connect cleanly, and millions on the subcontinent held their breath as Sreesanth came under the ball at short fine leg. When he held it, the stadium erupted.

Opening batsman Imran Nazir had slammed 33 off 14 balls in a flying start for Pakistan but Robin Uthappa ran him out with a direct hit and Pathan claimed the key wickets of Shoaib Malik (8) and Shahid Afridi (0) in his second over to slow their run chase.

Earlier, Opener Gambhir batted through the first 18 overs, however, stroking eight fours and two sixes, and needed just 54 balls for his fluent innings which give India's total respectability. Rohit Sharma scored 30 not out in 16 balls in the closing overs to take India past 150.

Gul took three for 28 in his four overs as India never managed to break free of tight bowling and fielding.

The Final Scorecard:

Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 final between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers here on Monday:

India:

G. Gambhir c Asif b Gul => 75
Yousuf Pathan c Malik b Asif => 15
R. Uthappa c Afridi b Tanvir => 8
Y. Singh c and b Gul => 14
M. Dhoni b Gul => 6
R. Sharma not out => 30
Irfan Pathan not out => 3
Extras: (1lb, 1nb, 4w) => 6
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Total (for five wickets) => 157(Overs: 20)

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Yousuf Pathan), 2-40 (Uthappa), 3-103 (Yuvraj), 4-111 (Dhoni), 5-130 (Gambhir).

Bowling: Asif 3-0-25-1 (w1), Tanvir 4-0-29-1 (w2), Afridi 4-0-30-0, Hafeez 3-0-25-0, Gul 4-0-28-3 (nb1, w1), Arafat 2-0-19-0

Pakistan:

Mohammad Hafeez c Uthappa b Rudra Pratap => 2
Imran Nazir run out (Uthappa) => 33
Kamran Akmal b Rudra Pratap => 0
Younis Khan c Yousuf Pathan b J. Sharma => 24
Shoaib Malik c R. Sharma b Irfan Pathan => 8
Misbah-ul-Haq c Sreesanth b J. Sharma => 43
Shahid Afridi c Sreesanth b Irfan Pathan => 0
Yasir Arafat b Irfan Pathan => 15
Sohail Tanvir b Sreesanth => 12
Umar Gul lbw b Rudra Pratap => 0
Mohammad Asif not out => 3
Extras: (b1, lb4, w6, nb1) => 12
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Total (all out) => 152(Overs: 19.3)

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Hafeez), 2-26 (Akmal), 3-53 (Nazir), 4-65 (Younis), 5-76 (Malik), 6-77 (Afridi), 7-104 (Arafat), 8-138 (Tanvir), 9-141 (Gul)

Bowling: Rudra Pratap 4-0-26-3 (nb1), Sreesanth 4-1-44-1 (w2), J. Sharma 3.3-0-20-2 (w2), Yousuf Pathan 1-0-5-0, Irfan Pathan 4-0-16-3 (w1), Harbhajan 3-0-36-0 (w1)

Result: India won by five runs

Toss: India

Man of the match: Irfan Pathan of India.

Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Mark Benson (ENG)

TV umpire: Daryl Harper (AUS)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

World Cup Twenty20 Final, India Vs Pakistan

The two neighborhood of South Asian, all time rivals, the young guns of India and Pakistan will square off in the first ICC World Cup Twenty20 final at Johannesburg in South Africa.

After a clinical Pakistan performance saw off the challenge of New Zealand at Cape Town in the first of two semifinals on Saturday, India recorded a stunning victory in Durban against the previously all-conquering Australians.

Less than six months after both sides returned in disgrace from the main World Cup, they now have a perfect opportunity for redemption, albeit with vastly different line-ups since their early departure from the Caribbean.


Rookie Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik and incoming India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have the chance to lift a major trophy after a tournament that has packed in more thrills and close finishes in a fortnight than six weeks in the West Indies.

"India-Pakistan is always a huge competition. It's just like a dream for us," said Yuvraj after smashing 70 off just 30 balls.

On the way to the final, both teams have inflicted humiliating defeats on ODI and Test champions Australia and roared past other favourites like hosts South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

There is no Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly in the Indian line-up nor is Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Yousuf in the Pakistan team. But both sides have discovered new stars on way to the Wanderer's Stadium.

India has a new captain in Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is a refreshing contrast to his predecessors with straight thinking and a focus on the basics of the game.
"I told the boys, 'go out and do your best after which I don't care what happens,'" he said after humbling mighty Australia at Durban last night.

Both India and Pakistan find some real talent players. Dhoni himself, the team India has found new stars on the horizon such as Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa and a thinking bowler in RP Singh, who has joined the ever-aggressive S Sreesanth, comeback kid Irfan Pathan and the veteran Harbhajan Singh to deal mortal blows to the opposition.
Pakistan too has a new captain in Shoaib Malik, who has found match winners in newcomers batsman Misbah-ul-Haq and bowler Tanvir Sohail.

"Both teams are playing with a high level of skill. The Indian batting is so dangerous - and Pakistan are bowling beautifully ... So I can't pick a winner because it's that type of game," Gilchrist said after his side lost to India in the second semifinals last night.

In the end, which of the team runs away with the gleaming trophy will depend on who plays well about three hours of cricket on the day. Both teams are surprise finalists and undoubtedly both will give their best on the final night of a tournament that has caught the fancy of cricket lovers everywhere.

You can expect a healthy rivalry over there (against Pakistan in Johannesburg) and a tough game of cricket. The match India v Pakistan will be live at Sep 24, 12:00 GMT.

TEAMS
INDIA (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa.

PAKISTAN (from): Shoaib Malik (captain), Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Misbahul Haq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, Younis Khan.