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)

Pakistan Won Quite Easily to Reach Semi Final

Once again most unpredictable Pakistan prove they can win against any team even if it is world no. 1 on their day.

Yes, Pakistan showed all round performance today and win against Australia by 6 wickets. At the beginning of Australia innings early break through was given by Tanvir, while he took the wicket of Hayden it was blooming that the day might be in favour of Pakistan and that was the end of the innings.

In the middle of Aus innings Ponting and Symonds tried to recover the early damage and they ware doing quite easily. But after the wickets of Symonds taken by Afridi Australia ware lost their way. And that was when Ponting bowled out on successive over by Hafeez. Finally Australia can reach a good looking innings on Hussy and Hodge innings. But at the end it is not good enough for Australia to give some challenge. And Pakistan win quite comfortably.

In Pakistan innings the start by some good shots while Imran Nazir punching Nathan Bracken over square leg for a six, and Mohammad Hafeez pulling Brett Lee for another maximum. But as earlier match The first wicket partnership could not go long. But it did not make any problem for Pakistan's batsmen. Though some quick wickets fall on the top in the middle Misbah and Malik took the match on the way of their favor. Both of them hit some extraordinary shot to reach huff century on their innings. Malik took the initiative early on, chipping Clark over midwicket for six, and then taking two fours and a six from a Michael Clarke over that went for 17. Misbah was tapping the singles at that stage, but once he opened out, the game was Pakistan's for the taking. Shoaib Malik score unbeaten 52 while Misbah-ul-hoq hit unbeaten 66. Misbah was judged as Man of the match.

New Zealand is in Semi Final in Twenty20 World Cup

New Zealand is gone through the Semi-Final bitting England by 5 Runs runs in a very exciting, heart thrilling match live at Durban, South Africa.

Earlier, England bowlers bowled very well with good captency from Collingwood to restrict New Zealand Batsmen within 164. At one stage NZ ware 31/4 . Then in the 5ht wicket partnership McMIllan and Styris recover the early damage and finally scored a challenging score for England to chase. McMillan scored 57 from 31 balls as well as declared as Man of the Match.

Came into the bowling England batsmen give a good foundation to chase the target in opening partnership 62 from 7.5 overs. From here Nz come back strongly and England batsmen lost their wicket regularly as a result run came slowly. at last england needed 46 runs from 36 balls is possible. But they can't because of their good hitting batsmen already in dressing room.

So, New Zealand make their foot first in the ICC twenty20 world Championship Semi Final. And it is difficult for England to make any hope because they already lost two match in three. May be they have to leave after their last match with India.

Happy wishing to New Zealand.