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) |
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| 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. The match had an attendance of 32,217 at the stadium.
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 but in order to satisfy the then ICC rule the winner of the match decided by Bowl-out where India beat Pakistan 3–0.
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.
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
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