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The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final was a Twenty20 International cricket match played between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. Administered by the International Cricket Council (ICC) it was the culmination of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 which was the inaugural edition of the tournament. India won by ...
The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 that was contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test -playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and ...
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) scored his first double century in Tests. His 239 in the first innings was the highest by an India left-handed player surpassing Vinod Kambli's 227. [30] Yasir Arafat became the eighth Pakistan bowler to pick a five-wicket haul on Test debut. [30] Salman Butt (Pak) reached 1,000 runs in Tests. [30]
[D] India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final of the tournament and the Indian government invited the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match along with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. [21] The second match of the series, Kolkata, January 2013. India and Pakistan during the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organised by the ICC . The championship was run from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa . 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage.
The tournament also saw upsets and surprise results, with pre-tournament favourites India and Pakistan failing to make it past the group stage, while Bangladesh, the second-lowest ranked ICC Full Member at the time, and World Cup debutant Ireland, which was an ICC Associate Member at the time, made it to the "Super 8", beating India and ...
India won their final group game, a must-win encounter against South Africa, comfortably by 8 wickets. [20] They finished on top of Group B with two wins and a net run rate ahead of Pakistan. In the semi-final, India faced Bangladesh, and put in yet another dominating display, winning comfortably by 9 wickets and sealing a final with Pakistan. [21]
England were eventually bundled up for 355 which left India with 73 runs to win the match. India ended the day with 10–0 at stumps on day 4 but the day was about Zaheer Khan, whose spell of the second innings read: 27-10-75-5. Day Five. India began the day with only 63 runs left to make in order to win the match.