India defeat Pakistan in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final
{{date|September 24, 2007}}

[[w:India national cricket team|India]] defeated [[w:Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] by five runs in the final of the [[w:2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007 ICC World Twenty20]] at [[w:Wanderers Stadium|Wanderers Stadium]], [[w:Johannesburg|Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].

Gautam Gambhir scored 75 [[w:run (cricket)|runs]] as India were limited to 157-5 after twenty [[w:over (cricket)|overs]]. The other Indian batsmen fell cheaply, with Rohit Sharma the second highest scorer, reaching 30 [[w:not out|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 [[w:caught|caught]] and bowled by Umar Gul, who was Pakistan's best performing bowler, taking 3-28. Gul also [[w:bowled|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 [[w:duck (cricket)|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.

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'''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 

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Shahid Afridi|Shahid Afridi]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=30|wickets=0|econ=7.50}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Mohammad Hafeez|Mohammad Hafeez]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=25|wickets=0|econ=8.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Umar Gul|Umar Gul]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=28|wickets=3|econ=7.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Yasir Arafat (cricketer)|Yasir Arafat]]|overs=2|maiden=0|runs=19|wickets=0|econ=9.50}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Shoaib Malik|Shoaib Malik]]|status=c Sharma b I K Pathan|runs=8|balls=17|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=47.05}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Misbah-ul-Haq|Misbah-ul-Haq]]|status=c Sreesanth b Joginder Sharma|runs=43|balls=38|4s=0|6s=4|strike_rate=113.15}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Shahid Afridi|Shahid Afridi]]|status=c Sreesanth b I K Pathan|runs=0|balls=1|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Yasir Arafat (cricketer)|Yasir Arafat]]|status=b I K Pathan|runs=15|balls=11|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=136.36}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Sohail Tanvir|Sohail Tanvir]]|status=b Sreesanth|runs=12|balls=4|4s=0|6s=2|strike_rate=300.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Umar Gul|Umar Gul]]|status=b Singh|runs=0|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Mohammad Asif|Mohammad Asif]]|status=not out|runs=4|balls=1|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=400.00}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''all out'''; 19.3 overs)|runs='''152'''|balls=|4s=11|6s=8|strike_rate=}}
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'''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)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title='''[[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[w:India national cricket team|India bowling]]'''}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Rudra Pratap Singh|R P Singh]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=26|wickets=3|econ=6.50}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]]|overs=4|maiden=1|runs=44|wickets=1|econ=11.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Joginder Sharma|Joginder Sharma]]|overs=3.3|maiden=0|runs=20|wickets=2|econ=5.71}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Yusuf Pathan|Y K Pathan]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=5|wickets=0|econ=5.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=16|wickets=3|econ=4.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Harbhajan Singh|Harbhajan Singh]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=36|wickets=0|econ=12.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''India:''' [[w:Gautam Gambhir|G Gambhir]], [[w:Yusuf Pathan|Y K Pathan]], [[w:Yuvraj Singh|Yuvraj Singh]], [[w:Robin Uthappa|R V Uthappa]], [[w:Rohit Sharma|R P Sharma]], [[w:Mahendra Singh Dhoni|M S Dhoni]] (capt, wkt), [[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]], [[w:Harbhajan Singh|Harbhajan Singh]], [[w:Joginder Sharma|Joginder Sharma]], [[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]], [[w:Rudra Pratap Singh|R P Singh]]

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

'''Player of the Match:''' [[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]] (India)<br>
'''Player of the Tournament:''' [[w:Shahid Afridi|Shahid Afridi]] (Pakistan)<br>
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'''Umpires:''' [[w:Mark Benson|M R Benson]] (England) and [[w:Simon Taufel|S J A Taufel]] (Australia)<br>
'''TV Umpire:''' [[w:Daryl Harper|D J Harper]] (Australia)<br>
'''Match Referee:''' [[w:Ranjan Madugalle|R S Madugalle]] (Sri Lanka)<br>
'''Reserve Umpire:''' [[w:Billy Doctrove|B R Doctrove]] (West Indies)

==Semi-Finals==
{{Cricket summary |
match=1st Semi-Final |
date=22 September |
location=[[w:Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands]], [[w:Cape Town|Cape Town]] |
umpires=[[w:D J Harper|D J Harper]] (AUS) and [[w:Simon Taufel|S J A Taufel]] (AUS) |
motm=[[w:Umar Gul|Umar Gul]] (PAK) |
team1=[[w:New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px]] |
team2=[[Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg|20px]] [[w:Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] |
score-team1-inns1=143/8 (20 overs) |
batting-team1-inns1=[[w:Ross Taylor|Ross Taylor]] 37[[w:not out|*]] (23) |
bowling-team1-inns1=[[w:Umar Gul|Umar Gul]] 3/15 (4) |
report=[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/current/match/287877.html (scorecard)] |
score-team2-inns1=147/4 (18.5 overs) |
batting-team2-inns1=[[w:Imran Nazir|Imran Nazir]] 59 (41) |
bowling-team2-inns1=[[w:Scott Styris|Scott Styris]] 1/14 (3) |
result=PAK by 6 wickets |
}}
{{Cricket summary |
match=2nd Semi-Final |
date=22 September |
location=[[w:Sahara Stadium Kingsmead|Kingsmead]], [[w:Durban|Durban]] |
umpires=[[w:Asad Rauf|Asad Rauf]] (PAK) and [[w:Mark Benson|M R Benson]] (ENG) |
motm=[[w:Yuvraj Singh|Yuvraj Singh]] (IND) |
team1=[[w:India national cricket team|India]] [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px]] |
team2=[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] [[w:Australia national cricket team|Australia]] |
score-team1-inns1=188/5 (20 overs) |
batting-team1-inns1=[[w:Yuvraj Singh|Yuvraj Singh]] 70 (30) |
bowling-team1-inns1=[[w:Mitchell Johnson|Mitchell Johnson]] 2/31 (4) |
report=[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/current/match/287878.html (scorecard)] |
score-team2-inns1=173/7 (20 overs) |
batting-team2-inns1=[[w:Matthew Hayden|Matthew Hayden]] 62 (47) |
bowling-team2-inns1=[[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]] 2/12 (4) |
result=IND by 15 runs |
}}

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/match/287879.html|title=ICC World Twenty20 Final: India v Pakistan at Johannesburg|author=|pub=Cricinfo|date=September 24, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7009035.stm|title=India win dramatic Twenty20 final|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=September 24, 2007}}

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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.

'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 


'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:' 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)
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