Close game in World T20 2007 Final: India won by just 5 runs
In the inaugural season of the T20 World Cup 2007 edition, India and Pakistan were the finalists in that tournament. This game also went down till the last ball, and India again held their nerve to become the first-ever champions of the shortest-format tournament.
India scored 157 runs in their 20 overs at Johannesburg. Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma were the heroes with the bat.
Like their first game against India at Durban, Pakistan again lost wickets in heap, and Misbah-ul-Haq held the innings together for the men in green side.
India started their defense of 157 runs pretty well. But the bowlers went down because of Misbah’s brilliant knock. The last over was given to Joginder Sharma, who was inexperienced.
But still, Jogi defended 13 runs as Sreesanth took the catch of Misbah’s miscued scoop shot, allowing India to win a close final match by just five runs.