India v/s Pakistan,Johannesburg,2007

    It was the final of the first t20 world cup which was hosted by South Africa.The final match was between arch rivals India and Pakistan and was played at Johannesburg.Mahendra Singh Dhoni,the Indian skipper,won the toss and elected to bat.Indian opener Gautam Gambhir played a tremendous innings by hitting 75 runs off 54 balls.Though Gambhir looked in good touch,his teammates were unable to perform up to the expected mark except Rohit Sharma who scored 30 off 22 balls.Umar Gull bowled brilliantly and was successful in taking  3 wickets.India’s final score was 157 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Pakistani opener Imran Nazir posted 33 runs off just 14 deliveries.As the target was  not a big one,the match went slightly in the favour of Pakistan.But,the Indian bowlers had some other plans for them.Both RP Singh and Irfan Pathan took 3 wickets each.The Pakistani batting line up was unable to perform against the Indian bowlers,except Misbah who was playing pretty well that day.It was the last over and Pakistan needed 13 runs but they had only one wicket in their hand and Misbah was on the strike.Everyone was sure that Dhoni will give the last over to the experienced Harbhajan Singh.But,Dhoni gave the last over to Joginder Sharma.Joginder started his over with a wide.The  next ball was a dot ball.Now Pakistan needed 12 off 5 balls.Misbah sent the next ball for a six.Pressure was building upon India and everyone started thinking whether  the decision made by Dhoni was correct or not.The very next ball bowled by Joginder was played for a scoop by Misbah,but Sreesanth was there and took an easy catch and India won the inaugural t20 world cup in a thrilling manner.