It was on 24 September 2007 that India lifted the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. The Men in Blue had defeated Pakistan by five runs.
It was on 24 September 2007 that India lifted the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa. The Men in Blue had defeated Pakistan by five runs.
India, who had won the toss, had opted to bat first. The side was without the services of regular opener Virender Sehwag for the final.
India had lost its first two wickets with just 40 runs on the board. Gautam Gambhir was the one who kept on scoring to keep the scoreboard ticking.
This day, in #TeamIndia were crowned World T20 Champions pic.twitter.com/o7gUrTF8XN
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 24, 2019
Yuvraj Singh - the hero from semi-final match against Australia - was dismissed for just 14 runs and skipper MS Dhoni also departed cheaply for just six runs.
Rohit Sharma - the current Indian opener - played a cameo of 30 runs to take the team total to 157/5 in the allotted twenty overs.
Pakistan innings failed to get any momentum and the side was reduced to 77/6 in the 12th over. Misbah-ul-Haq did get things under control and the Green Shirts were the clear favourites in the final over as they needed just 13 runs.
MS Dhoni then gave the final over to Joginder Sharma. Misbah hit the second ball for a six and Pakistan was just 6 runs away from the target.
However, on the third ball, Mishabh played a horrendous shot which he tried to scoop over short fine-leg but ended up handing a simple catch to S Sreesanth to give India a victory by five runs.
Reliving this moment, netizens took to Twitter to share how the young Indian skipper MS Dhoni scripted history.
1. 'India won the first ever T20 World cup under MS Dhoni's captaincy'
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12 years of Historic Championship
— Nitin (@viratfanalways) September 24, 2019
On this Day back in 2007 , India won
ICC T20 World cup by defeating Pakistan In Final #TeamIndia #t20 pic.twitter.com/vp5EcEiGi5
On this day, in 2007.
— Aldrin marZ (@aldrin_marz) September 24, 2019
India won the first ever T20 World cup under MS Dhoni's captaincy
From then "Dhoni Era" started pic.twitter.com/pQf7ggkGXG
#TeamIndia World's Shortest Inspirational Story!
— MR .Vishal Kondi (@VK18kondi) September 24, 2019
7th Aug 2007,
26 year old unorthodox wk batsman was given a bunch of young players & named as the CAPTAIN for Indian T20 squad in the Inaugural T20 WC.
24th Sep 2007,
He led them to the World Cup Victory. #MSDhoni
2. 'What a squad, what a tournament'
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"Indians are feeling nostalgic over the day Dhoni and party lifted T20 World Cup in 2007" https://t.co/BsaNaIvWIa
— amos amiya nayek (@amosamiyanayek) September 24, 2019
On this day in 2007. The T20 World cup. IN THE AIRRRR.... SREEESANTH... What a squad, what a tournament. Yuvi stepping up throughout the tournament and Gambhir the big match player. The legend of Dhoni begun>>> pic.twitter.com/sNDtRr6tfm
— Naveen (@imnsamyy) September 24, 2019
24 September 2007 On This Day INDIA Won The First ICC T20 World Cup Under The Captain Cool, The Greatest Captain Ever In India And Also World The Greatest #Ms_Dhoni.
— Jhantu Kongar @iamjk (@JKongar) September 24, 2019
#Congratulation_Ms_Dhoni and #Team_India
We Love You #Mahi........
We Still Miss You.... pic.twitter.com/6lSE2D7MMz
3. 'This day that year!!'
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— VINAy DUBEy (@Vinaydubey0) September 24, 2019
This day that year !!
24 SEPTEMBER 2007 :#India won 1st ICC #T20 #WorldCup defeating #Pakistan by 5 runs. #INDvPAK #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/YgVmYV6PNs
On this day in 2007,
— DHONIsm(@DHONIism) September 22, 2019
India beat Australia to reach the finals of T20 World Cup under Young CAPTAIN Mahendra Singh Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/qw5nB0gbWT
On this day in 2007 #India wins firts T20 worldcup pic.twitter.com/PE0i7fsCwl
— Taniya Sharma (@Tanitalks1) September 24, 2019
