INDIA
VS PAKISTAN ICC WORLD T20 FINAL 2007
Background-
This was the first time that a World Cup was being held in Cricket for a format
other than ODIs. It was for the latest format- the T20s and it was held in
South Africa. India had just finished an ODI series in England and they did not
even have warm up matches for T20s. India was without the three greats- Sachin,
Sourav and Rahul for the T20s but was led by the young, long-haired man –
Dhoni.
There
was a lot of excitement about the new format which took almost the same time as
a movie. There was also interest about rules like Powerplay and field
restrictions for T20, free-hit and bowl-out. In fact India and Pakistan had met
before the finals in a game which ended with a spectacular bowl-out with India winning
it.
