Ten years ago India won the inaugural T20 World Cup
Pakistan chasing started poorly kept losing wickets early on but then came Misbah-ul-Haq and cameos from Arafat and Tanvir helped their team bounce back and just like that they needed 13 in the last over.
On this day back in 2007, the Men in Blue created history by winning the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup against arch-nemesis Pakistan in South Africa.
Back then T20 was very new and hardly anyone took it seriously, even BCCI sent out a young squad led by MS Dhoni. But India started off well and kept on producing a good result, losing only once against New Zealand en route to the finals.
The stage was set India reached the first ever T20 WC finals and it was against noisy neighbours Pakistan. India won the toss and decided to bat first, Gautam Gambhir's fine knock of 75 guiding India to a low total of 158.
Pakistan chasing started poorly kept losing wickets early on but then came Misbah-ul-Haq and cameos from Arafat and Tanvir helped their team bounce back and just like that they needed 13 in the last over.
It was an intense moment for both the side, Dhoni handed the ball to Joginder Sharma and then the rest is history.