India are the T20 champions .Nobody gave them the a chance to win the first edition of the shortest form of the cricket . And the fragrance and exuberance of youth have done the trick

One could not have asked for a better finale .
This game had everything ,where the fortunes were fluctuating like a see- saw .
and it was India who held their nerves to win a nail biter .

I mentioned in my last blog that it was always going to be a contest between Pakistan's bowling versus the Indian batting prowess and thats what it turned out to be !

Dhoni again won the toss and did what he believes his team's strength,batting first .Moreover its always better to put runs on the board in a high voltage final .

India reached 157 ,thanks to a strokeful 75 from Gautam Gambhir .What was plesant to see in this innings was his footwork against the spinners and the placement .Yuvraj couldnot carry on from where he left amidst a smart move from Shoib Malik to bring the spinners on ,when Yuvraj came to the center. The result ,he struggled to time the ball and perished soon... and immediately Dhoni too was castled by Umar Gul 140.1 kph thunderbolt.
and India suudenly had four of their top batsman back in the pavilion .The late assault by Rohit Sharma ensured India geting past 150.

The Pakistan bowlers were brilliant and they kept picking up wickets ,not allowing the Indian batsman to get the partnership going .Gul , in particular bowled with a lot of fire and pace and got three wickets.

After the half way one just got the feeling that India fell short by 25 ---30 runs on a good batting strip.The arch rivals got off to sensational start ,with Imran Nazir taking full advantage of width on offer from Sreesanth.The best of the lot was the pull shot, landing into the crowd .Just when
Imran was taking the match away ,Uttappa produced a direct hit to get rid of Nazir.
Younus soon offered a dolly to Yusuf off Joginder Sharma .
Pakistan were reeling at 65 for 4 .Before that RP Singh got a big in swinger to uproot the off stump of Kamran Akmal.

From there on ,Pathan took over the reins and got the wickets of Afridi and Malik .Consequently ,the runs got dried up and the equation became 54 required of 24 balls .

Then came the important stage ,where Harbhajan was clobbered by some intellegent and calculative hitting by Misbah ,who has emerged as an excellent finisher till now.That big over yielded 19 with ,Pakistan making a strong statement if intent.The method was simple target the shorter boundary.India were letting the game drift at this point.
To add insult to the injury, Tanvir smacked two sixes off Shreesahth ,before he had the last laugh .
The last two overs , twenty still required

RP cleaned up Gul ,before giving away a boundary off the last delivery to make it ,13 required off 6 balls

and as if people sitting in theatre are awaiting the final plot to unravel in a tense murder mystery ,Joginder is on his way for the final over .He had done that before in the game against the aussies . Can he once again keep his nerves ????


First ball , a wide,with the tension getting better of joginder

that makes it 12 off 6

Second ball a full toss to which Misbah swings and pounds it striaght over the bowler's head for asix ,

Misbah looks relaxed and composed
with Pakistan's one hand firmly on the trophy

Now 6 required off 4 ,with one wicket in hand
Misbah ,the messiah on strike
Joginder bowls a full length bowl on the off stick
to which Misbah attempts a scoop shot

Alas! the only grave and fatal mistake that Misbah made in the tournament

Shreesanth completes a regulation catch gleefully and INDIA HAS WON THE FIRST EDITION OF T 20 WORLD CUP in style .

What a finish ,an absolute treat for cricket lovers ,the match going right down to the wire.


Dhoni's young , exuberant side has delivered .... and here comes DHONI the captain! Kudos for making India and Indians proud.

Now ,it will definately go into the memory lane for a long long time .