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India's 2007 T20 World Cup Bowl-Out Win
In 2007, India and Pakistan played a T20 World Cup match in Durban.
Pakistan's bowler Mohammad Asif took four wickets, and India scored 141 runs.
Pakistan almost won, but Misbah-ul-Haq got out on the last ball, tying the game.
Since it was a tie, they had a bowl-out, where bowlers try to hit the stumps.
India's Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, and Robin Uthappa all hit the stumps, while Pakistan missed.
India won 3-0 in the bowl-out, which was a very unusual way to win a cricket match.
This was India's first T20 World Cup win, and they went on to win the whole tournament.
The bowl-out format was later discontinued by the ICC.
India and Pakistan's 2007 T20 World Cup match in Durban ended in a tie, leading to a bowl-out.
Mohammad Asif took four wickets for Pakistan, and India scored 141 runs.
Misbah-ul-Haq almost won the match for Pakistan but was run out on the last ball.
India won the bowl-out 3-0, with Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, and Robin Uthappa hitting the stumps.
This was India's first T20 World Cup win, and they went on to win the entire tournament.
- Who
- India and Pakistan cricket teams
- What
- A tied T20 World Cup match decided by a bowl-out
- Where
- Durban, South Africa
- When
- 2007
- Why
- The match ended in a tie, and the bowl-out decided the winner
Key facts
- Teams
- India vs Pakistan
- Match Type
- T20 World Cup
- Year
- 2007
- Location
- Durban, South Africa
- Key Players
- Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Asif
- Final Score
- Tie, India won bowl-out 3-0
- Significance
- India's first T20 World Cup win, bowl-out format later discontinued
Quotes
MS Dhoni
Indian cricket team captain
“I won’t want to see a cricket match decided on a bowl-out. The team plays so hard to get a result and it should always be decided on the field.”
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“Winning a cricket match three nil, it doesn’t happen every time. I can tell my friends, when I was captain my team won three zero.”
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Shoaib Malik
Pakistani cricket team player
“When the match ended in a tie, only then we came to know that this would happen. I just told my bowlers not to take pressure and try and hit the wickets but they were not successful.”
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