The rivalry between India and Pakistan has produced some of the very intense cricket matches. But the one from T20 World Cup 2007 group stage has a special place in heart of Indian fans.
India started their T20 World Cup 2007 campaign by a victory against Pakistan which needed a tie-breaker to decided the winner. Their first match against Scotland was washed out by rain, and the second game was must-win.
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India posted 141/9 batting first and restricted Pakistan at the same score which needed a bowl-out. In everyone's surprise, skipper MS Dhoni picked part-timers Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, and spinner Harbhajan Singh to bowl in the tie-breaker.
Pakistan was going with their full-time bowlers in Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, and Umar Gul, but still couldn't managed to hit the stumps even once. India ended up winning the match in bowl-out by 3-0.
given that the historic victory came on this day, September 14 in 2007, three of the IPL franchise posted tweets to celebrate the 13 years of India's historic win:
