New Delhi: On this day 14 years ago when MS Dhoni-LED India defeated Pakistan through a bowl in the T20 World Cup group stage match, then known as the Twenty20 world.
The premiere of the tournament was played in South Africa and the match between Indian Arch-Rivals rivals and Pakistan was played in Kingsmead, Durban.
The match between the two sides ended as a tie, and as a result the game went to the bowl, which has now been replaced by ‘Super Over’ for a tie breaker.
India defeated Pakistan 3-0.
For India, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Robin Uthappa could hit the stump while Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were very answered.
At the end of the 20-Over affair, India Ms Dhoni-LED India fought first and was able to post a total of 141/9.
Uthappa and Dhoni starred in bats after playing a knock of 50 and 33.
For Pakistan, Mohammad Asif Scalped four Wicket.
Chase Pakistan never started well and the party found himself on 87/5.
Misbah-ul-haq played a knock of 53, but in the final ended, he ran out and the match ended with a tie.
For India, Irfan took two numbers.
This was the first time Dhoni led India and she finally took parties to win the tournament.
India once again locked the horn with Pakistan in the final, and the men in blue appeared with a victory by five runs at the Clash Summit, which was played at The Wanderers in Johannesburg.
This tournament also remembered for Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes above Stuart Broad during the Indian Super-Six match against England.