The team that emerged from India for the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup was almost devoid of experienced players. There was the still-unproven Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
What you should know
2007 was the year when world cricket changed forever, and perhaps for the right reasons. South Africa hosted the first edition of the World Cup, and it was on time, from September 11 to 24.
In fact, Twenty-20 cricket itself started as an experiment. When its first World Cup was successfully held, it brought a new sensational flavor to world cricket, which was also very dramatic.
The team from India came out for this tournament, which had almost no experienced players. Then there was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. At that time, he was very confident, but equally raw. When Yuvraj Singh of the same Indian team hit English bowler Stuart Broad for 6 sixes in one over, everyone felt that there was something special in Twenty-20 cricket.
Meanwhile, an innings of 20 overs was enough, which two 50-over ODIs or five-day Tests were not able to give. In the final, India defeated Pakistan by five wickets. Pakistan came close to winning the title match in Johannesburg, but they couldn't in the end . Misbah-ul-Haq was caught by Sreesanth's hat while trying to play a scoop shot, bowled by Joginder Singh . At that moment, India became the champion .
Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the semi-finals, while India defeated Australia . Before that, there were Super Eight matches . In that stage, South Africa and England were eliminated from one group and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from the other group . Before that, India defeated Pakistan in the group stage, that too with the help of a boldout . A boldout was exactly like a tiebreaker in football . The heroes of this game were Rohit Sharma and Irfan Pathan .
And from that moment on, captain Dhoni started being called the cool captain, the captain who looks calm even under pressure . A total of 12 teams participated in the competition . There were four groups in the initial league stage . The teams that were eliminated in that league stage were West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Scotland. This World Cup was the greatest asset that it brought to world cricket, the decisive impetus for the birth of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
