Pakistan won the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup at Lord's by defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets, where Shahid Afridi was named Player of the Match.
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The defeat against India in the final of the first Twenty20 World Cup was no less painful for Pakistan. But Pakistan did not have to wait many years to turn this pain into joy. England hosted the second edition of the Twenty20 World Cup from June 5 to 21, 2009, and Pakistan became the champion in it.
Pakistan faced South Asian rivals Sri Lanka in the historic final at Lord's.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 138 for 6. In reply, Pakistan scored 139 for 2 in just 18.4 overs. Pakistan won easily by eight wickets. Shahid Afridi was the player of the match. He scored 54 off 40 balls. In the semi-finals, Pakistan defeated South Africa by seven runs while Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 57 runs.
A total of 12 teams participated in the tournament and were divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group qualified for the Super Eights at the end of the league stage.
Accordingly, India and Ireland from Group A, England and Pakistan from Group B, Sri Lanka and West Indies from Group C and South Africa and New Zealand from Group D had entered the last eight. Thus, the heavyweight team to be eliminated in the first round was Australia.
This team was defeated by both West Indies and Sri Lanka in the group stage. This was also a big feature of this World Cup, although Australia was initially considered the group winner. England, India, New Zealand and Ireland were eliminated from the last eight.
In this stage, India incredibly could not win a single match. If you look at all the scores of this World Cup, it may seem low now. At that time, a score of 120 runs was also good in a way and the bowling team could also defend it.
But those were the early days of Twenty20 cricket. Pakistan proved by winning this World Cup that this country's cricket team is truly incredible. It is impossible to predict how Pakistan will play.
Pakistan played excellent cricket while winning the title on English soil and that Pakistani team itself was also good. This success played a positive role amidst many difficulties for Pakistani cricket.
