Related Link : ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Venue : Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban (D/N)
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pak) and Mark Benson (Eng)
Match Result : India won by 15 runs to enter the Final
Man of the Match : Yuvraj Singh
India (20 Overs Maximum)
Gautam Gambhir c Hodge b Johnson 24 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 9 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Robin Uthappa run out (Symonds) 34 (28) 1 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Yuvraj Singh c Hussey b Clarke 70 (30) 5 ‘4s’ 5 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) run out (Gilchrist) 36 (18) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rohit Sharma not out 8 (5) 1 ‘6s’
Irfan Pathan not out 0 (1)
Joginder Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Sreesanth
R.P. Singh
Extras: 7 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total : 188/5 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-30 (Sehwag, 5.2 ovs), 2-41 (Gambhir, 7.6 ovs), 3-125 (Uthappa, 14.3 ovs), 4-155 (Yuvraj Singh, 17.3 ovs), 5-184 (Dhoni, 19.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 4-0-25-0
Bracken 4-0-38-0
Clark 4-0-38-0 (1w)
Johnson 4-0-31-2
Symonds 3-0-37-0
Clarke 1-0-13-1
Australia (Target : 189 from 20 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (C&WK) b Sreesanth 22 (13) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Mathew Hayden b Sreesanth 62 (47) 4 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Brad Hodge c Joginder Sharma b Pathan 11 (10) 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds b Pathan 43 (26) 3 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey c Yuvraj Singh b Joginder Sharma 13 (12) 1 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke b Harbhajan Singh 3 (3)
Brad Haddin not out 5 (8)
Brett Lee b Joginder Sharma 2 (2)
Mitchell Johnson not out 4 (1) 1 ‘4s’
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Extras: 8 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 173/7 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-36 (Gilchrist, 5.1 ovs), 2-68 (Hodge, 8.4 ovs), 3-134 (Hayden, 14.4 ovs), 4-156 (Symonds, 16.4 ovs), 5-159 (Clarke, 17.1 ovs), 6-167 (Hussey, 19.3 ovs), 7-169 (Lee, 19.5 ovs)
India Bowling
RP Singh 4-0-33-0 (1w 1nb)
Sreesanth 4-1-12-2
Pathan 4-0-44-2 (1w)
Joginder Sharma 3-0-37-2 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-24-1
Sehwag 1-0-20-0 (1nb)