5 thrilling matches at the World T20 that don't fade away from our memories

2. India vs Pakistan, 2007

The Indian team celebrates after the bowl out

Before the two teams faced each other in a memorable inaugural final of the World T20, they squared off in the league phase of the same competition, not knowing that the game will go down as one of the closest ever played in T20 history.

Winning the toss, Pakistan put India to bat and attacked straight away. Gautam Gambhir was the first to go, off the third delivery of the match. Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh soon followed – and with Dinesh Karthik gone, the score read 36/4. India was on ventilator support.

However, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan and some clean striking from Robin Uthappa helped India post an average total of 141 runs on the board, something that looked impossible at one stage of the innings.

Pakistan too got off to a wobbly start and found itself on 47/4 in the first nine overs of the reply. With the top four batsmen back in the dug-out, the game tilted back into the favour of the Indians.

With 29 needed from the last 12 deliveries, Pakistan looked down and out. A lesser known Misbah-ul-Haq was batting fluently and alongside him was fast-bowler Yasir Arafat, but very few would have believed that the duo could pull off something from that stage.

It was Arafat first, swatting Ajit Agarkar for two boundaries in the space of the first three deliveries of the 19th over. A ball later, Misbah chipped the fast bowler over short fine-leg for a boundary. 17 runs came off that over.

Sreesanth came on to bowl the final over of the innings and got off to a good start, conceding just one run off the first delivery. But Misbah was too clever for him. A couple of strong hits in the next three deliveries took the equation to one needed from two balls. Pakistan had sealed a tie at least.

A dot ball followed. One needed from one. And then, like in most close contests, a frantic need to close a botched up chase led to a run-out. The game ended in a tie. India eventually went on to win the 2-points with the help of a bowl out, but the game was registered as a tie.