Down the Memory Lane: India's bowl-out win over Pakistan in the 2007 ICC World T20

Pakistan clawed their way back into the match

Misbah Touched the Line...But just couldn't cross it

Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq, two of the most reliable Pakistani batsmen joined hands at the crease and started the rebuilding process. They kept the scoreboard ticking with singles and occasional boundaries and managed to take the score at 80/4 after 14 overs.

Although Pakistan had managed to form a partnership, India hadn't given easy runs as the required run rate climbed up to 10.33 runs per over. Even the Shoaib Malik knew he had to play some shots to get the required run rate down and in the attempt to do so he lost his wicket to Irfan Pathan.

Pakistan needed 55 runs to win from the last five overs, and in came Boom Boom Afridi. The stage was set for him to go bonkers and take Pakistan home and luck was on his side too with Harbhajan dropped his catch too. But, it just wasn't the day for him as he holed out to Dinesh Karthik at mid-off in attempt to hit Harbhajan Singh for a six in the 18th over with 39 runs required off 14 balls.

India's win was clearly in sight, but just then, Misbah-ul-Haq woke up from his slumber and hit Bhajji for a six and a four. The equation came down to 29 from 12. Agarkar bowled the penultimate over of the match with new batsman Yasir Arafat on strike. Arafat and Misbah combined together to score 17 runs off that over which included three boundaries.

With only 12 runs required from the last over, the match had swung back to Pakistan's favour. Dhoni gave the ball to Sreesanth as Arafat was on strike. Arafat managed to pick up a single and get Misbah back on strike with 11 required from 5 balls.

In the next three balls, Misbah took Pakistan to a position from where they couldn't have lost (in the normal match, that is) as he hit two boundaries and a took a double to tie the scores.

With only one run required off the last two balls and Misbah on strike, Pakistani camp looked all set to celebrate their first ever victory against India in a World Cup encounter. Indian camp, on the contrary, looked dejected. But what followed next were extraordinary scenes.

Misbah missed the cut on the 5th ball and equation came down to one off one. The last ball, Sreesanth bowled a short ball and Misbah could only manage to hit it as far as Yuvraj Singh who picked it up and quickly threw the ball towards the non-striker's end where Sreesanth whipped the bails and caught Misbah well short of the crease.

Last ball Drama!!!

India pulled off a miracle as the match went into a "bowl-out", a term hardly heard by cricket fans as prior to this match, only once in international cricket bowl-out was used to settle a match.