Independence Day special: Remembering Indian cricket's golden memories

#3 India became the first T20 World Champions (2007)

Pakistan v India - Twenty20 Championship Final

India were underdogs coming into the tournament with a disappointing ODI World Cup. MS Dhoni was made as the new captain to the Indian side that was without their senior players.

While Dhoni with his young team proved doubters wrong match after match with some brilliant team and individual performances, Yuvraj Singh's record of six sixes in an over against England is yet to be broken, which was one of the moments of the World Cup that will be relived by fans for many years.

India overcame a strong Australian side in the semifinals to set up a final encounter with arch-rivals Pakistan.

India eventually defeated Pakistan in a thrilling final with great performances with bat from Gautam Gambhir and a superb bowling display by the swing masters RP Singh and Irfan Pathan, but the moment was stolen by Joginder Sharma, who bowled the last over, which was a surprise decision made by MS Dhoni and it paid off on that day as India defeated Pakistan to take home its first T20 World Cup.