2007 ICC World Twenty20

2007 ICC World Twenty20
Dates11 – 24 September 2007[1]
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage and Knockout
Host(s) South Africa
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants12 (from 16 entrants)
Matches27
Attendance516,489 (19,129 per match)
Player of the seriesPakistan Shahid Afridi
Most runsAustralia Matthew Hayden (265)
Most wicketsPakistan Umar Gul (13)
Official websitewww.icc-cricket.com

The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 International cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final.[2]

  1. ^ "T20 World Cup 2007". cricketwa. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Soni, Paresh (24 September 2007). "ICC World Twenty20". BBC. Retrieved 24 September 2007. India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983.

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