<Ul> <Li> Yusuf Pathan (Ind) made his T20I debut . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Yusuf Pathan (Ind) made his T20I debut . </Li> <P> India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman - friendly pitch at the Bullring . Umar Gul took the wickets of both Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaving India with 157 / 5 in 20 overs; only Gautam Gambhir (75 from 54 balls) produced a notable innings . A 21 - run over from Sreesanth swung the game towards Pakistan . However, Irfan Pathan (3--16) and Joginder Sharma (2--20) slowed the scoring dramatically . With Pakistan needing 54 from 24 balls, Misbah - ul - Haq hit 3 sixes off Harbhajan Singh in one over . Sreesanth was also dispatched for 2 sixes but took the wicket of Sohail Tanvir, as Pakistan went into the last over needing 13 runs to win, with only 1 wicket remaining . Joginder Sharma bowled a wide first ball, followed by a dot ball . Misbah followed by taking six off a full - toss; Pakistan needed just 6 runs to win from the last four balls . Misbah attempted to hit the next ball with a paddle - scoop over fine leg, but he only managed to sky the ball, and it was caught at short fine - leg by Sreesanth, leaving Pakistan all out for 152 runs . Irfan Pathan was awarded the Man of the Match for his spell, which included 3 wickets for 16 runs, including that of Man of the Series, Shahid Afridi . </P> <P> All matches were played at the following three grounds: </P>

Man of the series of 2007 world cup