The ongoing T20 championship has thrown up the advertiser's dream final, India v/s Pakistan. It is quite amazing how these teams after being dumped out of the World Cup, have bounced back with very young teams.
Pakistan did a good job of restricting New Zealand to less than 150, and then knocked off the runs without too much trouble.
The other semi-final between India and Australia was a cracker of a game. Australia initially kept the Indian batsmen on a tight leash. However, they didn't get too many wickets, and Yuvraj, Uthappa and Dhoni were able to put up a pretty big total. Yuvraj now holds the record of the longest six in the tournament, the 119m hit coming off Brett Lee.
When the Aussies came out to bat, RP Singh and Sreesanth were rather hostile to start with. Gilchrist and Hodge fell, but that brought Hayden and Symonds together, and they nearly took the game away from India. Fortunately, some excellent bowling by Sreesanth, Pathan, Harbhajan, and RP Singh, meant that both Hayden and Symonds were out and 22 runs were needed off the final over. Joginder Sharma, who had been carted around previously, ensured that the pressure told on the Australians, taking 2 wickets and ensuring that India won.
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