Pakistan T20 World Cup Winning Team Home Coming Photos

Shahid Afridi gets a hero's welcome at Karachi airport

Star of the Semi-Final and Final - Shahid Afridi

Shoaib Malik

Umar Gul with relatives

Fawad Alam

Lead from the front - Younis Khan

Come back Man Abdul Razzaq

Reverse Swing Magician Umar Gul.

Key Performer Abdul Razzaq.

Pakistan fans waiting outside Karachi International Airport.

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Pakistan T20 World Cup Win - Video Highlights

Watch how Pakistan scored the final runs before they start celebrating the emphatic win over Srilanka in the finals of ICC T20 World Cup. Last over bowled by Lasith Malinga was an awesome over but Pakistan didn't require much heroics to win the championship title.

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Pakistan T20 Champions Photos - Win ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship 2009

Kumara Sangakara, Sri Lanka captain won the toss and elected to bat first

Mohammad Aamer strikes in the first over, with the wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan

Dilshan's failed playing his favourite shot, giving a dolly to Shahzab Hasan

Next to go was Jehan Mubarak who was removed by Abdul Razzaq

Sanath Jayasurya was cleaned off by Abdul Razaq who had a great game as his comeback match

Razzq being congratulated by team mates after taking the wicket of M Jayawardene. he ened with 3 important wickets

Sangakara scored 64 runs with wickets tumbling at the other end

Umar Gul celebrates the wicket of LPC Silva

Uduna bowled by Shahid Afridi, his faster one doing the trick

Kamran started well with a quick 37 runs

Shahid Afridi played yet another memorable innings when it ws required the most

Shoaib Malik pulls one to long on, he gives good support to Shahid Afridi to lead Pakistan to victory

Man of the match innings by Shahid Afridi yet again.

Pakistan lifts the ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship Trophy

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Pakistan lifts ICC 20 20 World Cup Trophy – Defeat Sri Lanka in the finals - Match Review

PAKISATAN T20 CHAMPIONS

Pakistan 139 for 2 (Afridi 54*, Akmal 37) beat Sri Lanka 138 for 6 (Sangakkara 64*, Mathews 35*, Razzaq 3-20) by eight wickets

Shahid Afridi again came out good in the times most wanted. He displayed his power in the important semifinals and the finals t take Pakistan to an eight wicket win to claim the championship.

Adul Razzaq in his first matches after been banished by the PCB for participating in ICL claimed 3 important wickets to hamper Sri Lankas run scoring.

Sangakara patiently scored a knock of 64 runs but it was not sufficient to restrict Pakistan to out score with Shahid Afridi on song.

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20 20 World Cup Finals, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Finals ICC T20 World Cup on 21 June 2009

The last two World cups have been experiencing an all Asia clashes, where last ICC 20 20 World cup was between India and Pakistan, where India emerged winners and this time around Pakistan again making it to the finals looking seem to be favourites and lifting the trophy.

Sri Lanka had an awesome tournament till now with a run of no losses in this tournament and is a tough contender for the championship title. Both teams being involved in a massive terrorist attack in the infamous Lahore incident have recovered well to make it to the finals of the ICC 20 20 World Cup.

It had been a swift move to the finals for Sri Lanka, with confident cricket and a perfect team effort. For Pakistan it had been a rough start in the beginning and for once it had the scare of being thrown out by new comers Ireland. But Pakistan pulled it over very well and had been just growing in confidence since then. If Pakistan does not win the championship it would be another heart break for them.

So keep your eye glued here for more updates on the final stage of ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship.

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Sri Lanka beat West Indies in 2nd Semi Finals, T Dilshan swings his bat to victory

A massive defeat for West Indies going down to Sri Lanka by 56 runs (a huge number for a 20 20 over match) . Sri Lanka makes it way to the finals of the World Cup.

A brief summary of the game:
Sri Lanka 158 for 5 (Dilshan 96*) beat West Indies 101 (Gayle 63*, Mathews 3-16, Muralitharan 3-29) by 57 runs

Tillakaratne Dilshan was an one man army for Sri Lanka’s batting order scoring the highest individual score by any player in this ICC 20 20 World Cup, he managed to remain unbeaten at 96 in 56 balls (he was unable to score a century as he didn’t retain strike and his partner at the other end A Mathews was going great guns).

West Indies had an aweful start losing 3 early wickets in the first over by A Mathews. The score read 1 for 3 at the end of the first over, Three top order batsmen gone in the first over Xavier Marshall, Lendl Simmons & Dwayne Bravo. Chris Gayle was the lonesome warrior who remained unbeaten on 63 runs which could not help the team to earn a victory. Tackling the spin wizards in Ajantha Mendis and M Murlitharan and early blows by A Mathews, West Indies was never a threat for Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan in ICC 20 20 World Cup Finals - Pak beat SA with Afridi all round performance

Brief summary of the match:

Pakistan 149 for 4 (Afridi 51, Malik 34) beat South Africa 142 for 5 (Kallis 64, Duminy 44*, Afridi 2-16) by seven runs

Shahid Afridi awoke late in the tournament but for good. His knock of 51 came at the right moment which lifted Pakistan towards yet another moment of glory with just one game away from lifting the ICC 2020 World Cup.

Pakistan made it to the finals thanks to Shahid Afridi’s invaluable knock of 51 runs and also a superb line and length bowling taking two important wickets and restricting the South African batsmen to score runs freely. His bowling figures were: 4 overs 16 runs 2 wickets at 4.00 runs per over.

Final Scorecard

Result: Pakistan won by 7 runs

Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi

Quick Scorecard
Toss: Pakistan (Elected to Bat)						Session: 2nd innings
Summary: Pakistan won by 7 runs						Target: 150 ( 20.0 ) Req. R/R:
South Africa : 142 / 5 in 20.0 overs (RR: 7.10)						Pakistan : 149 / 4 in 20.0 overs (RR: 7.45)
Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	Eco.
Mark Boucher (wk) *	0	0	0	0	0.00	Umar Gul *	3.0	0	19	0	0	1	6.33
JP Duminy	44	39	3	1	112.82	Mohammad Aamer	4.0	0	30	1	0	0	7.50
Partnership: 8 runs, 0.3 overs, R/R: 16.00						Last 18 Balls: 4 4L . | 1 1 1L 1 1 1 | . 6 1+W 2 4 2 |

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Pakistan innings | South Africa innings	Show Current Innings on Top (new)

Pakistan innings			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Kamran Akmal (wk)	c A Morkel	b Steyn	23	12	4	1	191.67	2-28 ( 2.3 ov. )
Shahzaib Hasan	c R v d Merwe	b Parnell	0	2	0	0	0.00	1-8 ( 1.2 ov. )
Shahid Afridi	c A d Villiers	b Duminy	51	34	8	0	150.00	3-95 ( 12.1 ov. )
Shoaib Malik	c J Botha	b Merwe	34	39	2	0	87.18	4-124 ( 15.4 ov. )
Younis Khan (c)	not out		24	18	1	0	133.33
Abdul Razzaq	not out		12	15	0	0	80.00
Misbah-ul Haq
Fawad Alam
Umar Gul
Mohammad Aamer
Saeed Ajmal
Extras: ( 3 wd, 2 lb, 0 b, 0 nb, 0 p)			Total: 149 / 4 in 20.0 overs (Run Rate: 7.45)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
Dale Steyn	4.0	0	28	1	0	0	7.00
Wayne Parnell	4.0	0	26	1	0	1	6.50
Jacques Kallis	2.0	0	14	0	0	1	7.00
Albie Morkel	2.0	0	13	0	0	1	6.50
Roelof van der Merwe	4.0	0	29	1	0	0	7.25
Johan Botha	2.0	0	23	0	0	0	11.50
JP Duminy	2.0	0	14	1	0	0	7.00

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South Africa innings			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR	FoW
Jacques Kallis	c S Malik	b Ajmal	64	54	7	1	118.52	4-111 ( 17.1 ov. )
Graeme Smith (c)	c and	b Aamer	10	14	1	0	71.43	1-40 ( 5.5 ov. )
Herschelle Gibbs		b Afridi	5	4	1	0	125.00	2-46 ( 6.6 ov. )
AB de Villiers		b Afridi	1	5	0	0	20.00	3-50 ( 8.3 ov. )
JP Duminy	not out		44	39	3	1	112.82
Albie Morkel	run out (F Alam)		2	4	0	0	50.00	5-134 ( 19.3 ov. )
Mark Boucher (wk)	not out		0	0	0	0	0.00
Roelof van der Merwe
Johan Botha
Dale Steyn
Wayne Parnell
Extras: ( 1 wd, 11 lb, 4 b, 0 nb, 0 p)			Total: 142 / 5 in 20.0 overs (Run Rate: 7.10)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
Abdul Razzaq	3.0	0	19	0	0	0	6.33
Mohammad Aamer	4.0	0	30	1	0	0	7.50
Shahid Afridi	4.0	0	16	2	0	0	4.00
Saeed Ajmal	4.0	0	23	1	0	0	5.75
Shoaib Malik	1.0	0	5	0	0	0	5.00
Umar Gul	3.0	0	19	0	0	1	6.33
Fawad Alam	1.0	0	15	0	0	0	15.00

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